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Cars, Smog, and EPA

Legal Planet

NOx plays a role in forming ground level ozone and final particulates (PM2.5), both of which are human health hazards. Theoretically, if the proportion of electric vehicles were high enough, it wouldn’t need pollution controls on its gas-powered vehicles. trillion miles in 2022. (If compliance option.

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Should New Gas Stoves Be Banned?

Union of Concerned Scientists

More recently, a 2022 study by Stanford researchers found that nitrogen dioxide emissions from certain gas burners and ovens, within just a few minutes of operation, exceed the EPA outdoor air standard. Yet another 2022 study , conducted by researchers at the Harvard T.H. billion in rebates for an array of electric appliances.

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These Attorneys General Are Defending the Fossil Fuel Industry, Not Their States

Union of Concerned Scientists

At least partly—if not largely—because the AGs and their political organization, the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA), receive substantial financial support from fossil fuel companies, electric utilities, and their respective trade groups. Electric utilities, meanwhile, gave her $44,750.

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DEP Awards $1.5 Million To Help Municipalities, Schools, Businesses Switch To Clean Transportation

PA Environment Daily

million in 2022 Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant funding to help municipalities, schools, and businesses around the state switch to clean transportation and improve air quality in their communities. Aero Corporation is committed to the adoption of electric vehicles,” said Tom Troxell, Director of Electrification.

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DEP Awards 4 Grants Totaling $2.9 Million To Replace Old Diesel With Clean-Energy Vehicles

PA Environment Daily

These pollutants contribute to ground-level ozone, or smog, which EPA has shown has negative health impacts, including asthma attacks and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The projects are located in high-population areas with dense traffic and high air pollution levels. Annually, the project will remove 1.38

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DEP Invests Over $2.7 Million In Alternative Fuel Transportation Projects To Improve Air Quality & Public Health, Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

PA Environment Daily

The program supports electric, ethanol, biodiesel, compressed natural gas (CNG), propane gas, and other cleaner fuel vehicles. Transportation generates 47 percent of nitrogen oxide emissions in Pennsylvania, contributing to the formation of ground-level ozone.

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Proposed DEP Regulation Would Require 22% Of Passenger, Light Duty Vehicle Fleet Offered For Sale In PA Be Zero Emission Vehicles Starting In 2025

PA Environment Daily

DEP said the proposed rule revision would help ensure that automakers offer for sale in Pennsylvania new zero emissions electric vehicle models that otherwise would be offered in surrounding states that have a requirement. DEP hopes to get the proposed regulation to the Environmental Quality Board for action during the first quarter of 2022.

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