Sentences with phrase «clear air act»

For example, in 1999 the Citizens for a Sound Economy lobbied against the Clear Air Act.

Almost all fluctiations in temperature appear to be due to natural causes and not human caused pollution as defined by the clear air act.

«The Mayor is playing his part, now government must too by taking on board calls for a diesel scrappage scheme and a new Clear Air Act fit for the 21st Century.»

And, when the clear air acts were implemented, and the cooling aerosols were removed, the temperature started to increase.

Not exact matches

Confirming the movement into the forest, Acting Director, Army Public relations, Col. Sani Usman said, «Advancing troops of the Nigerian Army, supported by the Nigerian Air Force were able to clear and destroy Boko Haram terrorist's camps at Shuari, Adembe, Yerimari Kura, Yerimari Gana, Gonin Kurmi, Kore, Mainya Kore, and Lopere.

A decade after Clear Indoor Air Act severely limited indoor smoking in New York, the focus has turned to e-cigarettes — battery - powered devices that deliver measured doses of vapor to the «smoker» when inhaled.

It is not clear whether or not Romney accepts the science on the pace and causes of climate change, but he promises to amend the Clean Air Act to specifically exclude regulation of carbon emissions.

Yet even though she hasn't seen her children in years, she acts as if there is nothing to clear the air about.

Psychologically, writing is an aggressive act that always remains as an underlying reason, and it doesn't have to be considered a negative one, just a realistic admission is required to clear the air and to help us move on to bigger and better creative endeavors.

We've written plenty exploring that question, and indeed there's no clear answer for CO2 (although environmental campaigners point to success stories like sulfur controls under the Clean Air Act, which ended up far cheaper than forecast).

In May 2004 the Energy Information Administration (EIA) released a study comparing the Clear Skies Act with the Clean Air Planning Act of 2003 (S. 843), introduced by Senator Thomas R. Carper, and the Clean Power Act of 2003 (S. 366), introduced by Senator James Jeffords.

Despite the 2005 deadlock, the Bush Administration moved to implement key measures of the Clear Skies Act, such as the NOx and SO2 trading provision of the bill, which became the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), and the mercury trading provision of the bill, known as the Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR).

«It seems clear to me that the administration will do what they can to limit the damage of an endangerment finding under the Clean Air Act,» he said, pointing to Obama's recent comments at a press conference that concerns about impacts on consumers should be taken into account in cutting emissions.

The high, thin cirrus clouds in the Earth's atmosphere act in a way similar to clear air because they are highly transparent to shortwave radiation (their cloud albedo forcing is small), but they readily absorb the outgoing longwave radiation.

The air and snow surface temperatures warm when storm clouds pass over the site, acting as a blanket that traps heat, and then they gradually cool as heat radiates to space after skies clear.

Is the Clean Air Act so badly flawed that it will cripple environmental enforcement and economic development alike unless the EPA and its state counterparts defy clear statutory provisions or, alternatively, spend $ 21 billion annually to employ an additional 320,000 bureaucrats?

The chronic air pollution has renewed calls for the government to make better forecasts and act faster to help clear the skies over the city of 21.5 million.

«Congress put the Clean Air Act in place to protect Americans from air pollution, and there is no doubt greenhouse gases are air pollution; the science makes that crystal clear.&raqAir Act in place to protect Americans from air pollution, and there is no doubt greenhouse gases are air pollution; the science makes that crystal clear.&raqair pollution, and there is no doubt greenhouse gases are air pollution; the science makes that crystal clear.&raqair pollution; the science makes that crystal clear.»

«If you clear away all the hyperbolic constitutional arguments, there is, at the heart, a statutory question about this part of the Clean Air Act — and whether it applies when the sources in question have been regulated under another provision in the Clean Air Act,» Heinzerling continued.

In his time at the EPA, Holmstead worked to weaken the new source review program, which ensures modified or upgraded power plants don't increase pollution after they are retrofitted, and «oversaw the development of the Bush Administration's Clear Skies Legislation,» which would have allowed for three times more power plant pollution than the Clean Air Act.

Clear Skies was a priority of the Bush Administration, but was picked apart by environmental groups and the National Academy of Sciences for weakening Clean Air Act pollution standards.