Sentences with phrase «criteria air pollutants»

For example, between 1990 and 2014, U.S. refiners spent $ 154.4 billion on environmental protection technology, which has led to cleaner burning fuels that reduce the emission of criteria air pollutants.»

Our operations track and record criteria air pollutant emissions, including NOx (Nitrogen oxides), SO2 (Sulfur dioxide), CO (Carbon monoxide) and PM (particulate matter).

The fact is that even while production has significantly increased, total criteria air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions have fallen simultaneously, in large part due to industry's commitment to environmental protection and the expanded use of abundant, affordable natural gas in electricity generation.

National standards for criteria air pollutants in Australia - Air quality fact sheet Air quality fact sheetDepartment of the Environment and Heritage, 2005 Protecting Australia's air quality The quality of the air we breathe affects our health.

The Royal Society says «the oil sands industry is no higher than third in industrial categories for air emissions of major criteria air pollutants» and between fifth and eighth for toxic emissions.

Inventorying criteria air pollutants shows that vehicle non-operational components often dominate total emissions.

Ground - level ozone, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen dioxide are all known as criteria air pollutants, regulated by the EPA due to their harmful health effects.

Unlike their predecessors of just a few years ago, they will inherit a country that leads the world in energy production with a growing population, an expanding economy and a cleaner environment, thanks to natural gas and its impact on declining emissions of criteria air pollutants.

The fact is that even while production has significantly increased, total criteria air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions have fallen, in large part due to expanded use of abundant, affordable natural gas in electricity generation.

The plentiful supply of domestically produced natural gas has also reduced our nation's greenhouse gas emissions and criteria air pollutant emissions chiefly from electricity generation.

So far, all of the criteria air pollutants under the agency's purview — substances from lead to sulfur dioxide — have a direct impact on human health and welfare, while risks from the carbon dioxide's buildup remain indirect, through the rising influence on climate.

The EPA route would essentially apply the mechanisms of the Clean Air Act, intended for localized, «criteria air pollutants,» to CO2, resulting in ineffective and costly regulations.

These investments would also reduce associated toxic and criteria air pollutants.

Included are the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for the criteria air pollutants.

Ozone is one of the criteria air pollutants and is a form of oxygen, the molecule contains three oxygen atoms and has the same chemical structure whether it is found high in the atmosphere or at ground - level.