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The State of the Air in 2024? Not Great

Union of Concerned Scientists

The air quality for this report was calculated using data reviewed by EPA from 2020, 2021, and 2022. That means it includes the extreme wildfires exacerbated by the fossil fuel industry that burned more than 4% of California in 2021 and 2022. Ozone, too, poses significant risks to respiratory health.

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Good News—and Bad—about Fossil Fuel Power Plants in 2023 

Union of Concerned Scientists

Solar power is expected to make up about half of all additions of US electric generating capacity in 2023, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). GW record from 2021. Compiled by UCS from Energy Information Administration data as of January 2023. pollution, which are particles with diameters of 2.5

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Identifying the Means to an End: The Role of the Social Cost of Carbon

Arnold Porter

March 8, 2021).]] For example, recent attention has focused on tightening the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone smog, which is formed by atmospheric reactions on volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and nitrogen oxides (NOx). CV 17-80-BLG-SPW, 2021 WL 363955 (D. 23, 2021).]] Biden , Civ.