Sentences with phrase «air pollutant emissions»

On 7 July, the Commission published its proposal to amend the 2004 directive regulating air pollutant emissions from non-road mobile machinery (NRMM) so as to increase the flexibility provisions.

«Despite some reductions in air pollutant emissions in Europe and North America, human health impacts from ozone are still a cause for concern across the world and are rising in parts of East Asia, with the potential for serious health effects on their populations,» said Zo?

The government says it's the first time it will regulate air pollutant emissions from locomotives.

The plentiful supply of domestically produced natural gas has also reduced our nation's greenhouse gas emissions and criteria air pollutant emissions chiefly from electricity generation.

In a key side - benefit, because other air pollutant emissions are reduced as fossil fuels are phased out, the report projects that 13,000 premature deaths would be prevented annually after 10 years, with a cumulative 227,000 American lives saved over 20 years.

«Economically Consistent Long - Term Scenarios for Air Pollutant Emissions.»

The tool demonstrates that different energy scenarios with the same decarbonisation target can make a difference of 108,000 tons in annual air pollutant emissions or 1.2 million acres of land use; an area about twice the size as the country Luxembourg.

Air pollutant emission inventories are essential in measuring the impact of pollution on air quality and the climate, as they are fed into atmospheric and climate models to make projections for the future.

On June 3, 2016, during the 8th U.S. - China Transportation Forum in Los Angeles, U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and China's Ministry of Transport (MOT) jointly announced the R2ZE Challenge and called to action cities / transit agencies to take measurable steps to reduce transit fleet bus greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions through increased deployment and operation of ZEBs.

The topics on which we believe additional information and analysis are necessary include the purpose and need for the project, potential greenhouse gas emissions associated with the project, air pollutant emissions at the receiving refineries, pipeline safety / spill response, potential impacts to environmental justice communities, wetlands and migratory birds.

Much of the existing generating capacity is very old, and, due to high air pollutant emissions and tightening environmental standards, about 30 % will need to be retrofitted with environmental control technology or be replaced in the next decade.

The paper by Lamarque et al. (2011) describes how information on air pollutant emissions was used for deriving future concentration and forcing scenarios for aerosols and ozone.

This system includes both regulatory and non-regulatory measures that target harmful air pollutant emissions from key industrial sectors and sets new ambient air quality standards.

Fujii, Hidemichi and Managi, Shunsuke (2015): Economic development and multiple air pollutant emissions from the industrial sector.

Canada has adopted world - leading air pollutant emission regulations for a broad range of on - road and off - road vehicles and engines which address ozone precursors, and consequently, reduce black carbon.

However, there is no confirmation that air pollutant emissions did indeed cease September 1 as promised.

Burning renewable fuels, such as ethanol, can reduce air pollutant emissions, but critics argue that gasoline blended with too much ethanol can interfere with emissions control systems in some automobiles and actually lead to higher emissions.

Canada is developing regulations to control air pollutant emissions under the Railway Safety Act.

Fossil fuel fired combustion plants are still a major source of air pollutant emissions.

Our operations track and record criteria air pollutant emissions, including NOx (Nitrogen oxides), SO2 (Sulfur dioxide), CO (Carbon monoxide) and PM (particulate matter).

The Long - range Energy Alternatives Planning (LEAP)- Integrated Benefits Calculator (IBC) is an integrated planning tool to help governments jointly assess greenhouse gases, short - lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) and other air pollutant emissions; build mitigation scenarios; and understand how emission reductions benefit climate, health and crops.

Proposed Air Quality Regulations for Oil and Gas Activities on the OCS — The OCSLA requires BOEM to regulate air pollutant emissions from OCS activities to the extent they significantly affect the air quality of any State.

The primary purpose of the LEM Program is to publicly report on greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions from Canada's fleet of locomotives serving both the freight and passenger sectors.

While the historic U.S. - China Joint Announcement on Climate Change was made in November 2014, both the U.S. and China have had programs that have focused on developing zero emission buses to help reduce greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions.

Transport is a significant cause of air pollutant emissions, accounting for 60 percent of all air pollutant emissions.

Trucks are a major contributor to the growth in transport - fuel consumption, as well as rising carbon dioxide and air pollutant emissions.

These air pollutant emissions are harmful to both environmental quality and public health.