Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Since the beginning of 2022, electric vehicle sales in the United States have been downright electrifying. Last year, US drivers bought more than 800,000 new electric vehicles (EVs), 65 percent more than in 2021, even as overall car sales declined. billion to help California drivers switch from gasoline to electricity.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

PennFuture celebrated 25 years of fighting climate change and industrial pollution by holding anniversary celebrations in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia to honor seven Pennsylvanians for their contributions to restoring and protecting the environment. in Physics from Yale University, and a Ph.D. Since assuming elected office in 2020, Rep.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 13, 2023

The revolutions in power generation and vehicle technology are gaining momentum, and—given the climate crisis—they can’t come too soon. Last year, renewables generated more electricity in the United States than coal for the first time, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). of total auto sales.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

I recently had the chance to visit the Los Angeles Auto Show and I was amazed at the number of electric vehicle (EV) offerings. Electric pickup trucks like this Ford F-150 Lightning have much lower global warming emissions than comparable gasoline trucks, even when accounting for electricity generation and manufacturing emissions. .

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 18, 2024

Availability has also increased , with many auto dealers offering a wide range of new and more affordable electric passenger car and pick-up truck models. Disinformation and misconceptions about electric vehicles are a major reason for this lag. some essential facts about electric vehicles in rural areas.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

In an economy that features no battery storage technology, a blackout occurs when at the given price of power aggregate demand exceeds aggregate supply. Rolling blackouts injure energy consumers because a key input in daily life (electricity) is unavailable at random times and this causes pain and inconvenience.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 22, 2023

But extreme heat also hits our electricity system in ways that make it more expensive, more polluting, and less reliable. Extreme heat means more expensive electricity Extreme heat can sharply increase electricity consumption as people turn up their air conditioners for relief. Here’s how. That’s the supply part.

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NAEP Leadership Blog

AUGUST 28, 2022

What might not be readily apparent to some who have not yet taken a deep dive into the IIJA is what the investment could do for climate change. Below are some of the key emissions reduction initiatives addressed by the IIJA: $65 Billion in clean energy transmission upgrades and installing smart grid technologies; $7.5

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The transition to electric vehicles (EVs) is necessary to decrease climate-changing emissions. Research shows there are enough explored or prospective reserves to electrify the global transportation sector using current technology if a high amount of battery recycling occurs. The short answer is yes.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 19, 2023

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently developing a regulation to reduce climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from trucks, known as the Phase 3 GHG standards, which would in theory result in increased adoption of electric trucks. Adapted from Table A2 in ICCT’s January 2023 study mentioned above. In the U.S.

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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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Global Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Chris Johnston is co-author of The Arrival of the Electric Car – An Overview of the EV Revolution Happening Now. The fastest way to shift the transportation sector to environmental sustainability is to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles (EVs). Recently that has changed. CHRIS JOHNSTON DECEMBER 2, 2020.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 5, 2023

In the race to scale up a global supply chain for electric vehicle batteries, mining justice advocates have sought to ensure that the ongoing clean technology minerals boom does not exacerbate longstanding negative impacts from the global mining industry. Chief among these are corruption risks. Download as PDF

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 23, 2023

The Air & Waste Management Association will hold its 15th annual Symposium on Electric Power Transformation - Energy, Environment, Policy, Technology September 26-27 in Pittsburgh.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 5, 2022

Scientists hope for “smart” technology to monitor the Great Lakes. “If Researchers, scientists, and government agencies are hoping to implement “smarter” technologies to monitor the Great Lakes. In Context: Climate Change Grips Trout Streams Across the Nation: How Anglers Are Responding. MILLION GALLONS.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Most studies show that achieving these targets will require an unprecedented increase in wind and solar power to decarbonize the power sector and meet the increased demand for zero- carbon electricity to replace fossil fuels in building, industrial and transportation sectors. Map courtesy NREL: Denholm et al.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 8, 2023

Electric transportation is essential for a cleaner and healthier world. Replacing gasoline vehicles with electric can reduce emissions that cause climate change and illnesses. Let’s talk solutions A solution to decreasing pollution is moving away from gasoline-based modes of transportation to electric.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 12, 2022

Nearly all of the alliance members have a renewable electricity standard (RES), which requires utilities in their jurisdiction to increase their use of renewable energy to a particular percentage by a specific year. EN: What were your top findings? Under current policies and plans, carbon dioxide emissions would decline by only 12 percent.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 16, 2021

There is another important aspect to what is sometimes called “committed warming,” “climate inertia,” or “zero emissions commitment,” an aspect I wrote about over a decade ago. What are the political implications of the fact that climate change will continue after emissions cease, or even potentially grow worse? Download as PDF.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

By Jeremy Williams If I had a pound for every time someone tells me they can’t afford an electric car, I could buy myself a very nice bike. First, it’s not strictly true that electric cars are more expensive. Climate change and air pollution aren’t priced in and we leave others to pay for those. In China, is the answer.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

Fossil gas power plants currently provide the largest source of electricity generation and capacity in the United States. To meet our climate goals and reach net zero emissions by 2050, most studies show that we need to dramatically reduce gas use for generating electricity, heating homes and businesses, and running industrial processes.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 21, 2024

EPA has decades of experience and expertise regarding vehicle technology. EPA had previously considered electric vehicles as a way of reducing pollution. EPA also modeled non-EV approaches that could be used to meet the standard, so switching to electric power is not the only form of compliance. The rule is not unprecedented.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 2, 2022

With the significant strides in electric truck technology, vastly reduced operating and maintenance costs compared to combustion vehicles, and the fact that, according to USPS, 95 percent of its routes can be serviced by electric vehicles, one would assume that the USPS would be pursuing electric delivery vehicles in full force.

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Law and Environment

JUNE 22, 2021

Amid renewed national ambitions to tackle climate change, electric vehicles (EVs) have emerged as a promising way to reduce emissions in the transportation sector, which accounts for nearly a third of greenhouse gas emissions. Battery Supply Chain: Most electric vehicles run on lithium batteries.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2024

We could also see up to 623,000 electric trucks on the road in this time period, with zero-emission trucks making up over one third of all new truck sales by 2032, according to our analysis…but that number is highly dependent on manufacturer compliance strategy and complementary policies. And if so, where?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The ACF is an opportunity to deliver meaningful reductions in air pollution for the most affected communities, but the current proposal falls short of what is technologically and economically feasible. Moreover, CARB’s own research shows that this is both economically and technologically feasible.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 4, 2022

Record heatwaves in India and Pakistan are causing water and electricity shortages. Climate disasters like floods and bushfires could raise insurance premiums so high that properties in Australia will become unaffordable. An Ohio -based nonprofit creates new technology that could break down “forever chemicals” like PFAS.

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

On November 4, 2022, the White House announced a new initiative to support research and development projects on 37 “game-changing” technologies to advance the Biden Administration’s goal of net-zero emissions by 2050. We will be tracking future funding announcements under this initiative.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The labs – including CERN, the European Space Agency, Fermilab and the Los Alamos National Laboratory – have announced that they will step up their scientific collaboration on carbon-neutral energy and climate change as well as share best practices to improve the carbon footprint of big-science facilities.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Last year, Congress passed the most ambitious climate bill ever enacted, the Inflation Reduction Act. The legislation committed nearly $400 billion to support, among other things, wind and solar power, battery storage, electric vehicles, and other clean energy technologies that will make a significant dent in US heat-trapping emissions.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

DEP’s Climate Change Advisory Committee is schedule to meet February 20 to hear presentations on the 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment, PA Greenhouse Gas Inventory and an update on the PA Climate Action Plan. For available handouts and more information, visit DEP’s Climate Change Advisory Committee webpage.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 27, 2024

Announcing recently that the world broke a record by generating 30 percent of all electricity from renewable sources in 2023, the British think tank Ember said the data proves we are in a “new era” of energy in which a permanent decline in fossil fuels is “inevitable.” percent of the globe’s electricity in 2015, solar now produces 5.5

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Legal Planet

APRIL 29, 2024

The bad news is that we’re not yet on track to avoid dangerous climate change. climate policy. The Department of Energy estimates the cost of an electric vehicle lithium-ion battery pack declined 89% between 2008 and 2022. I don’t mean to imply that technological progress will automatically fix things.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Replacing petroleum with renewable electricity as the primary source of transportation energy will leave us all much better off. The impacts of climate change are upon us, a consequence of over a century of global warming emissions from human activity. An average global temperature change greater than 1.5

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 21, 2022

The past few years have been ripe with exciting news of new electric vehicle models hitting the market. Recently, the anticipated release of electric light-duty trucks has dominated consumers’ attention. Nearly everything from delivery vans to semis can be electric now. Electric trucks deliver wide loads of benefits.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

Most of these pieces were about the company’s support for a seemingly independent network of anti-regulation, “free-market” nonprofits that spread falsehoods about the reality and seriousness of climate change. We do not support climate denial,” he replied. “We Rex Tillerson, ExxonMobil CEO from 2006 to 2016.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Most private fusion companies expect fusion power to be supplying electricity to the grid in the 2030s. Four of the biggest players in private fusion – Commonwealth Fusion Systems , General Fusion , TAE Technologies and Tokamak Energy – accounted for 85% of that funding. UK announces potential sites for prototype fusion energy plant.

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