Sentences with phrase «of air pollution policy»

Dunn claims that he has also been a «student of air pollution policy making for almost 20 years.»

Not exact matches

Beijing will focus instead of «high quality» development, adhering to its «proactive fiscal policy and prudent monetary policy» and pursuing its three - year target to clean up its financial sector and air pollution.

It wants Gloucestershire County Council to put air pollution at the centre of its construction, planning and transport policy decisions, as well as reducing congestion in key areas.

Janeway also objected to a policy rider that would restrict disclosure of toxic and hazardous air pollution, including ammonia or hydrogen sulfide, released by Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations in rural communities.

The new research estimates the extent to which smog, under air - pollution policies in place before the Clean Power Plan, would limit production in 2020 of four major crops: corn, cotton, potatoes and soybeans.

Co-author Dr Rachel McInnes, Senior Climate Impacts Scientist at the Met Office, added: «This finding that the effects of different types of vegetation — green space and gardens, and tree cover — differ at both very high and very low air pollution levels is particularly relevant for public health and urban planning policies.

Exposure to pollution during the second trimester of pregnancy in particular raises the risk of harm to a child's lungs, underlining the multiple public health benefits of policies to reduce exposure to air pollution, say researchers.

The findings could have important implications for planning and public health policy, and suggest that tree planting could play a role in reducing the effects of air pollution from cars.

«We are already struggling with the number of cars we have in the streets of our cities; congestion, air pollution, road safety issues, health impacts from people driving all the time,» said Luc Nadal, technical director for urban development at the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP).

An international study published in July showed that air pollution is shortening the lives of people in northern China by about 5.5 years compared to the south, a legacy of a policy that provided free coal for heating in the north.

We also need to increase pressure on policy makers to reduce levels of air pollution.»

Policy makers urgently need to reduce levels of air pollution and this should be backed up by legislation.»

The Scientific American 50 environmental policy leader of 2002 is still lobbying full steam ahead for less air pollution

«Unveiling this important information helps build the case for policies that ultimately serve to improve the lives of the Chinese people and the lives of those globally who suffer from high levels of air pollution,» says study co-author Maigeng Zhou, deputy director of the National Center for Chronic and Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

A study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that a Chinese policy is unintentionally causing people in northern China to live 3.1 years less than people in the south due to air pollution concentrations that are 46 percent higher.

«Air pollution cuts 3 years off lifespans in Northern China: Innovative study finds a well - intentioned home heating policy contributed to higher pollution in Northern China, shaving years off hundreds of millions of lives..»

He added, «Equally important, state and local policy makers can use the online tool to better understand the nature of their air pollution problem so they can consider the best solutions for addressing their particular problem and improving the public's health.»

From climate studies to understanding the dynamics of particular types of air pollution to identifying trends in noise or increases in pedestrian traffic — the Waggle system can effectively move the city towards data - driven policy.

The study is the most detailed assessment to date of the interwoven effects of climate policy on the economy, air pollution, and the cost of health problems related to air pollution.

Lower rates of asthma and other health problems are frequently cited as benefits of policies aimed at cutting carbon emissions from sources like power plants and vehicles, because these policies also lead to reductions in other harmful types of air pollution.

The use of remote sensing and other technology, including citizen science, can revolutionize our understanding of air pollution and policies to address it.

Muller and his co-author, Akshaya Jha from the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, used annual data provided by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine whether a county within the United States was compliant with the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)-- air pollution standards established by the Clean Air Act Amendment of 19Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)-- air pollution standards established by the Clean Air Act Amendment of 19air pollution standards established by the Clean Air Act Amendment of 19Air Act Amendment of 1990.

This is known to cause premature death, and policies that aim to reduce our consumption of fossil fuels often cite the potential health benefits — and related cost savings — linked to reducing air pollution.

We need to understand the true impact of long - term exposure to air pollution to develop better informed policies and reduce fossil fuel consumption.»

The demographic differences raise important policy questions, said Rachel Morello - Frosch, an associate professor at the University of California, Berkeley, who studies the health risks of air pollution but was not involved in the Yale study.

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.

The new clean air policy package is estimated to avoid an extra 58,000 premature deaths, protect an extra 123,000 km2 of ecosystems from nitrogen pollution (more than half the area of Romania), and save 19 000 km2 forests from acidification by the year 2030.

The project aims to integrate and advance the control of air quality and carbon emissions in European cities in the context of climate change through the development of sustainable and passive air pollution remediation strategies, policy interventions and behavioural change initiatives.

The new package is the culmination of a two year process to review and improve existing air pollution policies.

But individual actions can only go so far, and the new research provides an accounting of the costs policymakers should consider when tackling air pollution from the closing of heavy polluting power plants to policies designed to mitigate traffic.

Environment secretary Michael Gove is set to announce the plans today as part of a wider set of policies to tackle air pollution.

I had hoped for some real sense of substantive policy direction from the president — how he intends to use the Clean Air Act to deal with power plant carbon pollution.

«The changing economics of renewables, as well as air pollution policy and rising carbon prices, has put EU coal power in a death spiral.

This decline is driven by a mix of economic growth; urbanisation, more availability of LPG, natural gas and electricity; and stronger policy efforts to promote modern fuels and improved cookstoves, motivated by the goals of reducing household air pollution and environmental degradation.

Join us to learn more about the science and the interlinkages between air pollution, SLCPs and climate change This webinar will include presentations on the science behind the three issues, examples of local policy and civil society initiatives and an outlook to UNEA III.

EESI advances policy solutions that will result in decreased global warming and air pollution; improvements in public health, energy security and rural economic development opportunities; increased use of renewable energy sources and improved energy efficiency; and the protection of areas such as the Arctic and coastal regions.»

On the industrial side, the Clean Air Act demonstrates that regulatory policies can reduce pollution without any compelling evidence for the kinds of economic trauma sometimes anticipated.

If conversion in the short - term is not possible, the American Lung Association supports public policies that require the installation of state - of - the - art air pollution control systems, and on - going measures to ensure strong enforcement and continuous compliance.

The project aims to integrate and advance the control of air quality and carbon emissions in European cities in the context of climate change through the development of sustainable and passive air pollution remediation strategies, policy interventions and behavioural change initiatives.

This includes support for policies that: (1) require the installation and operation of state - of - the - art air pollution control technologies and (2) encourage conversion to cleaner energy resources and / or permanent retirement of coal - fired power plants.

Preventable emissions of methane — a potent greenhouse gas — are among the easiest of those challenges to address, and policies that address those emissions have the co-benefit of reducing local air pollution.

For example, several studies have found that communities of color and poor communities experience disproportionately high exposures to air pollution.305, 328,329,306,307 Climate change mitigation policies that improve local air quality thus have the potential to strongly benefit health in these communities.

Small increase in energy investment could cut premature deaths from air pollution in half by 2040, says new IEA report IEA strategy based on existing energy technologies and policies can cut 50 % of pollutant emissions, the fourth - largest threat to human health, by 2040 27 June 2016

IEA Executive Director travels to Beijing for G20 Energy Ministerial Dr Fatih Birol highlights the importance of natural gas as a low - carbon transition fuel and promotes the importance of policy action on air pollution 29 June 2016

The model, which captures fuel use in the power, transport, and other energy sectors out to 2030, with fuel responsiveness parameterized to empirical literature, estimates the impacts of mitigation policies on CO2 emissions, revenue, premature deaths from local air pollution, household and industry groups.

In summary, the Conservatives de-emphasized climate change and greenhouse gas emissions in favour of addressing other forms of air pollution, a position supported by FoS president Douglas Leahey, who wrote approvingly that «the Conservatives understand that Kyoto is a failed policy, and the difference between pollution and CO2.»

We're working for stronger regulation of both greenhouse pollution from automobiles through the Clean Air Act and higher fuel economy standards pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, two partially overlapping and complimentary statutory schemes.

A key part of the Obama administration's green policies received surprisingly strong Supreme Court support over efforts to curb air pollution.

China remains the main engine of demand growth, but more stringent policies to curb air pollution will slow growth.

-- Based on the scientific review, the agencies may, by rule, modify the definition of «renewable biomass» from Federal lands in sections 211 (o)(1)(I) and 700 of the Clean Air Act and section 610 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 as appropriate to advance the goals of increasing America's energy independence, protecting the environment, and reducing global warming pollution.