Sentences with phrase «air quality areas»

Again, the point is while climate change and goals for reducing impacts on climate produce a lot of talk, the United States already is seeing significant reductions in key climate and air quality areas.

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Where electric vehicles tend to succeed is in markets where trucks only have to drive short distances, and in areas where stringent air quality or pollution regulations make electric either favorable or a necessity.

However, such statements ignore studies that suggest fracking has worsened local air quality in areas undergoing unconventional natural gas development.

Founded in 2014, the space boasts 25 private offices, large common areas, and sustainable features — recycled denim batting panels help dampen sound in the large lobby, and Nest smart thermostats regulate the indoor air quality.

In the area of the environment, the Party is committed to improving air quality, ensuring clean drinking water, and greater conservation of sensitive ecological areas.

Conservation, recycling, land management, water quality, air quality and manure management are areas of priority for pig farmers for continuous improvement.

The progress report also acknowledges CSWA's many collaborators who are crucial to the success of the program and describes the many areas of sustainability addressed through action plan workshops, including ecosystems management, integrated pest management, air and water quality, and energy efficiency.

«We're one of just a few communities that have managed to do that,» he said of Buffalo Grove's record of «Clean Air Counts,» part of a Chicago - area initiative to improve air qualiAir Counts,» part of a Chicago - area initiative to improve air qualiair quality.

Whenever an area in your home has consistent moisture, little threads of mold form, causing the air quality in your home to worsen.

Today, our air is cleaner, we have more parks and areas like the Bronx River, and Bronxites can enjoy a better quality of life.

The Health Effects Institute states that the neighborhoods by the Peace Bridge are not an air quality hot spot because emissions levels are similar or even better than in other urban areas.

The Rev. Ruben Austria, a Mott Haven resident who runs a nonprofit for local youth, noted the exceptionally high rates of asthma in the area and warned that Fresh Direct's delivery trucks could further degrade the air quality.

Surface transport is the most significant factor affecting local air quality in the Heathrow area.

Town of Ulster resident Robert Barton said he was concerned about the proposed bottling plant being built on a floodplain, as well as what the facility's production efforts might do to the air quality in the area.

He is presently representing residents around Kennedy Airport who are suing the Port Authority on air quality issues, due to the high incidence of asthma and other respiratory diseases in the area.

«NYSTA's knowledge of highway use and regulation and traffic impacts, while important, is highly limited within the context of a complex environmental review covering surface and groundwater, soils, bedrock and geology, storm water, air quality, habitat, and climate, among other areas of specialized knowledge and expertise,» they wrote.

It says the air quality is consistent with similarly sized metro areas with high traffic.

A report from the European party highlighted engagement on e-cigarettes, zero - hours contracts, food labelling, flight safety, air quality and many other areas, with Labour MEPs instrumental in securing stronger protection from blacklisting.

The Greenpoint - Williamsburg area has the eighth worst air quality out of the city's 59 community districts, behind highly trafficked neighborhoods like Midtown, Chelsea, Hell's Kitchen and the Upper East Side, according to a recent report released by the city's health department.

After documentation of flaring incidents by CBE scientists and lawyers, and boisterous public protests and testimony, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District passed a 2005 rule restricting flaring at all five oil refineries.

The ETE comprised different research programs relating to the environment carried out at the NUS faculties of engineering, medicine, and science with research efforts focused on the following six areas: biotreatment technology, membrane technology, adsorption and regeneration, environmental chemistry, environmental catalysis and air pollution control, and air quality management.

The main areas of focus for R&D in environmental science and engineering are related to water and wastewater technologies, waste management and minimization, air pollution and air quality management, and cleaner production technologies.

The results suggest biomass burning of polluted forest fuels may exacerbate poor air quality — and related health concerns — in some of the world's most heavily polluted areas, among them, the Los Angeles metropolitan area, which is expected to suffer from more wildfires as drought conditions continue.

Urban air quality continues to be a primary health concern as most of the world's population currently lives in urban areas (54 % in 2014), and percentage is projected to rise to 66 % by 2050; this is coupled with the fact that one of the main global sources of air pollution in cities is traffic emissions.

«The environmental impact of prescribed burns has historically been based on data from clean fuels in areas of good air quality, so we have likely been under - predicting the impact of biomass emissions in polluted areas,» Asa - Awuku said.

In Los Angeles, air quality, particularly from traffic, is one of the worst, but other areas have different problems — coal - fired power plants, chemical factories, contaminated water, hazardous waste.

She told the audience of about 70 residents that NIEHS - funded research in the harbor area has reported links between air quality and asthma, smaller babies, cardiovascular disease, lung function and even death.

They can also reach populated areas, affecting air quality and human health.

The study also is the first to examine differences in air quality and pollution sources between urban and rural areas in the Midwest.

The UI researchers analyzed air quality and pollution data compiled by state and county agencies over nearly three years at five sites spread statewide — urban areas Cedar Rapids, Davenport and Des Moines and rural locations in Montgomery county in southwest Iowa and Van Buren county in the southeast.

California's Bay Area Air Quality Management District changed its approach after studies showed leaks from oil refineries in the area — known as fugitive emissions — were likely underrepresented in emission factArea Air Quality Management District changed its approach after studies showed leaks from oil refineries in the area — known as fugitive emissions — were likely underrepresented in emission factarea — known as fugitive emissions — were likely underrepresented in emission factors.

Beijing, like some other cities in Asia, has significant problems with air quality, and may be 10 - 50 times more polluted than some major urban areas in the U.S. with air concerns, such as the Los Angeles basin.

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 92 % of the world's population live in areas with inadequate outdoor air quality, and this pollution contributes to 1 out of every 8 deaths.

This sort of coordination can better exploit renewable resources in remote areas, and maximize climate, air quality and health co-benefits.»

The world's nations have expanded access to water and sanitation while creating more protected areas than ever before, yet countries have failed to reverse degradation of air quality and decline in fisheries, the report finds.

«While there is information available about counties in the United States that exceed EPA air pollution standards, there has not been a similar source of information about how that air pollution actually affects the health of people living in those areas,» said lead study author Kevin Cromar, PhD, director of the Air Quality Program at the Marron Institute of Urban Management and assistant professor of population health and environmental medicine at the NYU School of Mediciair pollution standards, there has not been a similar source of information about how that air pollution actually affects the health of people living in those areas,» said lead study author Kevin Cromar, PhD, director of the Air Quality Program at the Marron Institute of Urban Management and assistant professor of population health and environmental medicine at the NYU School of Mediciair pollution actually affects the health of people living in those areas,» said lead study author Kevin Cromar, PhD, director of the Air Quality Program at the Marron Institute of Urban Management and assistant professor of population health and environmental medicine at the NYU School of MediciAir Quality Program at the Marron Institute of Urban Management and assistant professor of population health and environmental medicine at the NYU School of Medicine.

And if air quality problems in your area continue to be bothersome, consider picking up and moving.

• Ambient and occupational air quality should be measured at active drilling sites and be compared with baseline measurements in adjacent areas without drilling operations.

Innovative urban design could create increased access to active transport.99 The compact geographical area found in cities presents opportunities to reduce energy use and emissions of heat - trapping gases and other air pollutants through active transit, improved building construction, provision of services, and infrastructure creation, such as bike paths and sidewalks.303, 318 Urban planning strategies designed to reduce the urban heat island effect, such as green / cool roofs, increased green space, parkland and urban canopy, could reduce indoor temperatures, improve indoor air quality, and could produce additional societal co-benefits by promoting social interaction and prioritizing vulnerable urban populations.311, 303

«We need to work hard to improve the quality of the urban environment, for example, air quality and the design of green areas.

Lead report author Kevin Cromar, PhD, director of the Air Quality Program at the Marron Institute and associate professor of population health and environmental medicine at the NYU School of Medicine, added, «Metropolitan areas and states with large populations and elevated concentrations of one or both air pollutants would realize the biggest improvements in public health by meeting the more protective standards.&raqAir Quality Program at the Marron Institute and associate professor of population health and environmental medicine at the NYU School of Medicine, added, «Metropolitan areas and states with large populations and elevated concentrations of one or both air pollutants would realize the biggest improvements in public health by meeting the more protective standards.&raqair pollutants would realize the biggest improvements in public health by meeting the more protective standards.»

We support a rare assembly of plant and animal species — including 200 - year old American oak trees and wetlands that are home to the blue - spotted salamander — and contributes significantly to the protection of the area's water resources, air quality and carbon sequestration.

Thus, wood burning for residential heating, and the resulted particle emission, may have a much larger impact on air quality in Norwegian urban areas than previously thought.

His doctor's thesis (2001) dealt with the meteorological pre-processing and atmospheric dispersion modelling of urban air quality and applications in the Helsinki metropolitan area Doc.

Use your local newspaper to find the daily smog or air quality report for your area.

Finnish Meteorological Institute has an extensive and long - term expertise on assessing air quality in urban, industrial and clean background areas.

The Finnish Meteorological Institute is a leading expert in meteorology, air quality, climate change, earth observation, marine and arctic research areas.

Recent research from the World Health Organization (WHO) found that more than 80 % of the world's urban population lives in areas where air quality regularly fails health standards.

The Bay Area recognizes that its air quality needs improvement, and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District has a program called Spare the Air to educate residents about air pollution, and to educate them on the ways their actions affect air qualiair quality needs improvement, and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District has a program called Spare the Air to educate residents about air pollution, and to educate them on the ways their actions affect air qquality needs improvement, and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District has a program called Spare the Air to educate residents about air pollution, and to educate them on the ways their actions affect air qualiAir Quality Management District has a program called Spare the Air to educate residents about air pollution, and to educate them on the ways their actions affect air qQuality Management District has a program called Spare the Air to educate residents about air pollution, and to educate them on the ways their actions affect air qualiAir to educate residents about air pollution, and to educate them on the ways their actions affect air qualiair pollution, and to educate them on the ways their actions affect air qualiair qualityquality.

If you've got a very large moldy area (more than 10 square feet), consider hiring a mold - cleanup crew (find one at the Indoor Air Quality Association Web site.