Sentences with phrase «emissions improve air quality»

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The EPA offers grants and rebates for projects that improve air quality by reducing harmful emissions from diesel engines.

Refinery manager Simon Butterworth said in a statement that the decision to shut down the burner, which improves plant efficiency, was made despite independent analysis of air quality indicating that workplace emissions from the facility were at least 100 times better than standards required for occupational health.

McCain expressed reservations about the rules and supported revising them, but said, «Improving the control of methane emissions is an important public health and air quality issue.»

This CSWA project will field test, evaluate and implement a climate protection incentive system incorporating the DeNitrification DeComposition (DNDC) model and practices that improve air quality, reduce emissions, improve carbon sequestration potential, and promote other environmental benefits.

This distortion of fact is particularly unfortunate given the ground - breaking work by California wineries and vineyards to tackle the issue of GHG emissions by working to improve air quality and energy efficiency, along with other sustainable winegrowing practices from ground to bottle, through the California Sustainable Winegrowing Program (https://www.sustainablewinegrowing.org/).

«If done right, you would see mobility improve, carbon emissions that contribute to climate change cut, and better air quality for New Yorkers.»

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced Monday that the state has proposed a new regulation meant to improve air quality and protect public health by placing limits on emissions from diesel generators and natural gas - fired engines.

Cycling and walking charity Sustrans» chief executive Xavier Brice said: «The new Government must urgently improve the quality of the air that we breathe through an ambitious new Clean Air Act which tackles tailpipe emissions but also encourages a real shift in how people travel to the least polluting of all modes — walking and cycliair that we breathe through an ambitious new Clean Air Act which tackles tailpipe emissions but also encourages a real shift in how people travel to the least polluting of all modes — walking and cycliAir Act which tackles tailpipe emissions but also encourages a real shift in how people travel to the least polluting of all modes — walking and cycling.

Cuomo announced that the state has proposed a new regulation meant to improve air quality and protect public health by placing limits on emissions from diesel generators and natural gas - fired engines.

The toll tunnel may actually improve air quality by lowering emissions and fuel use.

Brock LeBaron, deputy director of Utah's Division of Air Quality, which has funded some of the work in the basin and been focusing on reducing ozone pollution there, said that upcoming efforts to improve air quality should also result in reduced methane emissions in the near futuAir Quality, which has funded some of the work in the basin and been focusing on reducing ozone pollution there, said that upcoming efforts to improve air quality should also result in reduced methane emissions in the near Quality, which has funded some of the work in the basin and been focusing on reducing ozone pollution there, said that upcoming efforts to improve air quality should also result in reduced methane emissions in the near futuair quality should also result in reduced methane emissions in the near quality should also result in reduced methane emissions in the near future.

«While it can not be denied that the Beijing Municipal Government has made, and continues to make, strenuous efforts to improve air quality through addressing emissions from the transport, energy and industrial sectors, air pollution is still the single largest environmental and public health issue affecting the city,» they say.

The 2011 UNEP / WMO assessment and the related article by Shindell et al. in Science in 2012 indicate that an aggressive program to limit emissions of these substances could relatively inexpensively cut projected warming between the present and 2050 in half while also having tremendous co-benefits for health, air quality, and improved energy efficiency, in the US and around the world.

«It's important,» he says, «because actions taken to improve air quality, and to improve public health, have to focus on [controlling emissions from] major sources of air pollution.»

It recently committed to improve air quality and to peak its CO2 emissions by 2030.

«The overall significance is that although we already know that reducing methane emissions can bring great societal benefits via decreased near - term warming and improved air quality, and that many of the sources can be controlled at low or even negative cost, we still need better data on emissions from particular sources,» Duke University climate sciences professor Drew Shindell said.

Harmful greenhouse gas emissions should continue to fall in industrialized countries and recent signs of decline in China should continue, but emissions are set to rise in India, southeast Asia and Africa as energy demand growth dwarfs efforts to improve air quality.

Even though global emissions are forecast to decline overall to 2040, existing and planned energy policies will not be enough to improve air quality, the report said.

Innovative urban design could create increased access to active transport.99 The compact geographical area found in cities presents opportunities to reduce energy use and emissions of heat - trapping gases and other air pollutants through active transit, improved building construction, provision of services, and infrastructure creation, such as bike paths and sidewalks.303, 318 Urban planning strategies designed to reduce the urban heat island effect, such as green / cool roofs, increased green space, parkland and urban canopy, could reduce indoor temperatures, improve indoor air quality, and could produce additional societal co-benefits by promoting social interaction and prioritizing vulnerable urban populations.311, 303

Their research suggests that to improve the air quality over major cities in China, emission control planning should focus on the regional scale instead of the local scale.

He points out that reducing black carbon emissions will also have a positive health effect due to improved air quality.

The city hopes this change will improve service, reduce greenhouses gas emissions, and improve air quality for residents.

According to James Gowen, chief sustainability officer for Verizon, «By adding 1,600 alternative energy vehicles to our fleet this year we're conserving fuel, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and improving air quality in communities across the country.»

Rebuild / upgrade 15 train engines, for use on intercity passenger rail corridors in California, to reduce emissions and improve air quality.

Regulations across the world aimed at improving air quality make it essential for automakers to find a way to produce more fuel - efficient engines that will help reduce emissions.

Cutting carbon emissions is extremely important, but it shouldn't make us forget other important goals such as improving air quality.

The biomethane that fuels the Bio-Bus is generated from sewage and food waste (waste which is unfit for human consumption), and because the bus» engine produces lower emissions while burning biomethane than conventional diesel does, it could not only help improve air quality, but also help to prove the case for more waste - to - fuel projects.

The project also improves the air quality in the region by reducing the amount of pollutants emissions contained in the landfill gas such as hydrogen sulphide which an cause nausea, delirium, headaches, and skin and eye irritation.

«After all,» he writes, «a continental agreement on air quality would do far more to improve the lives of both Americans and Canadians than any actions specifically targeted at reducing greenhouse - gas emissions.»

Innovative urban design could create increased access to active transport.99 The compact geographical area found in cities presents opportunities to reduce energy use and emissions of heat - trapping gases and other air pollutants through active transit, improved building construction, provision of services, and infrastructure creation, such as bike paths and sidewalks.303, 318 Urban planning strategies designed to reduce the urban heat island effect, such as green / cool roofs, increased green space, parkland and urban canopy, could reduce indoor temperatures, improve indoor air quality, and could produce additional societal co-benefits by promoting social interaction and prioritizing vulnerable urban populations.311, 303

Improving energy efficiency (EE) can reduce energy demand and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and deliver a range of other benefits such as improved air quality, enhanced economic competitiveness and, at the national [continue reading...]

Additionally, the parks are increasing the quality of life for the city's children while providing local jobs, improving air quality, and reducing CO22 emissions through carbon storage.

The economic benefit of better air quality, from improved human health and increased yields from agriculture and forestry, can offset costs associated with emissions reductions.

By creating incentives for roughly 1,300 megawatts of new clean energy, the bill would significantly improve Marylanders» air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which are causing rising sea levels, record storms, and increased flooding.

Widespread action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will not only improve air quality, but it will also mitigate global warming.

Since that time, The Climate Trust has retired over 1.5 million tons of offsets and committed over $ 17 million to projects that not only reduce GHG emissions, but also conserve habitats, create jobs, improve air quality, preserve biodiversity and benefit water quality.

From both an air quality and a climate leadership perspective, it would not be ideal for India to stress on expanding its thermal power capacity to 441 GW in 2040 from 125 GW in 2012, as proposed in the NEP, without having adequate technology in place for improving the efficiency and reducing the emissions from these plants.

Both technologies can significantly improve air quality and cut carbon emissions.

The plan estimates that «every fully vegetated acre of green infrastructure would provide total annual benefits of $ 8.5 in reduced energy demand, $ 166 in reduced CO2 emissions, $ 1,044 in improved air quality, and $ 4,725 in increased property value.»

There is a strong consensus among climate policy experts that expanding nuclear energy is required to cut CO2 emissions and improve air quality.

By rewarding low - pollution vehicles and encouraging cycling and transit use, Taipei reduced pollution emissions and improved air quality and public health.

Also, in a similar way to negative emissions technologies, solar geoengineering would not see the additional benefits for health of reducing fossil fuel emissions and improving air quality.

Steadily improving air pollution controls have sent sulfur dioxide emissions from U.S. coal - fired power plants tumbling by more than 40 % and particulate emissions (the alleged cause of asthma) by more than 90 % since 1970, says air quality expert Joel Schwartz, even as coal use tripled.

Increasing wind generation to the levels of the Study Scenario simultaneously reduces carbon dioxide emissions, improves air quality resulting in lower levels of illness and premature loss of life, and reduces demand on water resources.

Examples include a carbon tax to combat climate change, fuel taxes to limit congestion and oil dependence, and vehicle / plant emissions taxes to improve air quality.

The project benefits the local community by preventing odor in the surrounding areas, improving air quality through reduction of volatile emissions, and displacing fossil fuel dependency at the ethanol plant.

China's fuel quality standards and fuel supply management have long been an impediment to improved air quality by hindering the progress of vehicle emission control.

PALO ALTO, Calif. - July 19, 2007 - The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) today released a comprehensive assessment that finds that widespread use of plug - in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) in the United States could reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and potential for improve ambient air quality.

The Conservatory is recognized as one of the world's greenest buildings.The Pittsburgh 2030 District is, according to the city's website, «a collaborative, nationally recognized, but local community of high performance buildings in Downtown and Oakland that aim to dramatically reduce energy and water consumption, transportation emissions, and improve indoor air quality while increasing competitiveness in the business environment and owner's returns on investment.»

«The Clean Power Plan, by providing such a framework, would enhance ongoing local efforts and enable new local initiatives to improve public health, increase air quality, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions through energy innovation.»