Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2022

Indeed, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has just warned us of the decisive fate that this decade represents to act on climate for us and all the species that we depend on. And we’re already seeing the prominent role that renewables are starting to play in our electricity mix. by 2035 is needed.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

And, as it turns out, the infrastructure used to produce, store, distribute, transmit, and burn gas leaks like a sieve , making gas as bad as coal for the climate. Gas, which now generates 40 percent of US electricity, is considered by some to be critical to maintain grid reliability. That discrimination is still evident today.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2023

cranks its air conditioners to get through historic high temperatures , the need for energy that slows, not hastens, climate change is more apparent than ever. Yet, in 2022, almost 40% of electricity in the US was generated by power plants fueled by natural gas. And now, as the U.S.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 25, 2022

Most household appliances, like furnaces and water heaters, are powered by fossil fuels and emit nitrogen oxides (NOx) —toxic and highly reactive gases that endanger human health and the environment. The brief outlines the harmful effects of fossil fuel appliances on human health, air quality, and climate change.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Respected bodies like the International Energy Agency have been clear – there is no room for new fossil fuel infrastructure if we want to hold warming to 1.5 Along with their contribution to larger climate change impacts, gas plants also cause local air pollution – mainly nitrogen oxides and particulate matter.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2023

The Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) rule, which I’ve blogged about in detail before, will phase out fossil-fueled trucks over the next several decades. A full transition to electric drayage truck operations in 2035. After 2036, all new MHDVs sold in California will be electric. There are more than 1.8 pollution from vehicles.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 15, 2023

Research shows that halting the burning of fossil fuels in homes and businesses is beneficial for the health of residents and vital to combat climate change. The largest obstacle is up-front cost; electric appliances still cost more than gas ones. It should thus be replicated throughout the state and nation.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Fossil gas, or “natural gas,” as it’s been cunningly branded, is a fossil fuel that causes warming and is harmful to human health. Its mainstream name is nothing more than a clever marketing scheme by Big Oil to make the fuel sound natural, safe, and clean. That means cheaper electricity rates for us consumers.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 4, 2023

In the coming years, Californians will begin to see a massive switch away from highly polluting fossil-fueled trucks to zero-emission electric trucks. Additionally, the rule phases out the sale of fossil-fueled trucks in 2036. The rule will apply to commercial, federal, state, municipal, and drayage fleets.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

This funding builds on Governor Shapiro’s agenda to create a bold, comprehensive climate and energy plan that will grow Pennsylvania’s economy, protect and create jobs, and address climate change. Aero Corporation is committed to the adoption of electric vehicles,” said Tom Troxell, Director of Electrification.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

There is so much bad news about climate change these days. Global temperature records are being shattered, climate impacts are worsening rapidly around the world, and the latest IPCC report makes clear that critical global climate goals are on the verge of slipping from our grasp.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 3, 2022

is a serious blow to the EPA’s ability to fight climate change—and could have dangerous repercussions beyond this case. The timing of the decision feels especially harsh, as the nation is in the throes of the “ Danger Season ” for hazards such as heat waves, drought, wildfires and hurricanes, all worsened by climate change.

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Science & Climate

APRIL 22, 2021

In order to achieve the state’s goals of carbon neutrality by 2045 and avoid the worst impacts of climate change, decarbonizing this sector is essential. Fuels : About 86 percent of transportation fuel is petroleum. Shifting toward low-carbon clean energy requires major investments in electricity and hydrogen.

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Edouard Stenger

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Both the United States and the European Union electricity generations have 25-30% coal (historically much higher, hence its title of King), natural gas 35%, nuclear 20-25% and renewables make up 15% on both markets. Yet, coal account for two-thirds of the carbon emissions of electricity generation in both regions. Current situation.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 2, 2023

Image via PickPik On May 23, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) proposed emission limits and guidelines for carbon dioxide from fossil fuel-powered plants. The biggest exception is for those plants that choose to run only part-time, so-called “peaker plants” that turn on when electricity demand is too high for the grid.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2022

Applications were evaluated for their degree of environmental protection, innovation, partnership, economic impact, consideration of climate change, sustainability, and environmental justice, as well as outcomes achieved. LR100 has the lowest carbon footprint of any commercially available biogenic fuel. Read more here.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Canada is upping its pledge too, and will table a new climate plan in March. . And Ontario is, well… Ontario really really likes so-called “natural” gas – a fossil fuel – and plans to use more of it to generate electricity. Fighting against the fight against climate change, once again. . How much more?

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Clean Energy Law

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

One of the most significant air quality challenges in the Basin is reducing emissions of the ozone precursor nitrogen oxides (NO x ) to meet the ozone standard attainment deadlines. According to the 2016 AQMP, mobile sources contributed about 88% of total NO x emissions in the Basin in 2012.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The UN’s Climate Change Conference is just about to kick off in Dubai, juxtaposing the powerful political power of the fossil fuel industry and the desperate need to reduce oil and gas usage as we face an ongoing climate crisis.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 25, 2022

By Adriana E. Ramirez [Equitrans Gas Leak, Keystone Oil Pipeline Spill] -- The Allegheny Front: ‘We Do Have Questions To Answer’ About Single-Use Plastic Waste, Shell Internal Emails Reveal -- Centre Daily Times: Centre County To Expand Curbside Recycling Program In 2023 -- U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 29, 2022

Fossil-fueled trucks, vans, and buses are a major source of climate-disrupting greenhouse gas emissions and nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter (PM), and hazardous air pollutants that harm public health. In 2021, Quebec adopted a regulation requiring all new school buses to be electric.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

Fortunately, I don’t have COPD and I didn’t contract asthma when I was young, perhaps partly because I grew up in a home with an electric range. The study concluded that these childhood asthma cases could have theoretically been prevented by using electric appliances. But other Washingtonians may not be as lucky.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 14, 2023

Those currently operating fossil fuel plants generate 25 percent of U.S. percent of US electricity and utility-scale solar generated 3.4 In 2012, coal generated 37 percent of US electricity. global warming pollution, second only to the transportation sector. Last year, wind generated 10.2 percent , and the 19.8

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2021

Concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere have risen approximately 47 percent since 1750, mostly from the burning of fossil fuels for energy. Strategies for capturing carbon from fossil fuel power plants, to prevent it from entering the atmosphere, have long lingered on the sidelines. from 1990–2019.

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ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

report on how world can still stop climate change. Report finds there is no hope of slowing global warming without a radical shift to electrical energy and carbon removal. report on how world can still stop climate change. s climate science panel said in a major new report on Monday. Executive Branch.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The SCC is a metric that seeks to capture all of the costs that emitting a ton of carbon dioxide (or equivalent amounts of other greenhouse gases such as methane) imposes on society by contributing to climate change over the hundreds of years it remains in the atmosphere.

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ESA

APRIL 5, 2021

Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Debbie Dingell (D-MI) are promoting a separate $10 trillion decade-spanning green infrastructure plan, which sets a goal of 100% zero-carbon electricity by 2035, while creating 15.5 Joe Manchin III (D-WV) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) raised objections to her nomination because of her opposition to fossil fuels.

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