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Posts Tagged ‘Pollution’

Benchmarking Air Emissions of the 100 Largest Electric Power Producers in the United States

Wednesday, June 19th, 2019
U.S. Electricity Generation by Fuel Type

The 2019 Benchmarking report is the 15th collaborative effort highlighting environmental performance and progress in the nation’s electric power sector. The Benchmarking series began in 1997 and uses publicly reported data to compare the emissions performance of the 100 largest power producers in the United States. The company rankings are based on 2017 generation and emissions data and aggregate industry trends are presented through 2018.

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New York City – Unsustainable: Traffic 2018

Friday, December 22nd, 2017

Subway reliability is way down, and the bus system is shedding riders at an alarming rate. And because transit is so unreliable, today New York is accommodating growth in cars, in the form of the tens of thousands of Uber and Lyft vehicles we now find on our streets each day.

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NYC: Where Does the Trash Go?

Thursday, October 19th, 2017

New York City has one of the largest sanitation departments in the world, but, with declining landfills, we follow waste from sidewalks and garbage trucks to treatment facilities and upstate farms.

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Fracking by the Numbers

Thursday, October 10th, 2013
Fracking by the Numbers

ENVIRONMENT AMERICA
Our analysis shows that damage from fracking is widespread and occurs on a scale unimagined just a few years ago. Moreover, three factors suggest that the total damage from fracking is far worse than we have tabulated here. Severe limitations in available data constrain our ability to see the full extent of the damage. Second, there are broad categories of fracking damage—such as the number of water wells contaminated—that would be difficult to ascertain under any circumstances. Finally, there remain major gaps in the scientific community’s understanding of issues such as the long-term consequences of pumping toxic fluids into the ground.

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Climate Change, Land Use, and Energy 2010

Monday, October 18th, 2010
Decline in U.S. CO2 Emissions

URBAN LAND INSTITUTE
This report explores an issue that has risen to become one of the most immediate challenges for sustainable development: financing energy efficiency improvements in real estate. It also seeks to provide an overview of how emerging public policies combine to form a new backdrop for real estate investment.

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Pulse of the Port: CAAP Update

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

The Port is pushing the envelope with clean air goals through year 2023. -from Port of Long Beach on YouTube

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Transportation’s Role in Reducing U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Thursday, April 29th, 2010
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Transportation GHG emissions account for 29 percent of total U.S. GHG emissions, and over 5 percent of global GHG emissions. Except otherwise noted, the estimates in this report account for “tailpipe” emissions from burning fossil fuels to power vehicles and do not account for greenhouse gases emitted
through other transportation lifecycle processes, such as the manufacture of vehicles, the extraction and refining of fuels, and the construction and maintenance of transportation infrastructure.

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Reinventing Transit: American Communities Finding Smarter, Cleaner, Faster Transportation Solutions

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND
“Lawmakers and authorities must seize the moment to support and expand upon the innovative transit investments already occurring that will reduce greenhouse gas pollution, create permanent new jobs and revitalize our national economy…”

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