Sentences with phrase «federal ozone standard»

The ALA certainly does not disclose to voters that the Obama administration rejected any tightening of the federal ozone standard in 2011 because of the economic damage it would cause.

She voted against legislation to delay implementation of federal ozone standards, and she voted in support of a spending bill for energy and water programs.

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The EPA says Global Companies LLC, which operates a major crude oil ship - loading terminal at the Port of Albany, has run afoul of federal air pollution standards and has been emitting more ozone - producing compounds than they say they are.

The county also exceeds the federal standard for ozone, the main ingredient of smog.

«Increasing background ozone from rising Asian emissions leaves less room for local production of ozone before the federal standard is violated,» said lead author Meiyun Lin, a research scholar in the Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at Princeton University and a scientist at GFDL.

When ozone exposure decreased by 10 parts per billion — and was at a level well below the federal air quality standard — the workers were 5.5 percent more productive.

«I expect it will be a large source of ozone precursors, and this would be located in an area that's already failing to meet federal health - based standards for ozone,» he said.

They find that variation in ozone concentrations at levels well below federal air quality standards have a significant impact on productivity.

Variation in ozone concentrations at ozone levels well below federal air quality standards have a significant impact on productivity.

We find robust evidence that ozone levels well below federal air quality standards have a significant impact on productivity.

Researcher Qian Di and colleagues find that particulate matter and ozone kills thousands of people every year, even at levels below the federal standard.

Since a large body of evidence links pollution with poor health, and health is an important part of human capital, efforts to reduce pollution could plausibly be viewed as an investment in human capital and thus a tool for promoting economic growth... We find robust evidence that ozone levels well below federal air quality standards have a significant impact on productivity: a 10 ppb decrease in ozone concentrations increases worker productivity by 4.2 percent.

The White House announcement that it was overruling the Environmental Protection Agency's plan to adopt a stricter standard for ground - level ozone came just hours after another dismal jobs reports and in the midst of an intensifying political debate over the impact of federal regulations on job creation