Sentences with phrase «cities for air pollution»

While Birmingham's air quality has improved since the passage of the federal Clean Air Act, it still ranks among the top cities for air pollution, particularly fine particle pollution.

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GENEVA, May 2 - India should follow China's example and clean up the air in its cities, which are among the world's worst for outdoor pollution, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.

China has been known for having low - quality air in their major cities, but the levels of pollution are reaching numbers that are more alarming than ever.

Known for its mild, coastal climate, pristine coastal grassland, and fresh marine air — with virtually no pollution from traffic or factories — the area is a quiet escape from city life.

As the borough with one of the highest rates of air pollution in New York City, the Bronx has experienced firsthand the negative effects of heavy traffic and lack of access to alternative transportation options for decades.

The state is taking the Trump administration to court for not taking steps to reduce air pollution from predominantly coal - burning states upwind that is causing chronic smog in metropolitan New York City.

«What is the city's big picture vision and strategy for improving mobility in Manhattan and addressing congestion and related issues like air pollution?»

That's why for more than a decade, she has not only shared her air quality data with city, state and federal agencies who manage air pollution, she asks for their input on research projects as they are evolving...

Steps taken to clean up car exhaust over the past few decades have had a huge effect, and as a result, «the sources of air pollution are now becoming more diverse in cities,» said McDonald, a chemist at Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences in Boulder, Colo..

«We are already struggling with the number of cars we have in the streets of our cities; congestion, air pollution, road safety issues, health impacts from people driving all the time,» said Luc Nadal, technical director for urban development at the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP).

Building cities in a way that slows vehicle demand while delivering high accessibility could prove to be a low - cost option for curbing greenhouse gas emissions, as well as a solution to pressing problems for policymakers like local air pollution and poor public health.

Maya Almaraz, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Davis, decided to investigate farmland's contribution to air pollution after noticing that five of the top 10 U.S. cities for ozone pollution are in the Central Valley.

New York City's Clean Heat Program was launched in 2010 to eliminate the use of residual diesel fuel oils — diesel - based fuels that remain after gasoline and distillate fuels have been removed from crude — in residential buildings, in order to help address city air pollution levels that historically failed to meet the minimum criteria for federal Clean Air Act standaCity's Clean Heat Program was launched in 2010 to eliminate the use of residual diesel fuel oils — diesel - based fuels that remain after gasoline and distillate fuels have been removed from crude — in residential buildings, in order to help address city air pollution levels that historically failed to meet the minimum criteria for federal Clean Air Act standacity air pollution levels that historically failed to meet the minimum criteria for federal Clean Air Act standarair pollution levels that historically failed to meet the minimum criteria for federal Clean Air Act standarAir Act standards.

The team found that for each increase of 10 micrograms per cubic meter of air pollution (the equivalent of the difference in air quality between a city like Los Angeles, CA and a city like St. Louis, MO), a woman's risk of cardiovascular disease increased by 44 percent if she had type 2 diabetes.

Last week, Beijing city released a color - coded alert system for handling air pollution emergencies, to include the temporary halt of construction, factory production, outdoor barbeques and the setting off of fireworks.

She and a colleague at the NRDC wrote a book, Respirable Particles, in 1979, which warned that the government's air pollution standards for American cities and industries were failing to curb the very smallest particles.

Air pollution in cities may not be as bad for trees as that in rural areas, a new study suggests.

We ask why cities in China don't control their air pollution and carbon emissions, while we go shopping for produces that include those emissions.

I have been living and working in India for the past 43 years and have witnessed a transition in cities (even villages and small towns) toward more air pollution and also big dietary changes from whole grains and healthy unrefined oils to white flour, polished rice, excessive sugar and unlimited availability of milk (white revolution).

For example, you may live in city with excessive air pollution, you may be addicted to cigarettes and hence expose your face to the warping effect of the smoke daily, or you may have skin that's vulnerable to sunlight.

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This provides an untenable basis for serious reform, rather as if Congress declared that every last molecule of water or air pollution would vanish by 2014, or that all American cities would be crime - free by that date....

Unfortunately for residents who suffer from asthma and other air pollution - related illnesses, it has the highest per capita medical costs of any city in the nation, at $ 8,295 per year, according to Bundle.com.

We recommend checking out the American Lung Association's 2007 Air Quality Report, which lists the top 25 cities for long - term particulate pollution levels, and the Realtime Air Quality Mashup By AIRNow, which, as the name suggests, delivers information in real - time about where the air quality is good (and where it's bad) in the Air Quality Report, which lists the top 25 cities for long - term particulate pollution levels, and the Realtime Air Quality Mashup By AIRNow, which, as the name suggests, delivers information in real - time about where the air quality is good (and where it's bad) in the Air Quality Mashup By AIRNow, which, as the name suggests, delivers information in real - time about where the air quality is good (and where it's bad) in the air quality is good (and where it's bad) in the US.

The effective manner in which the US has dealt with air pollution in cities since the passage of the Clean Air Act is a point of pride for environmentalists as well as legislatoair pollution in cities since the passage of the Clean Air Act is a point of pride for environmentalists as well as legislatoAir Act is a point of pride for environmentalists as well as legislators.

But this year's crop of masters (I was a reader of one, which I signed gladly) addressed many key problems — wind instead of diesel gen sets in C. America, biofuels (the real kind) for cars, exposure of people in large cities to air pollution.

(Read this report on natural gas and city air pollution prepared for the mayor's Office of Long - Term Planning and Sustainability for more.)

Con Ed came under increasing pressure for its contribution to New York City's air pollution problem after a series of incidents in the 1950s and early «60s provided the issue greater visibility (no pun intended).

More than two decades later the Harvard Six - City Study of 1993 would remove serious grounds for doubting that roughly 1 percent of all deaths in the U.S. come from small - particle air pollution.

This is particularly beneficial for at risk populations such as children and the elderly, and for those living in areas of the city that have greater concentrations of air pollution.

Denser, greener cities have lower transport costs and reduced health bills, especially for illnesses caused by air pollution.

Entanglement's work was part of an effort by the Environmental Defense Fund, a national advocacy group, and the nonprofit Air Alliance Houston to help the city of Houston assess environmental damage from Harvey, protect public health and hold companies accountable for their pollution.

Beijing's new Air Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations will mean stricter punishments for those who break the rules designed to quash the hazardous levels of pollution that have beset China's capital city.

As Houston's mayor, White opposed the eight proposed units as a member of the Texas Cities for Clean Air Coalition, which was formed by then - Dallas Mayor Laura Miller in August 2006 to challenge coal - fired power plant pollution.

The chronic air pollution has renewed calls for the government to make better forecasts and act faster to help clear the skies over the city of 21.5 million.

A reduction in LDV travel and ownership has been observed in several cities in OECD countries, but demand for motorized road transport, including 2 and 3 ‐ wheelers, continues to grow in non ‐ OECD nations where increasing local air pollution often results.

The Asian Network of Major Cities (ANMC21), established in 2001, has jointly launched the «Asian Cities» Network for Controlling Vehicle Emissions,» to reduce air pollution, now a serious problem facing Asian metropolises.

But while each city will need its own strategy for cutting pollution, the new study highlights the value of clean air all over the world, said Sanders.

London design studio Superflux has also created an interactive installation for the exhibition, which incorporates air - quality data for Milan to highlight the extent of the problem of air pollution in cities.

For those who can't go too far, travel websites including Ctrip advertise hotels with air filtration systems in places across north China, where numerous cities having issued pollution red alerts.

In a heat - wave, the concrete - and - asphalt fabric of cities absorbs more heat, and so turns up the dial for its inhabitants; and the high concentrations vehicles and smokestacks can then worsen the trapped air pollution, producing choking smogs.

They looked at their models of tree cover, human population, air pollution, energy use, climate and spending power and found room for improvement: the same cities could find room for 20 % more forest.

For one, the burning of fossil fuels causes serious air pollution problems in localized areas (not just China, but every American city and many smaller communities).

The study upends more than half a century of research that assumed outdoor air pollution in cities was to blame for higher asthma rates — a hypothesis repeatedly used by EPA regulators to justify the agency's regulations.

And considering how many commercial vehicles are in and around cities each day, each of which is taking up space on the roads and parking spots, while also contributing to air pollution, moving to a more bike - centric delivery model can be a big win for both private and public sectors.

Beijing's notorious air pollution has reached beyond hazardous levels in recent years, with the city covered in thick, toxic smog for a good part of the year.

Walking and riding a bike for transportation, while a healthier alternative from an environmental point of view, might actually take a toll on our personal health, thanks to the the high levels of air pollution in many modern cities, so covering up our mouth and nose with a filtration device can be a wise choice.

Jacobson calculated that if one small nuclear bomb exploded, the carbon emissions from the burning of a large city would be modest, but the death rate for one such event would be twice as large as the current vehicle air pollution death rate summed over 30 years.

airTEXT does a similar thing for Londonites who want to receive updates about air pollution levels in city.

But many European cities have found the answer to be fairly simple: make it harder (and / or costlier) to park.According to a new study by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, innovative parking policies in Europe are allowing cities to enjoy «revitalized town centers, big reductions in car use, drops in air pollution, and rising quality of urban life.»