Sentences with phrase «local air pollution control»

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On a visit to China a few years back, I asked a local official about pollution controls after enjoying my first sour, gritty taste of the country's air.

This study improves the understanding of the effectiveness of pollution controls and how local and regional weather can affect air quality.

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For the short term, carbon pricing and more stringent pollution control regulations may be used to reduce emissions, minimise local air pollution, and limit and ultimately phase out generation from subcritical coal - fired power stations.

An environmental engineer and applied meteorologist for more than 30 years, Dr. Umenhofer has served as an air - and water - quality consultant to industry and government, with expertise in pollution control and local / federal environmental policy development.

The review also notes that coal combustion remains the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions and local air pollution in the Czech Republic and highlighted the benefits of retrofitting existing coal - fired power plants with cost - effective emissions controls, and replacement of ageing plants with high - efficiency technology.

As such, reducing locally - emitted CO2 reduces local air pollution deaths even if CO2 in adjacent regions is not controlled.

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

Just down the road from us is Didcot A power station, a large coal - burning plant with poor pollution control and therefore with substantial effects on local air quality, as well as more substantial emissions of radiation than from any UK nuclear power station and a Co2 output of about 8 million tonnes a year.

Response of SO2 and particulate air pollution to local and regional emission controls: a case study in Maryland

His specific areas of concentration include Superfund matters; air and water pollution control issues; compliance counseling for hazardous waste; toxic torts; land use matters; and federal, state and local permits and licenses.