Not exact matches
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.
Relying on low
quality coal «is a
bad thing,» Guan says.
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.
In the second study, for the next 20 years, even if,
worst - case, we still use lots of
coal, nationwide air
quality for other emissions will also improve.