88 % of Democrats, 85 % of Independents, and 58 % of Republicans oppose Congress stopping the EPA from enacting new
limits on air pollution from electric power plants.
And the public wants regulation: In February, one bipartisan poll found that 69 percent of voters support stricter
limits on air pollution.
In combination with the data on when the specimen was collected, the results tell the tale of coal use in the United States; rising from the late 1800s and falling during the Great Recession; then increasing again through the middle of the century until legislation in the»50s,»60s, and»70s set
limits on air pollution, The Washington Post reports.
Not exact matches
«To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has requested a derogation from EU
air quality legislation in relation to
limits on the levels of
pollution from (a) nitrogen dioxide, (b) ozone and (c) other nitrogen oxides.
There is longstanding evidence that exposure to high concentrations of
air pollution increases the risk for several diseases including heart attacks and European Union (EU) statutory
pollution limits are based
on absolute upper values.
Another Clean
Air Act provision requires large new stationary sources of
pollution, such as power plants and factories, to meet
pollution limits based
on what can be achieved by the «best available control technology,» which ensures continuous improvement over time.
U.S. Supreme Court justices offered President Barack Obama's administration some encouragement
on Tuesday as they weighed the lawfulness of a federal regulation
limiting air pollution that crosses state lines, mostly emissions from coal - fired power plants.
It conducts interdisciplinary, peer - reviewed studies related to
air pollution and greenhouse gases in China, from root causes in the energy demands to power its economy, to the chemistry and transport of pollutants in the atmosphere, to their impacts
on public health, to policies to protect
air quality and
limit climate change.
«Efforts should be made to
limit air pollution emissions, with more emphasis
on moving towards cleaner cities with fewer cars and more efficient public transport.»
Increase of Earth's energy imbalance from reduction of particulate
air pollution, which is needed for the sake of human health, can be minimized via an emphasis
on reducing absorbing black soot [75], but the potential to constrain the net increase of climate forcing by focusing
on black soot is
limited [76].
A speed
limit also would cut back
on air pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions and underwater noise, which can harm whales.
The same timetable is likely to hold true for actions to curtail global warming, said Mr. Boehlert, one of a small but growing minority of Republican officials seeking
limits on carbon dioxide along with other
air kinds of
air pollution.
It is an exploration of how humans,
on the road toward a population of 9 billion, more or less, can
limit losses from «slow drips» and «hard knocks» of all kinds — from indoor
air pollution and diarrhea to asteroids and global warming.
Earthjustice's landmark court victory, which put in motion strict new
limits on toxic
air pollution from coal - fired power plants, drives the retirement of many dirty plants and a shift to cleaner power.
«We are pleased to see significant health benefits from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's proposed
limits on carbon
pollution from power plants, which would reduce the burden of
air pollution in America, prevent up to 4,000 premature deaths and 100,000 asthma attacks in the first year they are in place, and prevent up to 6,600 premature deaths and 150,000 asthma attacks in 2030.
Litigating to secure stronger and / or new
limits on climate and conventional
air pollution for cars, trucks, ships, aircraft and non-road engines.
There is
limited evidence of the effect of exposure to heat
on COPD morbidity and the interactive effect between indoor heat and
air pollution has not been established.
At the White House Monday, he said power plants, though the single largest U.S. source of carbon
pollution, have yet to face
limits on how much carbon they can «dump into the
air.
Increase of Earth's energy imbalance from reduction of particulate
air pollution, which is needed for the sake of human health, can be minimized via an emphasis
on reducing absorbing black soot [75], but the potential to constrain the net increase of climate forcing by focusing
on black soot is
limited [76].
While the EPA has, under the Clean
Air Act put federal
limits on toxic emissions of arsenic, mercury, and lead
pollution that power plants emit — as well as
on pollutants like sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides — there are currently no such
limits on the carbon emissions from new or existing power plants.
Friends of the Earth has won regional, national and international
limits on air, water and oil
pollution from cruise ships, cargo ships, oil tankers, ferries and recreational water craft.
When these costs are added to health costs to individuals, the benefits of the EPA's upcoming Clean
Air Transport Rule, which would put tighter
limits on ozone
pollution, «exceed compliance costs by about 100 times.»
In July, The Times published an Op - Ed article by Adam Sobel of Columbia University
on a Science paper he co-authored finding that
air pollution may be temporarily
limiting an expected boost in hurricane power in a warming climate.
By three to one (75 %) the public believes that the EPA, not Congress, should determine whether stricter
limits are needed
on air pollution from electric power plants.