2026 Atmosphere Carbon Dioxide Nitrogen Oxides 
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 10, 2024
California recently extended , for the second time, the operations of three gas plants to 2026. Most notable of these polluting emissions are nitrogen oxides (NOx). Leaks in gas pipelines and wells also release methane into the atmosphere, a much more potent heat-trapping emission than CO 2.
Union of Concerned Scientists
AUGUST 17, 2023
Over the year, those plants emitted 661 million metric tons of carbon dioxide, more than 13% of the US’s energy-related carbon dioxide emissions. gigawatts of capacity from gas plants are planned to go online from 2023 to 2026.
ESA
APRIL 11, 2022
This latest report looks at mitigation — or what the world can do to stop pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Its coal consumption is only planned to begin to drop after 2026. Capturing carbon is a must. Countries will also have to extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to keep global warming in check.
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