Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
The transition to electric vehicles (EVs) is necessary to decrease climate-changing emissions. These materials are primarily supplied through two sources: 1) newly mined or 2) recovered by recycling batteries already in circulation. This is in stark contrast to a future without high recycling rates. Recycling has many benefits.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 25, 2022
Electric vehicles (EVs) can eliminate tailpipe emissions altogether and so are an attractive option for reducing both global-warming and smog-forming air pollution. While EVs can have no tailpipe emissions, there are emissions from electricity generation.
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Circle of Blue
APRIL 10, 2023
The package includes $83 million for a recycled water pipeline and $150 million over three years to conserve water in Lake Mead. News Briefs Air Pollution Proposal The U.S. The proposal targets hazardous pollutants such as arsenic, cadmium, selenium, and nickel. Federal Water Tap is a weekly digest spotting trends in U.S.
PA Environment Daily
MAY 31, 2023
The House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee is scheduled to hold a June 5 hearing on legislation requiring environmental impact reports on certain electric generation, waste management, sewage treatment and other facilities that are a major source of air pollution proposed in already burdened communities.
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.
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 24, 2024
million to seven applicants for the PA State Clean Diesel Grant Program , which provides financial incentives and support for fleet owners and operators to reduce air pollution from their vehicle fleets. Transportation is one of our biggest areas of impact for improving air quality,” said DEP Interim Acting Secretary Jessica Shirley.
Legal Planet
APRIL 5, 2024
If you have somehow managed to escape the frenzied political headlines about electric vehicles, first I envy you and second, I must regrettably inform you that the EV has become an acronym of partisan rancor on par with IVF, DEI, and CRT. So, are most Americans down on electric cars? times more carbon pollution” than an electric car.
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