Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ) and toxics like mercury add further to the health and environmental burden of fossil fuels. These climate, health and justice imperatives are the reason the world needs to phase out fossil fuels and transition to clean energy rapidly. Particulate matter (PM2.5)

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2022

Sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ) and nitrogen oxides (NO x ) emissions from power plants in USCA states fall 88 and 77 percent respectively by 2040, compared with 27 and 18 percent under current policies and plans. What we need now is political will to make this transition happen and ensure that its benefits reach us all.

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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.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

With the clean energy transition already under way, the US electricity mix is set to continue changing this year. Solar power is expected to make up about half of all additions of US electric generating capacity in 2023, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). I’ll start off with the good.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2023

Aging plants and state clean energy goals are certainly helping that trend. Source: Energy Information Agency It might be surprising to see a state like California pumping out so much gas-generated electricity since it’s generally considered a leader in the clean energy transition.

Fossil Fuels 223

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Legal Planet

MARCH 6, 2023

But with the recent influx of government incentives for hydrogen production, new and improving production and storage technologies, and greater political will than ever before, H 2 ’s reputation is gaining favor. All this is not to say there is no place for hydrogen in a clean energy future.

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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.

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