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. Additionally, the rule phases out the sale of fossil-fueled trucks in 2036.

Nitrogen Oxides

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Of State Election Results Website -- DEP Invites Comments On Draft 2024 Water Quality Monitoring & Assessment Report -- DEP 2024 Water Quality Report Shows 28,820 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (34%) - An Increase From 27,886 In 2022 [PaEN-10.24.23] -- Center For American Progress: LNG Natural Gas Exports Raise Natural Gas Prices (..)

Ozone

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.

Air Pollution

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

This is replacing the traditional hydrofluorocarbons which have been found to damage the ozone layer. They have deployed energy-saving technologies such as low-carbon building materials including recycled cement, and what they call smart snowmaking which uses 20% less water than traditional technologies.

Renewable Energy

Greenbuilding Law

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Green buildings reduce negative effects on the natural environment and improve the human condition by using less water, energy, and other natural resources; employing renewable energy sources, eco-friendly and responsibly sourced materials; and reducing emissions and other waste.

Climate Change

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

Nitrogen Oxides

Brag

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

.” FTC expects “many public comments” on the following specific issues: Carbon Offsets and Climate Change: The current Green Guides provide guidance on carbon offset and renewable energy claims. More information and an insightful commentary are available in our December 16, 2022, memorandum.

2023

Brag

DECEMBER 22, 2022

FTC states that it expects “many public comments” on the following specific issues: Carbon Offsets and Climate Change: The current Green Guides provide guidance on carbon offset and renewable energy claims. More information and an insightful commentary are available in our December 16, 2022, memorandum.

2023

Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Specific issues on which the FTC expects to receive large numbers of public comments include: Carbon Offsets and Climate Change: The current Guides provide guidance on carbon offset and renewable energy claims (e.g.,

Recycling

Acoel

JUNE 21, 2022

Less than two weeks ago, EPA released an updated version of their “RE-Powering Mapper” tool – How to Identify Sites | US EPA – EPA’s Re-Powering Mapper Tool provides information on over 190,000 contaminated lands, landfills, and mine sites that have the potential to support solar, wind, biomass, and geothermal renewable energy options.

Ozone

Greenbuilding Law

JULY 9, 2023

Addressing methane emissions can be effectuated through specific strategies focused on these economic sectors much of that at reasonable first dollar costs while reducing carbon dioxide emissions necessitates a broader societal shift towards renewable energy, energy efficiency, and decarbonizing the economy at greater dollar costs.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2022

They experience truck traffic and their diesel exhaust emissions, transient workforces, air pollution, including volatile organic compounds, particulate matter, ozone, oxides of nitrogen and fugitive methane emissions. Work toward a quick and just transition away from fossil fuels and toward renewable energies.

Natural Gas

Vermont Law

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

including urban photochemical smog, acid rain and increased tropospheric ozone, and climate change at the local, regional, and global level respectively. That revenue might subsidize other efforts to reduce climate change, such as tax credits on renewable energy infrastructure and other spending programs. carbon dioxide.

Paris Agreement

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) : A group of inert chemical used in many industrial and everyday processes such as our refrigerators that are not broken down at lower atmospheric levels and rise to the upper levels, destroying ozone. They are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, CFCs, and hydrofluorocarbons.

Government

Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Second Circuit Rejected Challenges to Connecticut Renewable Energy Programs. Allco is an owner, operator, and developer of solar energy projects throughout the country, including in Georgia and New York. State Air Resources Board , No. S241948 (Cal. June 28, 2017). PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP , No. 451962/2016 (N.Y.

2017

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Hydrogen is an indirect greenhouse gas that can lead to the formation of ozone and methane. This authority review and enhancement is also necessary for addressing increased transmission demands associated with renewable energy development, so both issues could be addressed at the same time.

Carbon Dioxide

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. Ozone, too, poses significant risks to respiratory health. Ozone plays a dual role in our atmosphere.

2024

Legal Planet

MARCH 6, 2023

Hydrogen’s supply-side has been buttressed by incentives from state and federal governments, refineries and utilities looking to extend the life of fossil fuel infrastructure, and renewable energy companies seeking to take advantage of the huge amounts of clean energy needed to produce green hydrogen.

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

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, Ground-level ozone is the sixth criteria air pollutant, but is created from precursors. Fifteen workers were killed and 180 injured.

Ground-Level Ozone

Greenbuilding Law

JUNE 5, 2022

volume mixing ratio), together with a number of trace gases, such as argon (0.93% volume mixing ratio), helium, radiatively active greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (0.035% volume mixing ratio), and ozone. Fluorinated gases are sometimes used as substitutes for stratospheric ozone-depleting substances (e.g., Greenhouse Gas (GHG).

Greenhouse

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

NO x also contributes to the formation of ozone (or “smog”), another toxic pollutant. A recent study found that more than 99 percent of the global population is exposed to unsafe levels of PM 2.5 pollution, which are particles with diameters of 2.5 micrometers or less.

Fossil Fuels

Acoel

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

EPA regulations under the Clean Air Act for controlling mercury, sulfur dioxide, ozone and other pollutants have contributed to the employment decline. The build-out of renewable energy and electric storage capacity is simply not keeping pace with the rate of baseload fossil generation retirements.

2022

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

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Conservation

Environmental Progress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Between 1980 and 2018, US carbon monoxide levels decreased by 83 percent, lead by 99 percent, nitrogen dioxide by 61 percent, ozone by 31 percent, and sulfur dioxide by 91 percent. Subsidies and mandates for renewables result in higher electricity prices and the net transfer of wealth from lower to upper income citizens.

2020

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Energy Conservation. We live in an age of dwindling fossil fuels and inaction on renewable energy. That's one aspect of energy conservation - efficiency of the resource. The second aspect is making our electrical devices, vehicles, buildings and so on far more energy efficient. Consider an energy policy degree.

Conservation

Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

In an unpublished judgment, the court rejected the petitioners’ other NEPA arguments regarding project design and capacity and cumulative ozone impacts. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , No. Vecinos para el Bienestar de la Comunidad Costera v. 20-1045 (D.C. 3, 2021); Vecinos para el Bienestar de la Comunidad Costera v.

2021

Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

More than 180 local governments nationwide have committed to 100% clean energy, and many more have set ambitious renewable energy goals that fall short of a complete transition. entered into more than 70 contracts to procure renewable energy, totaling more than 13,000 megawatts. And in 2022 alone, U.S.

Clean Air Act

ESA

APRIL 25, 2022

The administration also released plans to approve 48 renewable energy projects on public lands by the end of fiscal year 2025 and double renewable energy production on public lands by 2023. EPA – Public Meetings of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Ozone Panel (April 29).

2022

Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

EPA of a 2015 rule barring replacement of ozone-depleting substances with hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are powerful greenhouse gases. Circuit vacated the 2015 rule to the extent that it prohibited continued use of HFCs by companies that previously switched to HFCs from an ozone-depleting substance. In Mexichem , the D.C.

2020

ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act ( H.R. Mike Levin (D-CA), requires the Interior Department to establish priority area to wind, solar and geothermal energy development and directs revenues from renewable energy projects on public lands into a fund for conservation and recreation projects.

2021

ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said it anticipates issuing a proposed rule in September updating its regulations for renewable energy generation. The Biden administration has made it a priority to rapidly scale up the country’s offshore wind energy production.

2021

Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

For example, recent attention has focused on tightening the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone smog, which is formed by atmospheric reactions on volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and nitrogen oxides (NOx).

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 15, 2024

This, along with many other chemicals, like diesel particulates and ground-level ozone that form soot and smog, and metals like lead in paint and drinking water, are regulated by the EPA to keep us safe. PFAS is shorthand for a class of “forever chemicals” that persist in the environment indefinitely.

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