Enviromental Defense

MAY 29, 2024

The Portlands gas plant was built in 2008 and was designed as a peaker gas plant, meaning that it would only operate a few hours per month when electricity demand was high. The IESO should switch to renewable sources of electricity and plan to phase out the Portlands gas plant as soon as possible.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 31, 2023

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. Nine of the vehicles will be fully electric long-haul tractor trailers, the first supported by the AFIG program. “The

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Beyond the climate harms of fossil fuels, they also impose a terrible toll on human health, as numerous recent studies show—including the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change , a BMJ study on global deaths from air pollution caused by fossil fuels, and a study on US deaths attributable to coal-fired electricity generation.

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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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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 Threats of Gas Appliances Every day, domestic gas-powered building appliances emit 65 tons of toxic and highly reactive gases called nitrogen oxides (NOx) per day.

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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

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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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. Soon thereafter, it began extolling the virtues of battery electric vehicles , which it continues to do today.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Along with their contribution to larger climate change impacts, gas plants also cause local air pollution – mainly nitrogen oxides and particulate matter. Multiple studies have concluded that Ontario does not need more gas to meet growing electricity demand.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2023

Together, these standards will accelerate California’s necessary transition to a cleaner and more efficient freight system, increasing the estimated number of electric trucks on our roads and highways by 70 percent in 2050. A full transition to electric drayage truck operations in 2035. There are more than 1.8 pollution from vehicles.

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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. The reductions in PM2.5

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 2, 2023

EPA last year, the new draft rule does not determine emission limits based on “generation shifting,” or the closure of fossil fuel-powered plants in favor of cleaner sources of electricity. With regards generation shifting, states will have greater latitude than the federal government to force dirty power plants to close.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

When thinking about global emissions, don’t picture an individual—point your finger at powerful corporations, specifically the 88 companies that are largely responsible for climate change. The study focused on the member states of the United States Climate Alliance, a bipartisan coalition committed to the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

In Ontario, fossil gas is used primarily for generating electricity, for heating buildings (residential and commercial), and for industrial uses (for heating substances and as a raw material). In fact, Ontario is planning to build new gas plants and extend expiring gas plant contracts to produce electricity. It is none of those things.

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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. Both the state and federal governments have committed billions of dollars to spur this work. Why did the state create this truck rule?

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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

JUNE 14, 2023

percent of US electricity and utility-scale solar generated 3.4 In 2012, coal generated 37 percent of US electricity. Coal’s decline and the rapid growth of renewables helped cut the US electricity sector’s carbon emissions by 24 percent over the last decade. Last year, wind generated 10.2 Add hydropower’s contribution of 6.2

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2021

DEP said the proposed rule revision would help ensure that automakers offer for sale in Pennsylvania new zero emissions electric vehicle models that otherwise would be offered in surrounding states that have a requirement. Transportation generates 47 percent of nitrogen oxide and 21 percent of carbon dioxide emissions in Pennsylvania.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

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. 600 per cent more by 2040 – which is going to add a lot more climate pollution to the atmosphere! Fighting against the fight against climate change, once again. .

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

greenhouse gas emissions, more than the electric power sector. The transportation sector is also a substantial source of nitrogen oxides and particulates, both of which are dangerous to human health. Transportation is now the source of 28% of U.S. I’ll discuss that comparison more in a bit).

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 21, 2022

The AFIG Program funds projects that replace older gasoline- or diesel-fueled vehicles with cleaner fuel vehicles that helps reduce emissions of carbon monoxide, particulate matter, volatile organic compounds, nitrogen oxides, and carbon dioxide, a principal greenhouse gas.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 21, 2023

One of Mackinac Island’s ferries will be converted to zero-emissions electric power for the first time ever. We work together to produce news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water.

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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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PA Environment Daily

JULY 28, 2022

Manchin Agree On Largest Single Investment In Measures To Fight Climate Change, Assess Methane Leak Fees On Oil & Gas Facilities [PaEN] -- EQB Meets Aug. Senate Democrats, Sen. 9 On Final Reg. What’s Your Community Doing? Other States/National/International -- AP: U.S. Senate Democrats, Sen.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

States and local air quality regulators have the legal authority to set particulate matter (PM), ozone, and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions standards and adopt regulations for these pollutants when they are already in attainment of the national ambient air quality standards ( NAAQS ) set by the U.S.

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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. “We 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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Clean Energy Law

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

As of April 2018, the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) region, which encompasses the Basin, was home to approximately 34,000 warehouses with 1.17 The District is targeting formal adoption of Proposed Rule 2305 at its May 1, 2020, Governing Board meeting. Endnotes. [1] Endnotes. [1] 5] See [link] (last visited Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 25, 2022

Here are 59 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2022

Here are 91 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Thank you for your leadership! -- Gov. Senate Democrats, Sen.

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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. “Each of the projects awarded this year will leave a positive lasting legacy for Pennsylvania.” Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 30, 2023

“Today-- 20 years into the Marcellus Shale fracking boom-- there are dozens of epidemiologic studies and hundreds of other peer-reviewed scientific and medical research papers showing harm to peoples’ physical and mental health, the health of the environment, and to the planet’s climate system.

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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 22 executive order, “ Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad. ” Ed Markey (D-MA) and Reps. million jobs a year. Register here.

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