Sentences with phrase «air quality issues»

If you live in a city, or a rural area that has air quality issues due to wildfires, then this is a smart buy.

Corporate Real Estate Community Addresses Air Quality Issues in China April 18, 2017 China is grappling with a serious air pollution crisis that not only poses a threat to public health, but also could very well be an impediment to China's economic growth.

To help ensure a clean air future, Australia's Environment Ministers established the National Clean Air Agreement to help governments prioritise national actions to address air quality issues.

Connecticut's legal conflicts with the federal government over air quality issues escalated again last weekwhen the state joined New York in a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to enforce ozone pollution rules.

[And despite the urban air quality issues.]

On top of the reduced fuel costs and improved air quality issues compared to...

UPDATE: Because of the ongoing air quality issues in the Bay Area due to the Napa, Solano, Sonoma and surrounding counties» fires, the opening reception has been delayed to October 19th, Thursday, fr

The project consists of four parts: sound recording workshops in neighborhoods most affected by indoor and outdoor air quality issues, a traveling sound installation accompanied by an event series relevant to each community site, and a culminating sound installation in City Hall Park.

WearAQ, for example, studied how school children comprehend air pollution, offering methods which combine subjective perception with modern initiatives in the hopes of investigating air quality issues.

While Saharan sand choking London air may make for a nice, unusual news story, it also provides a convenient «out» for politicians who are failing to tackle air quality issues.

He is, of course, partially right — sand from the Sahara is currently blowing over to Britain, exacerbating London's already problematic air quality issues — but that sand is only adding to pollution which is already harming and even killing Londoners on a daily basis.

The research teams says this product floats in water, does not pose a fire and explosion risk like the diluted bitumen currently moved in rail tank cars, and would eliminate air quality issues related to the volatile components of diluted bitumen.

While Saharan sand may be exacerbating air quality issues, Britain's leaders are ignoring a deeper, more insidious problem.

The electrification of the transportation sector can also help a lot with air quality issues, especially if the power grid is being cleaned up in parallel (something that we have to do for all kinds of reasons, including global warming).

Water damage, inoperable dehumidifiers or condensation problems that cause air quality issues increase the risk of mold growth.

Most indoor air quality issues stem from contaminants such as volatile organic compounds (present in many building materials, paints and solvents) and allergens such as dust, mould and pollen.

Association officials believe that school nurses should educate students, staff, and parents about indoor air quality issues.

Negative media reports from rural communities in northeastern Pennsylvania, New York City's opposition to drilling through its major aquifer, and air quality issues in Texas put the gas industry on the defensive.

With China dealing with civil unrest and bad international headlines over air quality issues, the country recently penned a joint greenhouse gas reduction agreement with the United States and also announced in September that it would soon ban the import of coal with high sulfur and ash content.

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.

McCain expressed reservations about the rules and supported revising them, but said, «Improving the control of methane emissions is an important public health and air quality issue.»

Through the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative and the U.S. Department of Energy's Weatherization Assistance Program, work has already been conducted in the home to reduce indoor air quality issues, including repairs to the property's chimney, hot water tank, windows and walls.

Also we don't know about the air quality issue, and we're concerned about our kids,» said Enrique Curchitser, an oceanographer visiting NCAR with wife and children this summer from Rutgers University.

In particular, as a fellow from 1998 - 2000, he organized and attended meetings, helped write parts of agency documents, and gave science and policy advice on air quality issues and on international activities of the EPA.

«This is partly about reducing carbon emissions, but it's also an air quality issue that has become very, very urgent,» said Kate Gordon, vice chairwoman for climate and sustainable urbanization at the Paulson Institute, the China - focused environmental policy think tank led by former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.

Why It Matters: To deal with today's air quality issues and minimize future problems, scientists need to accurately predict the structure and behavior of the different types of particles involved.

Implications: Damage to home can occur, extra costs can arise, fire / safety hazards, air quality issues

Of course, we have another reason (air quality issues) to drastically reduce gas / diesel - powered cars in favor of BEV / PHEVs.

As the New Jersey legislature votes to ban fracking, some word on what the EPA is doing to minimize the environmental damage which could be caused with unregulated hydraulic fracturing: Natural Gas Watch reports that EPA head Lisa Jackson has said that there may soon be Federal regulations dealing with air pollution caused by the natural gas extraction process.On the air quality issues, Jackson said:

Unfortunately, that approach is currently causing some of the wildfire problems and air quality issues that Russia is dealing with today.

But I always assumed that when it got right down to the cooking, ignoring the source of the energy and the air quality issues, gas was going to be faster and more efficient.

Add that to other innovations like pedestrianizing Oxford Street, massively upgrading cycling infrastructure, and promoting range extended plug - in electric cabs, and it starts to feel like this great world city is beginning to take its air quality issues seriously.

Without proper ventilation, energy - efficient construction risks mold, mildew and indoor air quality issues.

Sadly, the family soon started suffering from indoor air quality issues that took years to solve, until they discovered and installed a energy recovery ventilator (ERV).

While they are very clean, I would be surprised if everyone in NYC could go pellet stove without some air quality issues.

Transport and scavenging of chemical constituents in deep convection is important to understanding the composition of the troposphere and therefore chemistry - climate and air quality issues.

Minimum ventilation rates typically are established by indoor air quality issues and are stipulated by ASHRAE Standard 62.2, the strength of pollutant sources within enclosures and / or authorities having jurisdiction.

This activity report highlights the global challenge of tackling man - made climate change, air quality issues and poor road safety; and in particular the role played by transport.

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