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Electric Vehicle Sales Continue to Grow, Despite What Some Automakers Are Saying

Union of Concerned Scientists

However, most of the automakers making the switch are offering adaptors next year and making the hardware change with model year 2025 vehicles. But right now, some potential buyers might be waiting to see new 2024 or 2025 models that have access to Tesla’s Supercharger network. Sowing doubt about EVs to influence regulations?

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Federal Water Tap, April 24: Pennsylvania’s Pollution Failures Targeted in Proposed Chesapeake Bay Settlement

Circle of Blue

And lastly, the EPA establishes that water and wastewater are eligible categories for billions in federal funding to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. “We Water and wastewater improvements that reduce greenhouse gas emissions or air pollution are eligible for funding.

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Why the Bay Area’s Zero-Emission Appliance Rule is a Big Deal

Legal Planet

Gas stoves are a significant driver of childhood asthma , leaking methane even while turned off and releasing as much nationwide climate pollution each year as 500,000 cars. Furnaces and water heaters are even bigger polluters, with major contributions to outdoor air pollution in the Bay Area. Richard Trumka Jr.,

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Boston Regulates Building GHG Emissions: The Next Few Years Will Be Very Interesting

Law and Environment

The limits will first be effective in 2025, with the limits declining every five years until they reach zero by 2050. The Air Pollution Control Commission has authority to suspend some or all of the requirements of BERDO 2.0 As indicated by its name, since its original enactment, BERDO only dealt with reporting and disclosure.

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Building a Better Power Grid for Minnesota

Union of Concerned Scientists

Minnesotans are facing concurrent crises of climate change, high energy prices and inflation, and the inequitable public health impacts of fossil fuel air pollution. Minnesota’s current goal is to reduce statewide carbon emissions 30 percent by 2025 compared to 2005 levels and 80 percent by 2050.

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April 29 Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available

PA Environment Daily

18-20 In WV Registration Open For Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council Level 1 Certification Training Beginning July 30 Join Master Watershed Stewards In Lancaster County For June 13 Waterways On Wheels Bike Tour A Dozen Nonprofit, Agency, Municipal Environmental Experts Team Up To Tackle Stormwater Runoff In The Lake Erie Watershed Dept.

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

Union of Concerned Scientists

pollution, which are particles with diameters of 2.5 In 2019, air pollution more broadly was responsible for about 6.7 The EPA’s Social Cost of Carbon was adjusted to 2025 to align with the emissions year of the NO x and SO 2 estimates.) micrometers or less. million deaths globally.