Sentences with phrase «clean air standards»

Thus, many of the 600 coal - fired power plants in the U.S. buy Wyoming coal to blend with other coal with higher sulfur content to meet Clean Air standards.

It fought to weaken clean air standards, [37] lobbied against the Kyoto Protocol, and opposed a hazardous waste dumping ban.

Gov. GEORGE W. BUSH: With the help of Congress, environmental groups and industry, we will require all power plants to meet clean air standards in order to reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, mercury and carbon bonoxide - carbon dioxide, within a reasonable period of time.

We need strong clean air standards that include the most protective pollution control technology to safeguard our health and our environment now, as well as that of future generations.

Take that away, and the Clean Power Plan is unexceptional, just the latest of a long line of clean air standards to curb the public health and environmental toll that the power industry — the nation's biggest polluter — exacts on the American people.

Pellet stoves can be a greener alternative to traditional wood stoves and fireplaces: «Pellet stoves pollute so little that they don't require certification from the EPA, they create no creosote (chimney fire fodder), and fall well within clean air standards.

«Thousands of lives would be saved if counties met ATS clean air standards.»

Thousands of lives would be saved and illnesses avoided if U.S counties met more protective ATS clean air standards.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Thursday announced his office would investigate accusations from the Environmental Protection Agency luxury car maker Fiat Chrysler violated clean air standards.

In his latest lawsuit against the Trump administration, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is suing over a minimum one - year delay by the EPA in enacting tougher clean air standards pertaining to smog.

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The others were the explosive growth of renewable energy sources, especially solar photo - voltaic energy; China's increasing prioritization of cleaner energy; and the huge long - term rise in global electricity demand, reflecting higher living standards in the emerging world — notably in the shape of demand for air conditioning.

Despite the President's federal agenda, California — which has the largest automobile market in the country — can set its own standards thanks to a waiver in the Clean Air Act, which grants the state considerable influence over the auto industry, the Times reports.

Older coal - fired plants are being idled to meet clean - air standards.

What's more, it looks increasingly likely that the EPA will attempt to revoke the Clean Air Act waiver that allows California to set its own air quality standards (and thus its own fuel economy standardAir Act waiver that allows California to set its own air quality standards (and thus its own fuel economy standardair quality standards (and thus its own fuel economy standards).

Specific policies include researching methods to improve indoor air quality; instituting a Clean Water Act to ensure Albertans have safe drinking water; protecting provincial parks and ecological reserves; requiring government to meet high environmental standards in their operations; requiring Ecological Assessments for all large projects in the province; and establishing an Alberta environmental ombudsman and elected Ecological Impact Assessment Review Panels to monitor environmental impacts and halt projects.

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Azzopardi denied the clean energy standard was passed without public airing, noting there were 24 public hearings state wide before its passage.

Its Clean Energy Standard initiative positions the nuclear program as a bridge to a clean energy future because nuclear energy does not produce air polluClean Energy Standard initiative positions the nuclear program as a bridge to a clean energy future because nuclear energy does not produce air polluclean energy future because nuclear energy does not produce air pollution.

One lived in clean, filtered air; the other group was housed in enclosures polluted with air containing fine particulates, at concentrations still within EPA standards.

Cleaning the air Because air quality in half of India's cities suffers from particulate pollution 1.5 times global standards, a shift to greener rickshaws could help dent emissions there sizably.

Salem Station became a target in the late 1990s, when environmental, health and civic groups launched a campaign to force Massachusetts to clean up what they called the «Filthy Five» — a group of coal - and oil - fired power plants built before 1977 and grandfathered under the Clean Air Act from meeting new air pollution standclean up what they called the «Filthy Five» — a group of coal - and oil - fired power plants built before 1977 and grandfathered under the Clean Air Act from meeting new air pollution standClean Air Act from meeting new air pollution standarAir Act from meeting new air pollution standarair pollution standards.

As the nation's aging power grid is upgraded with cleaner energy sources — spurred by federal and state - level regulations on air pollution, renewable portfolio standards and tax credits — the emissions profiles of EVs across the country are expected to improve.

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 standarair pollution levels that historically failed to meet the minimum criteria for federal Clean Air Act standarAir Act standards.

It builds off the Obama Administration's Clean Energy Standard (CES), first aired in the president's State of the Union address.

Unfortunately, the standards allow far more ozone than the agency's own science advisers unanimously recommended and far more than Clean Air Act requirements would allow.

Price on carbon mitigated by free allocations TBA; Clean Air Act performance standards in 2016 determined by statute

Only polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade suspended until 2017, EPA to set stationary source performance standards in 2016, some Clean Air Act provisions excluded

Price on carbon mitigated by free allocations based 50 % on historical emissions; Clean Air Act performance standards in 2016 determined by EPA

«For a standard that's supposed to protect health with an «adequate safety margin,» we don't think that's been done here with that many lives sacrificed and that many asthma attacks allowed,» John Walke, clean air director at the Natural Resources Defense Council, tells ScienceInsider.

If the cuts are realized, «you will totally undermine the ability of EPA and its research arm to set standards at a level that science can rightfully be confident is protective of public health,» predicts William Becker, executive director of the National Association of Clean Air Agencies, a Washington, D.C., organization representing state and local air pollution agencies around the countAir Agencies, a Washington, D.C., organization representing state and local air pollution agencies around the countair pollution agencies around the country.

But the biggest contribution comes from regulations under the Clean Air Act, including vehicle fuel economy standards that are already in place.

The EPA sets standards for six principal air pollutants to meet its obligation under the Clean Air Act to protect the health of the American public, including vulnerable populations, by an adequate margin of safeair pollutants to meet its obligation under the Clean Air Act to protect the health of the American public, including vulnerable populations, by an adequate margin of safeAir Act to protect the health of the American public, including vulnerable populations, by an adequate margin of safety.

When he challenged the Obama rule in court as Oklahoma's attorney general, Pruitt was one of the leading voices for the legal argument that EPA can't regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants because it already has a standard for mercury and air toxics emission from generators — known as the 112 exclusion, referring to a section of the Clean Air Aair toxics emission from generators — known as the 112 exclusion, referring to a section of the Clean Air AAir Act.

Muller and his co-author, Akshaya Jha from the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, used annual data provided by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine whether a county within the United States was compliant with the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)-- air pollution standards established by the Clean Air Act Amendment of 19Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)-- air pollution standards established by the Clean Air Act Amendment of 19air pollution standards established by the Clean Air Act Amendment of 19Air Act Amendment of 1990.

$ 8 billion) over first ten years for deficit reductionObeys PAYGO; Starting in 2026, 25 % of auction revenues for deficit reductionFuels and TransportationIncrease biofuels to 60 million gallons by 2030, low - carbon fuel standard of 10 % by 2010, 1 million plug» in hybrid cars by 2025, raise fuel economy standards, smart growth funding, end oil subsidies, promote natural gas drilling, enhanced oil recoverySmart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, raise fuel economy standards $ 7 billion a year for smart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, natural gas vehicles, raise fuel economy standards; offshore drilling with revenue sharing and oil spill veto, natural gas fracking disclosureCost ContainmentInternational offsetsOffset pool, banking and borrowing flexibility, soft price collar using permit reserve auction at $ 28 per ton going to 60 % above three - year - average market price» Hard» price collar between $ 12 and $ 25 per ton, floor increases at 3 % + CPI, ceiling at 5 % + CPI, plus permit reserve auction, offsets like W - MClean Air Act And StatesNot discussedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade suspended until 2017, EPA to set stationary source performance standards in 2016, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade pre-empted, establishes coal - fired plant performance standards, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedInternational CompetitivenessTax incentives for domestic auto industryFree allowances for trade - exposed industries, 2020 carbon tariff on importsCarbon tariff on importsReferences: Barack Obama, 2007; Barack Obama, 8/3/08; Pew Center, 6/26/09; leaked drafts of American Power Act, 5/11/10.

Air in the Bay Area air basin is usually cleaner than in the Central Valley, and it has also experienced an overall decline in the number of days each year that PM2.5 exceeds federal standarAir in the Bay Area air basin is usually cleaner than in the Central Valley, and it has also experienced an overall decline in the number of days each year that PM2.5 exceeds federal standarair basin is usually cleaner than in the Central Valley, and it has also experienced an overall decline in the number of days each year that PM2.5 exceeds federal standards.

The California Air Resources Board has issued Sustainable Oils Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Global Clean Energy Holdings, a feedstock - only pathway for the production of camelina - based fuels under the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS).

She has been an integral strategist in designing and initiating comprehensive clean air measures, as well as in developing standards to measure environmental performance.

Areas of expertise: Carbon pollution from the power sector, oil and gas emission standards, and the Clean Air Act

A Legal Analysis of the Effects of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) and Clean Air Act on the Commercialization of Biobutanol as a Transportation Fuel in the United States, Timothy A. Slating & Jay P. Kesan, Global Change Biology - Bioenergy, 4 (1), doi: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2011.01146.x, January 9, 2012.

So as Europe and the United States have tightened air quality standards and cleaned up emissions from power plants, sulfates in the atmosphere have been reduced as well.

EPA has positioned itself to determine the stringency of fuel economy standards, set climate policy for the nation, and even amend provisions of the Clean Air act — powers Congress never delegated to the agency.

Have on hand everything you may need in terms of extra clothing, nappies and baby wipes — opt for wipes instead of cleansing lotions, which have to meet air safety standards: they can not be over 100 ml, and must be placed in transparent plastic bags and presented when you go through security.

What if there were a compact, fuel - efficient hot rod that also met California's stringent clean - air standards?

While they lectured us about forthcoming government standards for the use of sustainable clean - air fuels in every aspect of our lives (notably in California), the real question has been the availability of an affordable automotive technology to use the fuel.

In addition to the new engine, Mazda has also announced that it will begin electrifying its cars in 2019 but focus on markets it calls «regions that use a high ratio of clean energy for power generation or restrict certain vehicles to reduce air pollution» (read: markets with extremely strict emissions standards).

The new C - Class gets two clean - sheet (and excellent) gasoline engines, more space, top - notch active - safety equipment, solid driving dynamics, an available air suspension (for $ 1,200), a spot - on interior that looks and feels truly premium and a standard central digital display that is graphically engaging and easy to use.

Volkswagen and Audi used a defeat device so that about 482,000 of its 2.0 - liter turbodiesel - equipped cars would meet Clean Air Act standards for nitrous oxide (NOx) emissions, the Environmental Protection Agency alleged on Friday.

The EPA claims that Volkswagen's actions violated the Clean Air Act, which requires that automakers certify to the EPA that their vehicles will meet federal emissions standards for controlling air pollutiAir Act, which requires that automakers certify to the EPA that their vehicles will meet federal emissions standards for controlling air pollutiair pollution.

Then we added advanced clean diesel technology, B20 biodiesel capability and standard Active Air ® Grille Shutters.