Sentences with phrase «local air quality»

Nor do they consider the ancillary benefits, such as the improved local air quality and reduced ocean acidification.

The report does not deal with the effects of engine emissions on local air quality near the surface.

Moreover the use of fossil fuels is being reduced further, improving local air quality.

Emissions cuts offer «greatest potential for substantial, simultaneous improvements in local air quality and near - term mitigation.»

4) Gas offers a variety of local air quality benefits (ozone, haze, soot reduction) and also mercury reduction over coal.

However, such statements ignore studies that suggest fracking has worsened local air quality in areas undergoing unconventional natural gas development.

Reductions in methane emissions also improve local air quality by reducing voltaile organic compounds, hazardous air pollutants, and ground - level ozone, which harms agriculture and human health.

Surface transport is the most significant factor affecting local air quality in the Heathrow area.

Atmospheric conditions can be as crucial for local air quality as the strength of the pollution sources.

Currently, when transportation and urban planners evaluate alternative infrastructure investments and policies, they may need to account for health effects from local air quality, a consideration that warrants further planning to avoid negative outcomes, according to the researchers.

The big win for Petaluma is with local air quality and fuel savings (Southern California has poor AQ in

The transportation sector is the largest source of GHG emissions and local air quality problems, with 40 % of the goods entering the nation moving through the region's ports and highways.

They've argued that coal dust coming off the trains would harm local air quality and that exporting the coal negates U.S. reductions in carbon emissions.

By including the two most important air pollutants in the analysis, the new study «gives policy makers and local air quality managers a much better picture of what is going on.»

The federal government's AirNow website provides daily air quality updates for more than 300 cities across the U.S., as well as links to more detailed state and local air quality web sites.

The main threats to local air quality across the United States (as well as most everywhere else) remain smog and particulate pollution, which combined or acting alone trigger millions of hospital visits and health complications for citizens every year.

The newly proposed rules would, among other actions, prohibit venting (intentional emitting), require quarterly leak inspections of new and existing facilities, and include measures to prevent worsening local air quality caused by oil and gas activity.

But local air quality regulations prohibit that.

Urban sprawl, poor local air quality, drastically reduced road safety, increased noise, and the decreased walkability of our communities can all be traced back to excessive car use.

The negative impact of any wood burning is evident in many local air quality ordinances, many of which establish «no burn» days.

An EPA - sponsored Utility MACT Working Group composed of 29 experts from the utility industry, state and local air quality offices and environmental groups were confident that a Utility MACT rule, mandated under the Clean Air Act due to mercury's toxicity, would be EPA's approach to control mercury emissions from power plants.

This technique, which would only be carried out when other safety considerations have been assured, will deliver significant improvements to local air quality at airports and reduce fuel burn as well as costs to airlines.

I suppose the effect on local air quality of a few hundred thousand unwrapped Twinkies might concern a diabetic.

These air temperature reductions have also been projected to improve local air quality by reducing smog formation and ozone concentration.

We find that across - the - board emissions reductions in domestic fuel burning in developing Asia and in surface transportation in North America are likely to offer the greatest potential for substantial, simultaneous improvement in local air quality and near - term mitigation of global climate change.

Even if you don't already have health issues, you'll want to find out the local air quality because everyone wants to breathe clean air.

New West End Company's Air Quality Strategy sets out steps to help members improve local air quality, with the goal of reducing air pollution caused by businesses by 10 per cent and reduce commercial vehicle trips across the district by 40 per cent by 2020.

Many off - highway vehicles are left running at full power whilst idle for much of their life — such as telescopic handlers, heavy excavators and wheeled loaders — potentially wasting fuel with a direct impact on local air quality.

Capturing methane emissions from coal mines around the world could significantly reduce the amount of heat - trapping gases in the atmosphere, as well as lead to improvements in mine safety and local air quality, according to a report by the Clean Air Task Force (CATF).

Bringing renewable power «by wire» from western China to its power - hungry Eastern cities could have benefits for both local air quality and global climate change, new research has found.

Also, steps you can take to improve local air quality — driving less, using less electricity, turning the thermostat down, etc. — will have the positive side effect of helping mitigate global warming.

The concern that figuring out how to sequester CO2 could act as a «license to burn» more coal is important, since dirty coal has such a negative impact on local air quality and human health, in addition to emitting CO2.

Delivery trucks and service vans and other medium - duty vehicles that flood city streets every day to do their stop - and - go driving could potentially be replaced by cleaner, quieter electric vans and trucks that may help improve local air quality, reduce noise, and decrease ownership costs.

This will contribute to both global carbon emissions reductions and local air quality improvements around major airports.

The facility improves local air quality, reduces odor in surrounding areas, and leads to reductions in the demand for natural gas that, although not formally credited, serve as an important illustration of successful use of «waste» gas.

Whether the concern is global warming or local air quality or energy security, this «burn rate» is unsustainable.

Apart from the local air quality benefits, the reduction in fuel use means the community is less susceptible to diesel fuel price rises and less reliant on fuel transportation.

As a result, carbon emissions in Senegal decline and local air quality is improving.

«An observational and modeling strategy to investigate the impact of remote sources on local air quality: A Houston, Texas, case study from the Second Texas Air Quality Study (TexAQS II).»

First, the optimal corrective tax will vary significantly by region and sector depending on local air quality, traffic conditions, and existing energy mixes and policies, as IMF (2014) documents.

Urban vegetation can have an astounding effect on local air quality, and given that the urban heat island effect can kill well beyond the borders of a particular city, simply cooling down our city centers has immense benefits.

Because these qualities improve local air quality, and discourage deforestation, the rocket stove has attracted the attention of a number of Appropriate Technology concerns, which have deployed it in numerous third - world locales (notably, the Rwandan refugee camps).

The filter needs to be changed every couple of months, and can be removed from the scarf in order to launder the scarf material, and an accompanying app, Supairman, will notify users when the filter needs to be changed, as well as inform users about their local air quality.