Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

It has taken over 20 years, but EPA has finalized its next step in reducing pollution from new trucks. Perhaps most importantly, this rule doesn’t even attempt to grapple with the question of how to eliminate emissions from trucks, focusing exclusively on fossil-fuel powered engines to the exclusion of electrification.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 7, 2024

Some manufacturers have had to readjust their overly optimistic EV sales targets and layoffs at some manufacturers (Rivian for one) has added to the gloomy news. And they will be even more cost competitive with their internal combustion vehicle counterparts. The bipartisan infrastructure law provided up to $7.5

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Science Blogs

OCTOBER 20, 2017

News outlets are referring to a report released yesterday by The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health. The report’s authors an international team of nearly 50 public health scientists spent nearly two years synthesizing data on the human health effects and economic costs of toxic substances in the air, soil, and water.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 10, 2023

A new report from Ocean Conservancy and Energy and Environmental Research Associates, Reducing Greenhouse Gases in the Maritime Sector: Approaches for Decarbonizing the U.S. Fleet , explores options for how the United States can transition its U.S.-flagged federal agencies, also known as the federal fleet.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 10, 2023

A new report from Ocean Conservancy and Energy and Environmental Research Associates, Reducing Greenhouse Gases in the Maritime Sector: Approaches for Decarbonizing the U.S. Fleet , explores options for how the United States can transition its U.S.-flagged federal agencies, also known as the federal fleet.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 24, 2023

Electric vehicles (EVs) play an important role in reducing carbon pollution from transportation. grams of CO2 per kilometre, while the most fuel efficient gasoline car, the Toyota Prius Eco Hybrid emits 96.2 But this does not mean we can dismiss the potential impacts of new mining activities on the environment and Indigenous rights.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The good news for New Englanders is that a more effective solution for winter reliability is finally within reach. This means that adding more of this resource to our generation mix will bolster the reliability of our power system during cold spells and help to reduce the risk of close calls like the one we had on December 24, 2022.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 8, 2023

One bill would mandate that firms assess and disclose on an annual basis the financially related climate risks they face and how they are managing these risks. 20] SB 261 requires disclosure of companies’ “measures adopted to reduce and adapt to climate-related financial risk.” The maximum yearly penalty under each bill is $500,000.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

“While this bill bears a large price tag, it pales in comparison to the price tag of climate inaction, which carries unimaginable and inexcusable costs, in lives as well as dollars. This year alone, climate-fueled extreme weather has cost our economy a record-breaking $105 billion in property and infrastructure damage and over 500 lives lost.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Over the last 15 years, Penn State University has cut its carbon emissions by more than 35 percent, putting the University ahead of schedule to meet its goal of reducing greenhouse gas outputs to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. The University has been a leader in dramatically reducing its greenhouse gas footprint.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

7-8 Programs On A 120+ Year Old Commercial Building In McKean Being Reborn To Passive House Energy Standards [PaEN] -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Pennsylvania Gives Millions To Boost Electric Vehicle Adoption -- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Regional Transit Zero-Emission Fleet To Cost $572.2

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 14, 2024

Million In Grants To Replace Aging Diesel Fleets With Zero-Emission Vehicles From VW Settlement Funding [PaEN] -- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Funds $40 Million To Replace Diesel Trucks With Electric Vehicles -- Tribune-Democrat: Pro Disposal Inc. PA Recycling Markets Center’s PA ReMaDE Conference Jan.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 26, 2023

This is the first story in a series of reports from the Great Lakes News Collaborative that will investigate contemporary water pollution challenges in the Great Lakes region. Reducing salt use also hinges on societal shifts: public acceptance in urban areas of slower winter driving speeds and less driving in hazardous weather.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

The states contended that further delay in the Court’s resolution of these “weighty issues” would have “serious and far-reaching costs.” The finding must indicate how the FWS intends to proceed with the requested revision of the critical habitat designation. The second petition was filed by a coal mining company. 21-8001 (D.C.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2024

Ranks Pittsburgh Area Among Nation’s Most Polluted -- American Lung Assn.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Here are 1,198 articles published in local news media and in the PA Environment Digest during 2021 that tell the stories of thousands of 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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ESA

AUGUST 16, 2021

However, the world could avoid the more extreme scenarios in the report if governments sharply reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions. More News: Visualizing key takeaways from the IPCC’s dire climate report – PoliticoPro. IPCC: Window closing to stop worst effects of climate change – E&E News.

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