PA Environment Daily
MARCH 21, 2025
Another in-person event took place in Western Pennsylvania, where supporters rallied in support of community-centered clean energy at the Homestead Steel Mill Stacks. Solar panels do not emit carbon dioxide, methane, nitrogen oxides, or other harmful air pollutants when theyre working. As one of the priorities in Gov.
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Burning hydrogen increases the production of nitrogen oxides, for example, which if not addressed can increase harms for people living near a plant. One such critical dimension includes other pollution that can harm people’s health. For communities and the climate, the imperative is clear: use renewables more, use gas plants less.”
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Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Gas plants and infrastructure emit nitrogen oxides (NOx) during combustion, which degrade local air quality. VY: Clean energy sources will be absolutely pivotal for an equitable and reliable grid. How can we make sure the decisionmaking process for a clean grid transition is equitable? First, there’s air pollution.
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
The bill responds to research conducted by UCS and The Greenlining Institute showing that while pre-2004 vehicles account for fewer than 20% of the cars on California’s roads, they emit nearly 75% of the smog-forming nitrogen oxides emissions.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
UCS Senior Energy Analyst Julie McNamara addressed the industry’s ruse in a recent blog post: “Given the fallacy of the fossil fuel solution, our policymakers should stop hyper-focusing on fossil fuel production and instead take a full-field view of near- and long-term needs and opportunities, both at home and abroad.
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
APRIL 3, 2025
Those include: More NO x The higher fuel flow rate (faster use of fuel, given hydrogens lower energy content) and the higher temperatures produced by gas-hydrogen blends produce more nitrogen oxides (NO x ), which can cause and exacerbate asthma and other respiratory diseases.
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