Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2023

million commercial trucks on California roads, and although they make up just seven percent of vehicles on the road, these trucks are responsible for more than one-quarter of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, more than 60 percent of smog-forming nitrogen oxides (NOx) and more than 55 percent of lung- and heart-harming fine particulate (PM2.5)

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

In 2021 alone, the plants slated for retirement emitted more than 28,000 tonnes of nitrogen oxides (NO x ), 32,000 tonnes of sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ), and 51 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), according to EIA data. NO x also contributes to the formation of ozone (or “smog”), another toxic pollutant. micrometers or less.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 13, 2022

and nitrogen oxides (NOx) from the numerous commercial and government fleets of MHD vehicles in the state. Both government and the private sector are planning for MHD charging infrastructure. In California, nearly 90 percent of tractor trucks on the road belong to about 15 percent of commercial fleets.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2021

We can turn in the direction of healthier air quality and slow down climate change by switching to electric vehicles, whether we're government officials, business owners, school administrators, community leaders, or individual consumers. It’s free for public use and distribution.

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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. It is also a precursor to other pollutants, including ozone (a key component of smog).

Natural Gas 147

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Carbon Emissions Carbon Dioxide 147

ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

But there has been “no sign” that China’s government intends to shift the country’s policy, said Byford Tsang, a senior policy adviser with the E3G think tank. Governments need to help people cut consumption. Yet they may face barriers to act, which can be removed by actions, for example, by industry, businesses and governments.”.

2022 98

2022 Fossil Fuels Clean Water Act Climate Change 98

Clean Energy Law

JUNE 1, 2021

The WAIRE Program essentially requires warehouse operators to take actions to electrify warehouse activities and the trucks that visit warehouses in order to reduce nitrogen oxides (NOx) and diesel particulate matter (DPM) emissions. Transferring and Banking Points. more stringent permitting requirements for new sources).

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

This itself requires predictions and assumptions regarding policy decisions of governments around the world and is a source of uncertainty. Since the incremental impacts of GHG emissions and global temperature rise are not necessarily constant—for example, temperature rise above 1.5-2.0º How is the SCC Used to Make Policy?

Climate Change 52

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 30, 2023

There are also hundreds more government reports and media investigations linking fracking to prenatal harm, respiratory impacts, cancer, heart disease, mental health problems, and premature death. All of this information is compiled in the fracking science Compendium.

Natural Gas 120

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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. Facility-Based Mobile Source Measures. Endnotes. [1]

Ozone 130

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ESA

APRIL 5, 2021

The advisory council is tasked with providing advice and recommendations to the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality and the White House Environmental Justice Interagency Council on a whole-of-government approach to environmental justice. The White House created the council under Biden’s Jan. 1144 ) from by Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-WA).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Chlorpyrifos is an organophosphate pesticide that the US government banned for use on food crops after we published our study, though it is still used in other parts of the world. The people of Flint demanded that their government recognize their human right to clean and safe drinking water, and they won.

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