Nitrogen Oxides Ozone Renewable Energy 
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 4, 2023
Trucks and buses on California’s roads and highways are responsible for the majority of lung-damaging fine particulate and ozone-forming nitrogen oxide emissions, and a sizable amount of climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions as well. Why did the state create this truck rule?
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 2, 2024
Mile for mile, a typical drayage truck operating out of the Port of LA emits around 70 percent more ozone-forming nitrogen oxides and over 20 percent more lung-damaging fine particulate matter compared to the typical tractor truck in the rest of California, according to CARB.
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PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Today’s announcement demonstrates a shared commitment between the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and our local communities and businesses to improve air quality, address climate change, and increase the use of renewable energy across the Commonwealth.” Click Here for a list of projects funded. “We
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 16, 2025
Costly and Inequitable In addition to emitting greenhouse gases, gas power plants also pollute the air with nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, particulate matter, and volatile organic compounds. Now is the time for Wisconsin and the PSCW to tell We Energies that profits cannot be placed over communities.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 13, 2024
The American Lung Association’s State of the Air report measures three of the major types of pollutants in the San Joaquin Valley: long-term particle matter, short-term particle matter, and ozone. come from reactions of industrial pollutants (nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides) with sunlight and unfinished fuel combustion.
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Examples are benzene, hydrofluoric acid, particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and many, many other toxic pollutants. One good example of the nexus between global warming and local pollution is ground-level ozone. To make matters worse, NOx contributes to the formation of ground-level ozone and secondary PM2.5,
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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