Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 28, 2022
6 was enacted, the plants have emitted more than 29 million tons of heat-trapping carbon dioxide, 28,000 tons of nitrogen oxides (NOx), and 16,000 tons of sulfur dioxide (SOx). The subsidies were codified and extended to 2030 when H.B. billion in subsidies for the two coal plants by 2030, and maybe more.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 23, 2023
In 2021 alone, the plants slated for retirement emitted more than 28,000 tonnes of nitrogen oxides (NO x ), 32,000 tonnes of sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ), and 51 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), according to EIA data. degrees Celsius, coal power should be entirely phased out by 2030.
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Edouard Stenger
NOVEMBER 30, 2018
As I have spent some sleepless nights since the latest IPCC report on how Mankind has to halve its carbon emissions by 2030. Burning coal in these two regions account for a little under two gigatonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year, with 1.29 A moral imperative. Are thorium or fusion credible solutions ?
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
New UCS study shows how we can accelerate US clean energy ambition An interdisciplinary team of UCS experts set out to explore how the US can meet its goals to cut heat-trapping emissions 50%-52% below 2005 levels by 2030 and achieve net zero emissions no later than 2050. Coal is phased out of the power sector by 2030.
Circle of Blue
MARCH 21, 2023
million purchase, coordinated with Waucedah Township, is part of the organization’s larger goal of conserving 30 percent of Michigan’s land, water, and biodiversity by 2030. The grant is funded by a $64 million settlement the state received from Volkswagen after the car company was found to be cheating its emissions tests.
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 4, 2023
leader in cleaning up the light duty fleet quietly released its own proposal in August: the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has proposed to improve fuel economy of passenger cars and trucks steadily from 2027 through 2032 and heavy-duty pickups and vans from 2030 to 2035.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 14, 2023
The rule, which also applies to new gas plants, would avoid as much as 617 million metric tons of carbon dioxide through 2042, the EPA calculated , the equivalent of the annual emissions of 137 million passenger vehicles—about half of the cars in the country. Those currently operating fossil fuel plants generate 25 percent of U.S.
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