Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2023

I distinctly remember the rotten egg smell of sulfur dioxide hanging over the Flats whenever we went downtown. It is mainly methane, which is 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide in trapping heat for the first 20 years after it is released. But nitrous oxide is even more insidiously efficient at disrupting the climate.

Clean Water Act 284

Clean Water Act Carbon Dioxide Clean Air Act Climate Change 284

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

That would of course include fossil gas, which consists of 85 to 90 percent methane, a significantly more potent heat-trapping gas than carbon dioxide. A 2022 study found that gas stoves leak methane, and more than three-quarters of the emissions occurred when the stoves were off.

2013 358

2013 Electricity Natural Gas Fossil Fuels 358

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2024

in Somerset County -- WHYY: My Climate Story: Philly Students Take Science From Abstract To Personal -- Reading Eagle: Berks Nature Nonprofit Has Evolved Over Its 50-Year History -- MCall: C.F.

Earth Day 76

Earth Day Nitrogen Oxides 2024 Conservation 76

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2024

Of State Webpage -- DEP Awards $2.9

Nitrogen Oxides 108

Nitrogen Oxides Natural Gas Carbon Dioxide 2024 108