Sentences with phrase «air pollution control costs»

Model studies indicate a potential saving of up to 40 % of European air pollution control costs if the changes in the energy systems that are necessary for compliance with the Kyoto protocol were simultaneously implemented (Syri et al., 2001).

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Costs for the state's air pollution control system, which under federal law must be paid for by polluting industries, keep sinking under a rising tide of red ink that taxpayers keep bailing out.

A Supreme Court case could undo a key piece of the Obama's environmental agenda, which hinges on whether the EPA should consider the costs of air pollution controls from coal plants.

And the good news here is that, given the latest air filtration technologies, indoor air pollution is far easier to manage and control, and high performance air filtration systems are quick, easy and cost efficient to install.

The Clean Power Plan, however, defines the «best system of emission reduction» more broadly, by taking advantage of flexible, cost - effective strategies that power companies already use to produce the most electricity at the least cost, and to meet current air pollution control requirements.

In the 1980s, tradable - permit systems were used to accomplish the phasedown of lead in gasoline -(at a savings of about $ 250 million per year), and to facilitate the phaseout of ozone - depleting chloroflourocarbons (CFCs); and in the 1990's, tradable permits were used to implement stricter air pollution controls in the Los Angeles metropolitan region, and — most important of all — a cap - and - trade system was adopted to reduce sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions and consequent acid rain by 50 percent under the Clean Air Act amendments of 1990 (saving about $ 1 billion per year in abatement costair pollution controls in the Los Angeles metropolitan region, and — most important of all — a cap - and - trade system was adopted to reduce sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions and consequent acid rain by 50 percent under the Clean Air Act amendments of 1990 (saving about $ 1 billion per year in abatement costAir Act amendments of 1990 (saving about $ 1 billion per year in abatement costs).

I'm not as concerned about the cost of controlling genuine air pollution and the political judgments relating to them, as I am about the claim that CO2 is a pollutant.

If a US coal unit installs control technologies to meet the most stringent air pollution regulation, it could increase operating costs by 13 % when the capacity factor declines from 60 % to 40 %.

The review also notes that coal combustion remains the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions and local air pollution in the Czech Republic and highlighted the benefits of retrofitting existing coal - fired power plants with cost - effective emissions controls, and replacement of ageing plants with high - efficiency technology.