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Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 4, 2023
It’s not just the poor air quality, long lines, and excessive fossil fuel company representation ; nations are still too far apart in their positions on a fossil fuel phaseout, the top priority for this COP. Yet global fossil fuel production and use continue to expand. Particulate matter (PM2.5)
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 23, 2023
Renewable projects can experience delays due to the country’s antiquated (and slow) system of connecting to the grid, as well as other reasons like permitting and transmission constraints. And fossil fuel power plants may not stick to their retirement schedules for a variety of reasons. A bit more on those reasons later.
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Legal Planet
JULY 13, 2023
Those benefits will flow to people in rural areas as well as urban ones, to national security and international development, and to nature itself. To begin with, there are the health benefits of the energy transition away from fossil fuels. The disadvantaged bear the heaviest burden from air pollution today.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
Union of Concerned Scientists’ (UCS) research shows that top fossil fuel producers’ emissions are responsible for as much as half of global surface temperature increase. The best solution: Replace fossil fuels with renewable energy. The transition to 100-percent renewables is possible.
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Meeting 100 percent of Massachusetts’ electricity demand with renewables by 2035 can bring multiple benefits, including an 85 percent drop in the power sector’s heat-trapping emissions, more than $1.7 billion in health savings, more than 45,000 additional jobs, and $13 billion in additional state gross domestic product by 2040.
Enviromental Defense
APRIL 16, 2024
However, for decades governments have also provided oil and gas companies with significant subsidies and other types of financial support. Fossil fuel subsidies are hurting us Subsidies and public financing to oil and gas companies: Harm our health : Governments are propping up an industry that is killing us.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 12, 2022
Nearly all of the alliance members have a renewable electricity standard (RES), which requires utilities in their jurisdiction to increase their use of renewable energy to a particular percentage by a specific year. We found that states have technically feasible and highly beneficial ways to achieve 100-percent renewable energy.
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