Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

In 1963, a typical car—which ran on leaded gasoline without pollution control devices— emitted 520 pounds of hydrocarbons, 1,700 pounds of carbon monoxide, and 90 pounds of nitrogen oxide every 10,000 miles traveled. More than 20,000 Americans died prematurely in 2015 from tailpipe emissions, according to a 2019 study.

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Nitrogen Oxides Carbon Monoxide Electricity Law 270

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 3, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency et al. Instead, the Court has ruled that, though the agency can still regulate carbon emissions, it must do so narrowly and set standards solely based on options available at individual power plant facilities, such as efficiency measures to improve plant-level heat rates.

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Climate Change Fossil Fuels Carbon Emissions Nitrogen Oxides 248

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

To contextualize that, the Environmental Protection Agency describes PM 2.5 UCS modeled the impacts of reduced emissions on public health As part of our research in the new Accelerating Clean Energy Ambition report , UCS undertook analyses to study the impacts of reducing carbon emissions on public health.

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Fossil Fuels Clean Energy Nitrogen Oxides Air Pollution 251

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 21, 2022

Electric trucks, on the other hand, emit no tailpipe emissions. That’s a whopping difference and closer to the type of progress we need to see in the transportation sector if we’re serious about reducing carbon emissions and air pollution.

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2030 Nitrogen Oxides Air Pollution Electricity 288

PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2024

The elimination of coal-fired power plants and increased use of natural gas in power generation has led to historic emissions and air pollutant reductions equaling $450 billion to $1.04 The analysis leverages emissions data from the Department of Environmental Protection and applies U.S. billion in NOx and $445.1

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Natural Gas Nitrogen Oxides 2005 Air Pollution 105

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 14, 2023

Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new power plant carbon pollution standards that, if strengthened, would go a long way to help meet the Biden administration’s goal of slashing carbon emissions in half from 2005 levels by the end of this decade. What would they accomplish?

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Fossil Fuels Carbon Emissions Nitrogen Oxides Clean Air Act 222

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2021

Their quest has just received a jolt of legitimacy from President Joe Biden’s massive climate plan, which calls on a greater nationwide effort to capture, store and re-use carbon dioxide. In the battle to slow global warming, carbon dioxide is the chief target. Studies by the U.S. from 1990–2019.

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Fossil Fuels Carbon Dioxide Natural Gas Nitrogen Oxides 98