Sentences with phrase «deadly air pollution»

The expected introduction of plug - in hybrid electric vehicles could cut U.S. gasoline use, but could increase deadly air pollution in some areas, two reports say.That's because a plug - in's lower tailpipe emissions may be offset by smokestack emissions from the utility generating plants supplying electricity to recharge the big batteries that allow plug - ins to run up -LSB-...]

China also began to put its own house in order, spurred in part by deadly air pollution levels from coal - fired power plants.

King said green energy already had advantages over fossil fuel power in cutting deadly air pollution and reducing the carbon emissions that drive global warming.

In particular, we strongly support your commitment to reducing deadly air pollution and fulfilling the commitment Taiwan made at the 2015 United Nations climate talks to reduce its carbon emissions.

The expected introduction of plug - in hybrid electric vehicles could cut U.S. gasoline use, but could increase deadly air pollution in some areas, two reports say.That's because a plug - in's lower tailpipe emissions may be offset by smokestack emissions from the utility generating plants supplying electricity to recharge the big batteries that allow plug - ins to run up to 40 miles without kicking on their gasoline engines.

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West noted that cities in the United States, Western Europe, and Japan have also struggled with deadly air pollution, but the air has cleared as these regions became wealthier, invested in cleaner technologies, and citizens called for stricter regulations on emissions.

EP published a special report — «The High Cost of Fear» — that estimated impacts of the closure on deadly air pollution and unemployment.

The work of the Health and Environment Alliance, HEAL, the report says that although fossil fuel combustion causes deadly air pollution and climate change, virtually all governments spend vast sums of public money — their citizens» taxes — on supporting the oil, gas and coal industry in fossil fuel energy production.

In many countries, cutting deadly air pollution and diversifying energy supplies to improve energy security play an equally strong role in growing low - carbon energy sources, especially in emerging Asia.

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.

«It's a delay of economic growth but it is not sacrificing economic growth,» Edenhofer noted, adding that this calculation does not take into account related benefits, such as a reduction in deadly air pollution and saved human lives, or salvaged nature.

Just as a reminder that the type of persistent and deadly air pollution that currently plagues many places in China once happened elsewhere as well (one which I hope most TreeHugger readers don't need...),

Just as a reminder that the type of persistent and deadly air pollution that currently plagues many places in China once happened elsewhere as well (one which I hope most TreeHugger readers don't need...), I'd like to point your attention in the direction of a New York Times article which ran yesterday.

They were drawing public attention to the deadly air pollution in the city coming from the plant.

According to reports here in France, Mexico City has ordered 44,000 of the new zero pollution compressed air cars (now being built by Tata Motors in India, using the new French design by Guy Negre) to replace their entire Taxi fleet, in an effort to reduce their deadly air pollution levels.