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Legal Planet
JULY 13, 2023
To begin with, there are the health benefits of the energy transition away from fossil fuels. As we clean up our energy system, we simultaneously reduce the tons of pollutants we now produce from burning coal, oil, and natural gas. The disadvantaged bear the heaviest burden from air pollution today.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
The best solution: Replace fossil fuels with renewable energy. Climate change is overwhelmingly caused by burning fossil fuels, and the most immediate path to avert climate disaster is to stop investing in those fuels and start powering our economy with an equitable transition to renewable energy.
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Legal Planet
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Since around 2008, natural gas use has been the mirror image of coal use. Gas had long been more expensive and more volatile in price than coal. But the growth of f racking began in earnest around 2008, and it drove down the price of gas. Politically, what has happened to coal jobs may be more salient.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 4, 2023
And, while renewable energy is growing fast too, it’s not happening fast enough—and can never happen fast enough if its outpaced by fossil fuel expansion. is a particularly nasty pollutant, contributing to a range of cardiovascular and lung diseases and even causing death. Particulate matter (PM2.5)
PA Environment Daily
MAY 14, 2023
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PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 30, 2022
Joe fought tirelessly to raise awareness on urban air pollution in the1980’s by establishing and distributing a daily regional air quality index report that is still used today. And in the early 2000’s when fracking was falsely seen as transitional energy, Joe purposely grew the legal team to oppose natural gas expansion.
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 16, 2023
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