Atmosphere Clean Energy Nitrogen Oxides 
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 15, 2024
The second perspective we offer in our new analysis comes from pulling back the lens to take into account not just carbon at the smokestack, but also the carbon from other steps in the process, as well as other gases that also trap heat when thrown up into the atmosphere.
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Responsible for 12 percent of all US global warming emissions from human activities, methane traps significantly more heat per molecule than carbon dioxide, making it 86 times more harmful for the first 20 years after it is released into the atmosphere. VY: Clean energy sources will be absolutely pivotal for an equitable and reliable grid.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
of the observed rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide and 52 percent of the rise in global average temperatures between 1880 and 2015. If they do, they will see the only truly robust forward course is the one that puts the accelerated transition to clean energy at its center.
Union of Concerned Scientists
AUGUST 21, 2024
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) included a major—forthcoming—refresh for one of the biggest policy drivers of the nation’s clean energy transition to date: tax credits subsidizing the deployment of clean electricity resources. The underlying statute defines “clean” to mean that the facility GHG emissions rate—i.e.,
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 3, 2022
Had the court ruled fully in favor of the EPA— or not taken the case at all —a much more meaningful dent in power plant carbon emissions would be within reach, while also delivering much greater reductions in other dangerous co-pollutants from burning fossil fuels such as particulate matter, mercury, nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide.
Enviromental Defense
OCTOBER 12, 2023
Similarly, the province’s subsidy to Emerald—the owner of the garbage incinerator in Peel—in the name of clean energy and innovation is terrible double speak. Given its tiny size, it is very hard to keep hydrogen from leaking into the atmosphere. Instead, it will lock in polluting fossil fuel infrastructure for decades.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 10, 2024
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. In parallel, there should be more concerted efforts to break down the barriers to the clean energy buildout.
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