Sentences with phrase «city 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.)

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 standards.

A city air pollution inspector checking a Brooklyn construction site threatened to impose a stop work order unless he was paid $ 15,000 in cash,...

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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.

On high - smog days in Kraków, Poland, the city's air pollution can reach six times that of safe levels.

We write with the souls of thousands of lives saved, the lives of millions of jobs created liberating multitudes of drivers from the shackles of servitude to iniquitous taxi cartels of corrupt cabals that choked cities with their pollution of air and morals.

An immense cloud of air pollution hanging over a city he loved, Johannesburg, inspired computer engineer Tapiwa Chiwewe to research air quality — something he had no experience in whatsoever.

Air pollution can lead to a cornucopia of life - threatening diseases, and new data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that 80 % of cities aren't meeting guidelines.

This, Oxford City Council said, would result in air pollution levels falling to «near - background levels.»

The city council said in an announcement Wednesday that the plans would result in «historic reductions in air pollution.»

Citizens in major Indian cities can see their life expectancy drop by two years amid environmental problems like air pollution, but HTT can help resolve that, Gresta said.

A scrap metal recycler with a history of air pollution problems in north Minneapolis could relocate 50 miles northwest to the city of Becker as soon as this summer.

The pollution problem in many African cities goes beyond just the air quality.

Even as China's economy displayed clear signs of a slowdown, consumers bought new vehicles, motivated by some cities» pending restrictions on car purchases to alleviate traffic congestion and air pollution.

«We'll partner with anyone in the world as long they're about making transportation in cities better, creating job opportunities, making it easier to get around, getting pollution out of the air and traffic off the streets,» Kalanick told employees.

Other cities have ambitious programs to apply the Internet of things and big data to cut carbon, relieve traffic congestion and air pollution, and generally make our cities more livable.

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.

This mass - planting not only dents the reforesting goal, but it also helps to decrease the greenhouse gases and pollution in the atmosphere: Six Indian cities are on the top 10 list of cities with the most air pollution.

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.

Much less is known about the impact of environmental and psychological exposures, but some potential threats include: • Air pollution: A small study of 60 newborns in New York City found that expectant mothers» exposure to combustion - related urban air pollution — emissions from cars, trucks, residential heating, power generation and tobacco smoking — may alter the structure of chromosomes in their fetusAir pollution: A small study of 60 newborns in New York City found that expectant mothers» exposure to combustion - related urban air pollution — emissions from cars, trucks, residential heating, power generation and tobacco smoking — may alter the structure of chromosomes in their fetusair pollution — emissions from cars, trucks, residential heating, power generation and tobacco smoking — may alter the structure of chromosomes in their fetuses.

«A whole generation of young people in our cities will potentially have their health impaired by pollution before the government meets air quality safety standards,» committee chair Joan Walley MP said.

Meanwhile Government launched a consultation on its Clean Air Zone framework last Thursday which looks to help local authorities reduce pollution from vehicles in city centres.

Clean air zones must be introduced across dozens of English towns and cities to tackle vehicle pollution, a committee of MPs has urged.

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.

A new study indicates that establishing commercial waste collection zones in New York City could reduce sanitation truck traffic and air pollution, according to the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) and the Business Integrity Commission (BIC).

The city's water supply, Lake Washington, is near the Stewart Air National Guard Base in Orange County, which the state Department of Environmental Conservation declared a Superfund site because it is likely the source of the pollution.

Johnson's tenure as London mayor saw all the crises facing London grow worse, especially a spiraling housing crisis and inaction on the city's deadly air pollution.

But the Green Party has warned that Lord Adonis's backing of new river crossings in the capital may lead to more air pollution and congestion if he joins City Hall and the crossings are built.

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.

A survey recently released by the Department of Health lists the Bronx, along with the Upper East Side of Manhattan, as having the highest levels of air pollution in 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?»

Introduce a clean air charge to tackle pollution and to fund better public transport across the city region

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...

Biello: So, since Monday we've had a suite of articles up online Mind from my brief time in China, and some other research I've been able to do in the U.S. covering everything from renewables in China to kind of, the state of the environment as well as some of these issues like indoor air pollution and the carbon neutral city and the rest of it.

It also looked at whether an association between heart attacks and changes in air pollution exists in clean air cities where concentrations of air pollution vary but do not exceed EU limits.

The recently published study shows, based on the available information, that traffic (25 %), combustion and agriculture (22 %), domestic fuel burning (20 %), natural dust and salt (18 %), and industrial activities (15 %) are the main sources of particulate matter contributing to cities» air pollution.

A refinery operating in Richmond since 1901, first as Standard Oil and later as the Chevron Corporation, had long been the city's biggest single source of tax revenues — and air pollution.

With cooperative weather, the air can be cleaner, as proven by an experiment last year in which 1.3 million cars in the city were banned from driving and pollution levels dropped by 6,400 tons (5,800 metric tons), according to the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Environmental Protection.

City managers, health officials, and the federal government need to implement strategies to reduce our exposure to heat stress, air pollution, and natural disasters, Knowlton says, «and we must start now.»

In spite of such known urban pressures on health as air and water pollution, water shortage, overcrowding, poor housing, the stresses of city transportation and the generally accelerated pace of city life, there is no substantial evidence from the National Health Survey that the overall health of the urban resident is worse than that of the rural resident.

Dr Meleady, a lecturer in psychology, added: «If similar interventions were to be implemented in comparable situations in other cities and countries, the potential contribution to reducing air pollution, improving short and long term health, and reducing effects of global warming could be substantial.»

The study, which was led by Dr Rose Meleady, of UEA's School of Psychology, Prof Dominic Abrams and Dr Tim Hopthrow at the University of Kent, and Dr Julie Van de Vyver at the University of Lincoln, comes amid continued concern about air pollution levels in cities across the UK and worldwide.

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..

These cities had the cleanest air quality in terms of year - round particle pollution.

The harmful impact of urban air pollution could be combated by strategically placing low hedges along roads in a built - up environment of cities instead of taller trees, a new study has found.

If urban air pollution turns the same trick, then rainfall near large cities may be suppressed markedly.

This is why we need to protect buildings as well as humans in cities in future urban planning, so the strategic placing of hedges, trees and other green infrastructure can have a direct benefit as an air pollution control measure in cities.»

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.

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Already, emissions from petroleum - powered cars have choked Chinese cities with air pollution.