Sentences with phrase «of air pollutants account»

Emissions of air pollutants account for $ 187.5 billion, mercury impacts as high as $ 29.3 billion, and climate contributions from combustion between $ 61.7 and $ 205.8 billion.

Emissions of air pollutants account for $ 187.5 billion, mercury impacts as high as $ 29.3 billion, and climate contributions from combustion between $ 61.7 and $ 205.8 billion.

Not exact matches

An international team of researchers analyzed economic and environmental data from 2000 to 2009 and found that production of goods for export in 2006 alone accounted for between one - fifth and one - third of China's air pollution, depending on the pollutant.

Transport is a significant cause of air pollutant emissions, accounting for 60 percent of all air pollutant emissions.

Fossil fuel burning also releases hazardous and toxic air pollutants; for example, coal - fired electricity generation accounts for over half of mercury emissions in the United States.

It also accounts for about half of global diesel use, a third of all transport - related carbon emissions and a fifth of NOx emissions, a key air pollutant.

Sure, tax cuts, grants and loans are fairly easy to account for, but what about military deployments to secure foreign oil supplies, or infrastructure costs like roads and transmission lines, or the seemingly endless stream of external costs linked to carbon emissions, toxic air and water pollutants, higher health care costs and missed work days?