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Diesel is the Reason for the Sneezin’: Cleaner Holiday Deliveries are on the Horizon

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Production of the gift itself and packaging contribute to pollution, however, I wanted to better understand this “last-mile” delivery impact. How would that change if I hopped on the electric bus route at the end of my block? Would the footprint of my choices be greater if I shopped online versus driving to a local store?

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EPA Awards Allegheny County $10 Million Grant Replace Diesel With Electric Buses In Mon Valley

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2023

The $10 million grant will be utilized by PRT to replace four 40-foot diesel transit buses with electric buses. The grant will also support the purchase and installation of two electric chargers along with necessary infrastructure in the garage to which the buses would be assigned. Based on data collected and analyzed by the ACHD, PM2.5

Electricity

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Reliance on Gas Power Plants Fuels Inequity

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2024

California recently extended , for the second time, the operations of three gas plants to 2026. And all this polluting infrastructure has serious health and environmental implications for the surrounding communities. Most notable of these polluting emissions are nitrogen oxides (NOx).

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Californians Embrace Zero-Emission Vehicles with Record Sales

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 3, 2023

According to the California Energy Commission, more than one in five of all new passenger cars and trucks sold in the state at the start of this year was a zero-emission vehicle, which includes plug-in hybrids, battery electric, or fuel cell electric vehicles. More than 16 percent of new cars sold this year are fully electric plug-ins.

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Despite Potential to Electrify 90 Percent of Routes, USPS Still Plans to Deliver Pollution with the Mail

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 24, 2023

Over the past several years, the USPS worked to plan the replacement of its aging delivery truck fleet with a mix of both electric and combustion vehicles. If electric delivery vehicle deployment is maximized, this transition could have significant positive impacts on both air quality and the larger adoption of commercial electric vehicles.

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Too Many Gas Power Plants are the Problem Not the Solution

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2023

cranks its air conditioners to get through historic high temperatures , the need for energy that slows, not hastens, climate change is more apparent than ever. Yet, in 2022, almost 40% of electricity in the US was generated by power plants fueled by natural gas. States remain widely varied on their reliance on gas for electricity.

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Ask a Scientist: UCS Transportation Program Adds Equitable Mobility to its Portfolio

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

Thanks largely to the Clean Air Act, new passenger vehicles are 98 to 99 percent cleaner than they were 60 years ago when it comes to most tailpipe pollutants, including hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, and fine particulate matter. Even so, cars and trucks are still making us sick—and killing us.

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2021-2022 California Environmental Legislation: What’s Been Enacted?

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

SB 1020 signals the state’s continued prioritization of clean energy development, adding to the state’s existing goal for 100% clean electricity retail sale by 2045 by establishing interim clean energy targets of 90% of all retail electricity sales be renewable and zero-carbon by 2035 and 95% by 2040.

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Can California Stop Selling Polluting Cars by 2035? Yes It Can.

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 22, 2022

California’s air pollution regulator, the Air Resources Board, is poised to adopt one of the most important steps that the state has ever taken to reduce exposure to air pollution and limit climate changing emissions. First is stricter smog-forming pollution rules for conventional cars.

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Western PA Residents Comment After Living With The Shell Petrochemical Plant For A Year

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Shell Polymers Monaca started operating just over a year ago but has since stumbled through continued production delays, blown past air pollution limits, and racked up more than two dozen technical malfunctions. Related Articles - Shell Petrochemical Plant: -- DEP: Shell Petrochemical Plant Pays Additional $2,671,044.75

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Improving EPA’s Latest Ozone Transport Rule

Acoel

JUNE 29, 2022

EPA’s latest proposed rule targeting NOx emissions from fossil-fueled electric generating units (EGUs) is a classic study of diminishing returns. The downwind air quality benefits are minimal. In 2020, sources in both the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) NOX annual program and the A(cid) R(ain) P(rogram) together emitted 0.78

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Truck Loopholes 101 – When Emissions Regulations Don’t Match the Real World

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The first was to reward the deployment of electric trucks—given that EPA has pushed its consideration of EVs in the greenhouse gas rule to next spring , this is not likely to be included in the final rule. EPA has proposed three different early credit programs.

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The SEC’s Final Climate Disclosure Rule: Interrogating Preemption and Coherence with Other Domestic Regimes

Law Columbia

MARCH 29, 2024

Current estimates are that the law will impact over 10,000 companies, which will have to draft a report every two years, beginning January 1, 2026, and publish it on their own website. This bill captures more companies, with a lower revenue threshold of over $500 million instead of $1 billion.

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The Car Rule and the Major Questions Doctrine

Legal Planet

APRIL 24, 2023

When the Biden Administration ramped up fuel efficiency requirements through 2026, ideologues such as the Heartland Institute and states like Texas were quick to wheel out this attack. No doubt the same attack will be made on the Administration ambitious proposed post-2026 standard. But the resemblance ends there.

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California Regulators Increased Their Clean Energy Ambition. Will They Deliver?

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

To reach the state’s goals of 100% clean electricity and economy-wide carbon neutrality by 2045, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has been tasked with planning the clean electricity transition via its Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) process. But the turn is not yet over.

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Cities & the Inflation Reduction Act

Law Columbia

AUGUST 22, 2022

The bill is sprawling, covering climate and energy topics as diverse as electric vehicles, building decarbonization, clean energy manufacturing and supply chains, agriculture, and greening the electricity system, all through a range of tax incentives and direct grants. Still, how does a local government tap in? Second, $11.97

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How Will DTE’s Long-Term Plan Impact Michigan’s Clean Energy Future?

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 1, 2022

DTE’s proposal, known as an integrated resource plan, describes how the utility intends to fulfill its customers’ electricity needs over the next 20 years. These types of long-term energy plans include forecasting the amount of electricity customers will need and examining different options for supporting that need.

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Everything You Need to Know about EPA’s New Clean Car Emissions Standards

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 26, 2024

By 2032, new light-duty vehicle climate emissions would decrease by nearly 50 percent (to 85 grams/mile) compared to existing standards that go through 2026. Air quality and public health But climate pollution isn’t the only thing coming out of tailpipes that’s harming us, and the impact of these tailpipe emissions isn’t equally shared.

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Colorado Law Will Lead the Nation in Reducing GHGs from Buildings

Greenbuilding Law

AUGUST 20, 2023

As directed by a state law enacted in 2021, as HB 1286, the Colorado Health Department’s Air Pollution Control Division developed the newly finalized standards. As part of its target methodology , the state determined about 40% of the 8,000 buildings covered under the program already meet standards for the 2026 target.

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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - February 3

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 519 ) -- Lewis Run Natural Gas Plant LLC - Lewis Run Gas Plant: DEP invites comments on renewal of Minor Air Quality Permit for the facility in Bradford Twp., Susquehanna County. ( Susquehanna County. ( Warren County. ( McKean County. ( Butler County. ( Greene County. ( Westmoreland County. ( Lehigh County. (

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Biden Administration Faces Stark Choice on Its Biggest Climate Policy

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

These rules must accelerate the ongoing transition towards electrification As my colleague recently wrote , this year has seen a continued rise in sales of electric vehicles, on pace for over a million fully electric vehicles sold this year in the US, indicating the transition to electrify the passenger car market is well underway.

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EVs Critical Solution For Climate Crisis, But Biden Administration Stopping Short on Trucks

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 13, 2023

An ambitious and achievable goal to electrify privately owned vehicles While complementary action to reduce car usage is necessary to address climate change, to the extent the United States continues to be reliant upon privately owned passenger cars and trucks, those miles must be electric, powered by an increasingly clean grid.

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Reading the Tea Leaves: Biden’s and California’s Vehicle Regs at the D.C. Circuit

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

greenhouse gas emissions, more than the electric power sector. The big issue in this case is whether the agency violated a statutory prohibition against “considering” electric vehicles in setting the standard. Transportation is now the source of 28% of U.S. I’ll discuss that comparison more in a bit).

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138 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Million Fine For Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Air Pollution Violations -- TribLive: ‘This Is What Money Smells Like;’ $2.2 Million Fine For Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Air Pollution Violations -- TribLive: ‘This Is What Money Smells Like;’ $2.2 Westmoreland County?

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Shapiro’s Support For RGGI Puts Us On A Dangerous Path - By Commonwealth Foundation -- Group Against Smog & Pollution: US Steel Appeals $2.2 Million Fine For Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Air Pollution Violations -- TribLive: ‘This Is What Money Smells Like;’ $2.2 Keystone Coldwater Conference Feb. Westmoreland County?

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Sabin Center Files Amicus Brief in Support of New GHG Vehicle Emissions Standards

Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

However, Petitioners have argued that the new standards exceed EPA’s authority, were adopted in an arbitrary or capricious manner, and are otherwise barred by an expansive reading of the developing “major questions doctrine” because they may have nebulous effects on national security and electric grid reliability. EPA , 549 U.S.

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Good Environmental Bills Are Missing On The List Of Senate, House Accomplishments For 2021

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

percent by 2026 under the state’s Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards. Senate Bill 919 (Laughlin-R-Erie and Costa-D-Allegheny) authorizes electric utilities to establish solar energy subscriber programs ( sponsor summary ). percent to 5.5 Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

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Let’s Pass Some Good Environmental & Energy Legislation In 2022 - Instead Of Just Dog Whistles

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 29, 2021

percent by 2026 under the state’s Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards. Senate Bill 919 (Laughlin-R-Erie and Costa-D-Allegheny) authorizes electric utilities to establish solar energy subscriber programs ( sponsor summary ). percent to 5.5 Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 2, 2022

Casey: Announces $2.1

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Congress Gives Final Approval To Climate, Energy, Healthcare Bill Sending It To President Biden

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 12, 2022

House passed compromise legislation that would make the largest federal investment-- $375 billion-- in climate change fighting strategies, including investments in renewable energy production, tax rebates for consumers for energy efficiency and electric vehicles and more. billion for EQIP, $6.75 billion for the RCPP, $3.25

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1,198 New Stories In 2021 - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA - Is Your Story Being Told?

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Mensch Introduces Bill To Encourage Development Of Clean Vehicle Infrastructure- Electric, Natural Gas, Hydrogen -- 35 Senate, House Democrats Urge Gov. Rural Communities On The Front Lines Of Solar's Growth -- Sen. Wolf To Investigate Health Impacts Associated With Natural Gas Fracking -- EPA Honors Energy-Efficient Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc.

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U.S. Senate Passes Climate, Energy Bill; Now On To U.S. House For A Vote

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2022

Senate passed compromised legislation that would make the largest federal investment-- $375 billion-- in climate change fighting strategies, including investments in renewable energy production, tax rebates for consumers for energy efficiency and electric vehicles and more. Republicans voted against the bill. The bill now moves to the U.S.

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Diesel is the Reason for the Sneezin’: Cleaner Holiday Deliveries are on the Horizon

EPA Awards Allegheny County $10 Million Grant Replace Diesel With Electric Buses In Mon Valley

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Reliance on Gas Power Plants Fuels Inequity

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Californians Embrace Zero-Emission Vehicles with Record Sales

Despite Potential to Electrify 90 Percent of Routes, USPS Still Plans to Deliver Pollution with the Mail

Too Many Gas Power Plants are the Problem Not the Solution

Ask a Scientist: UCS Transportation Program Adds Equitable Mobility to its Portfolio

2021-2022 California Environmental Legislation: What’s Been Enacted?

Can California Stop Selling Polluting Cars by 2035? Yes It Can.

Western PA Residents Comment After Living With The Shell Petrochemical Plant For A Year

Improving EPA’s Latest Ozone Transport Rule

Truck Loopholes 101 – When Emissions Regulations Don’t Match the Real World

The SEC’s Final Climate Disclosure Rule: Interrogating Preemption and Coherence with Other Domestic Regimes

The Car Rule and the Major Questions Doctrine

California Regulators Increased Their Clean Energy Ambition. Will They Deliver?

Cities & the Inflation Reduction Act

How Will DTE’s Long-Term Plan Impact Michigan’s Clean Energy Future?

Everything You Need to Know about EPA’s New Clean Car Emissions Standards

Colorado Law Will Lead the Nation in Reducing GHGs from Buildings

PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - February 3

Biden Administration Faces Stark Choice on Its Biggest Climate Policy

EVs Critical Solution For Climate Crisis, But Biden Administration Stopping Short on Trucks

Reading the Tea Leaves: Biden’s and California’s Vehicle Regs at the D.C. Circuit

138 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

Sabin Center Files Amicus Brief in Support of New GHG Vehicle Emissions Standards

Good Environmental Bills Are Missing On The List Of Senate, House Accomplishments For 2021

Let’s Pass Some Good Environmental & Energy Legislation In 2022 - Instead Of Just Dog Whistles

Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 4.2.22

Congress Gives Final Approval To Climate, Energy, Healthcare Bill Sending It To President Biden

1,198 New Stories In 2021 - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA - Is Your Story Being Told?

U.S. Senate Passes Climate, Energy Bill; Now On To U.S. House For A Vote

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