Sentences with phrase «for air pollution»

The same approach also allowed them to locate hotspots for air pollution more generally and species threats.

The same goes for the air pollution caused by burning coal.

The findings, according to the study's authors, could have both implications for physicians as they advise women during pregnancy, as well as for air pollution policy.

This is good news for air pollution and the carbon emissions that drive global warming.

This result contradicts the basis for all air pollution regulation worldwide, none of which considers controlling local CO2 based on its local health impact.

I did not do the calculations for air pollution and heavy metals, but since these are mainly produced by energy use for production, the conclusions must be similar.

Of the 12 transmission corridors for air pollution control, only three are planning to integrate renewables: Two in northern China will transmit a hybrid of wind and coal power, and one in the south will deliver hydroelectricity.

Exploring the ancillary benefits of the Kyoto Protocol for air pollution in Europe.

Leading a coalition of 11 states, AG Eric Schneiderman filed a lawsuit to compel the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promptly revise national air quality standards for air pollution involving soot.

«In 1984 New York [State] created the nation's first cap - and - trade program for air pollution,» says Brian Houseal, the council's executive director.

Large developments are always criticised for their placement due to affecting the environment, the Heathrow expansion is causing a lot of concern for air pollution in the area.

«Our other research study into London's air quality, published this week in Atmospheric Environment, investigated the underlining factors responsible for the air pollution exposure in urban environments.

Currently, China is constructing 12 electricity transmission corridors for air pollution control, making it the first nation in the world to design transmission to improve air quality.

Queens shouldn't be getting a failing grade for air pollution when every hour the sun beams enough energy onto our planet to satisfy our global energy needs for an entire year.

Residents in Albany's South End heard from top environmental officials Wednesday, the same day nearby Global Partners was criticized for air pollution.

At 7 p.m. People of Albany United for Safe Energy sponsors a forum on putting a price on climate change through a carbon tax or fee to make polluters pay for the air pollution they emit, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 405 Washington Ave., Albany.

None of the money for the environmental protection funding increase will come from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, the nine - state coalition that charges industry for air pollution, according to administration officials.

And as De Sario and Michelozzi noted, the increase in risk from the modest temperature drop reported in the study is about «10 times greater than that estimated for air pollution effect.»

«Agriculture rarely gets considered for air pollution control strategies,» said Cohan, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering.

Despite these caveats, the study authors conclude: «However, the existing evidence is suggestive of causality for air pollution and stillbirth without precise identification of the timing of exposure.»

The present work will lead to better computer models for air pollution, which do not currently take into account the nighttime birth and growth of ultrafine particles.

For example, the majority of green tea is produced in China which is notoriously known for its air pollution problems and tea produced there may have substantial amounts of lead.

Examination and application of techniques for air pollution measurement, includes sampling and analysis of gases, aerosols, and precipitation

The coal revival, they say, has alarming implications for air pollution and Japan's ability to meet its pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions, which account for 4 % of the world's total.

The market price does not account for the air pollution and acid rain produced by burning gasoline, nor its contribution to climate change as evidenced by rising temperatures, rising sea levels, and more destructive storms.

Pollution subsidies for air pollution other than those causing global warming — polluter isn't paying

The Latrobe Valley, with its coal - fired power stations, is notorious for its air pollution at the best of times.

While Birmingham's air quality has improved since the passage of the federal Clean Air Act, it still ranks among the top cities for air pollution, particularly fine particle pollution.

A clear articulation of the EPA's new mission came last year in a meeting of coal - industry leaders with Mandy Gunasekara, deputy assistant administrator for air pollution.

The greenhouse gas pollution of coal - fired power plants is another huge cost that is not factored into the price of electricity (even though 50 % of our power in the US comes from coal), and the same goes for the air pollution caused by the burning of petroleum.

If a certain method of regulating CO2 under the Clean Air Act would produce a situation in which the EPA has literally unlimited power over the US economy, virtually every building and business in the US is forced to apply for air pollution permits, and some pollutants are being mandated and prohibited simultaneously... then the EPA probably won't use that method.

Friends have told me unanimously that this has been a terrible year for air pollution in Beijing.

«What he primarily was was a source of enormous institutional knowledge, where the institution in question was the whole model of cap - and - trade legislation for air pollution,» he said.

California has midwifed the electric car, now joined by China: in both cases for air pollution reasons more than climate change.

The 2007 - 2008 American Lung Association reports ranked the city even worse for air pollution — despite its location hundreds of miles away from Los Angeles.

Cities are battling to meet legal standards for air pollution, but even that isn't enough to make air safe, says Michael Le Page

Goffman has led the development of cutting - edge climate policy for more than 30 years from multiple positions on Capitol Hill, at the Environmental Defense Fund, and at EPA including the first cap and trade program for air pollution, which provided a convincing demonstration of the power of markets to achieve environmental goals cost effectively.

So too, the Prayers of the Faithful cloyingly pursued «themes» usually inspired by an undisciplined concern for air pollution and third world debt.

An electric vehicle, on the other hand, produces no harmful emissions directly from its «tailpipe», but unless it's being charged with solar, wind, or other clean electricity, an EV is responsible for some air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions being produced at the point of electricity generation.

The plain has become a megalopolis of cities including Delhi, Dhaka, Kanpur, and Karachi, as well as a hotspot for air pollution, with a steady supply of industrial soot mixing with ash and other particles in the air.

Apparently Shell's Arctic drilling ships aren't nearly clean enough to meet EPA standards for air pollution, so rather than using cleaner ships Shell has asked the EPA to bend the rules.

While there are many synergies in emission controls for air pollution and climate change, there are also trade - offs.

The state was graded a «F» for air pollution by the American Lung Association.

«In 1984 New York [State] created the nation's first cap - and - trade program for air pollution,» says Brian Houseal, the council's executive director.