Sentences with phrase «of local air pollution»

Coal is the dirtiest fuel in terms of both local air pollution and climate - warming carbon emissions and is therefore the greatest beneficiary of the subsidies, with just over half the total.

There is historical validation of this effect, with California repeatedly having increased the stringency of its local air pollution standards, followed by parallel Federal action under the Clean Air Act.

They do not emit tailpipe pollutants, giving a large reduction of local air pollution, and, can give a significant reduction in total greenhouse gas and other emissions (dependent on the method used for electricity generation).

Not exact matches

There is also growing understanding of the links between atmospheric problems such as local air pollution, acid rain, global climate change and stratospheric ozone depletion.

«My views against expanding Heathrow, particularly on the impact of noise and air pollution on local residents and the weak economic case, are long - held and well - known.

Though the party «remain [s] opposed... because of local issues of air and noise pollution», the pledge is very carefully worded: «We will ensure no net increase in runways across the UK».

We know that that laying more tarmac at either Heathrow or Gatwick will bust any hope we have of meeting our climate change commitments, and inflict noise and air pollution on already blighted local communities.

But one of the things that I have been very impressed by here is a lot of the stories of hope; many folks have traveled a long way to share what they are doing on a very local level to help combat climate change, and that's everything from, kind of, rural electrification in Africa and India, you know, bringing light to people who are still using dung or coal for cooking and heating and dying from indoor air pollution to, you know, major renewable energy projects, say, here in Denmark where they now get 20 percent of their electricity from wind power.

They act as porous bodies which influence local dispersion of pollution and aid the deposition and removal of airborne pollutants, making the air cleaner.

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.

Using data from air quality monitoring stations, the researchers determined that mosses could be used as indicators of air pollution and allow a more comprehensive method for tracking potential problems in local air quality.

Beijing has closed the first of four large coal - fired power plants set to be de-commissioned as part of the city's efforts to cut air pollution, official news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday, citing the local planning agency.

In addition to air pollution data from state and local air agencies, these MESA Air monitors collected and measured variable levels of PM2.5, oxides of nitrogen, and black carbon, among other pollutants over two - week periods between 2005 - 20air pollution data from state and local air agencies, these MESA Air monitors collected and measured variable levels of PM2.5, oxides of nitrogen, and black carbon, among other pollutants over two - week periods between 2005 - 20air agencies, these MESA Air monitors collected and measured variable levels of PM2.5, oxides of nitrogen, and black carbon, among other pollutants over two - week periods between 2005 - 20Air monitors collected and measured variable levels of PM2.5, oxides of nitrogen, and black carbon, among other pollutants over two - week periods between 2005 - 2009.

Medical researchers have noticed since the 1950s that episodes of high air pollution can bring temporary jumps in local heart attack and stroke cases.

«I think it has been quite effective,» said Sam Atwood of the South Coast Regional Air Quality Management District, the local air pollution agency that monitors the side - by - side ports of Los Angeles and Long BeaAir Quality Management District, the local air pollution agency that monitors the side - by - side ports of Los Angeles and Long Beaair pollution agency that monitors the side - by - side ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

«Abundant gas may have a lot of benefits — economic growth, local air pollution, energy security, and so on.

Achieving it serves many ends: cleaning up the air, water and soil improves the health and quality of life of local residents and lessens global pollution.

Biochar could reduce local air pollution from agriculture by reducing emissions of nitric oxide from soil, according to Rice University researchers.

Working in tandem with such groups as the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Coalition for a Safe Environment, along with the Teamsters and Longshoremen's unions and local activists like Martha Cota, they've done extensive lobbying in Sacramento and community organizing to push for enforcement of the California Environmental Quality Act and compel the Port of Los Angeles to initiate a suite of pollution - reduction strategies that have cleaned up the air.

Here are some other top successes: destroying stockpiles of chemical weapons globally as well as local stores of DDT in Tanzania; new cooking stoves to eliminate indoor air pollution in Ghana; separating copper mine tailings from the local water supply in Chile; alternative fuels to reduce air pollution in New Delhi as well as treating arsenic in well water in West Bengal; removing lead - contaminated soil in the Dominican Republic and Russia; reducing mercury vapors from artisanal gold mining in Indonesia; and new sewage systems to clean up contaminated Suzhou Creek in Shanghai.

If the cuts are realized, «you will totally undermine the ability of EPA and its research arm to set standards at a level that science can rightfully be confident is protective of public health,» predicts William Becker, executive director of the National Association of Clean Air Agencies, a Washington, D.C., organization representing state and local air pollution agencies around the countAir Agencies, a Washington, D.C., organization representing state and local air pollution agencies around the countair pollution agencies around the country.

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.»

In May 2004, high levels of air pollution in Tongliang prompted the government to shut down the local coal - burning power plant to improve community health.

But most of what they are doing is not visible, because it is rooted in local concerns, such as urban air pollution, rather than fear of global warming.

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.

«Enhanced ozone production in urban areas is a concern because of the population size potentially impacted and because air pollution levels could be already elevated due to local and mobile sources,» explains Larsen.

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

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

The latest cancer statistics in China also showed how smoking and air pollution, on top of other risk factors, are killing the local population with carcinogens.

Lots of people, cars, factories, and shipping ports, as well as sunny, stagnant weather and a «bowl - like» topography, all contribute to local air pollution.

Tracing the history of food production in the United States, the film charts how farming has gone from local and sustainable to a corporate Frankenstein monster that offers cheap eggs, meat, and dairy at a steep cost: the exploitation of animals; the risky use of antibiotics and hormones; and the pollution of our air, soil, and water.

There are «alarming discrepancies» in the monitoring of air pollution outside schools by local authorities, according to the British Lung Foundation (BLF).

They believe that children should be engaged in learning about local environmental change, littering, air pollution and the impacts of the various construction and infrastructure projects that reshape the places they live.

The network will help them start conversations and engage with local and national decision makers who have not just a moral but a legal duty to take urgent and bold action to tackle the illegal and harmful levels of air pollution that are putting their families» health at risk.

A town that would rather have been known for its Little League World Series champions ended up making history for an entirely different reason: a notorious cluster of childhood cancers scientifically linked to local air and water pollution.

Mispricing from a domestic perspective is responsible for a large majority of the global subsidy: in 2013, local air pollution totaled 46 % of the subsidy, under - taxation of broader vehicle externalities (e.g., congestion, accidents) accounted for 13 %, 11 % of the subsidy came from undercharging for inventory costs, and general consumer taxes amounted to 8 %.

The Phillips Collection is committed to promoting the use of sustainable transportation as a way to reduce local traffic congestion and air pollution.

The tower, which was completed last year, is said to produce about 10 million cubic meters (353 million cubic feet) of clean air per day, with an average reduction in PM 2.5 (fine particulate matter measuring 2.5 microns or less in width) of 15 % in local air during periods of heavy pollution.

But a specially type of infrared photography has created a breakthrough in efforts to cut pollution from the expanding oil and gas industry, resulting in reduced greenhouse gas emissions, less local air pollution and less wasted natural gas.

Methane is the main constituent of natural gas but also a powerful heat - trapping gas that is often accompanied by other pollutants that can worsen local air pollution.

While global concentrations are far below that, in local areas of high carbon pollution or poor air circulation (e.g. indoors, or on a highway), it's not hard to reach already.

-- Limiting the construction and use of the least - efficient coal - fired power plants delivers more than 20 % of the emissions reduction and helps curb local air pollution.

Jody Craig, a member of the audience, described how a single Girl Scout troop in January sought to curb harmful air pollution from diesel engines by requiring buses to stop idling outside of a local school.

Monbiot was inspired to put together this fact sheet for a local school that was experiencing high levels of air pollution from parents driving their kids, sometimes as little as 100 meters (330 feet) up the road!

I have a sort of mental chart with lots of arrows: actions that produce GHGs (e.g., coal - burning) causing a plethora of problems (& goods — like power), acid rain, ocean acidification, local ground, air, water pollution, GW, health problems & dangers for miners, military threats / expenses (according to Pentagon studies re oil), etc.; and also many arrows of good (some bad) coming out of measures to abate GW.

So far, the political pressure to produce domestic oil in a hurry has trumped public concern about the environmental cost of flaring, which includes local air pollution but mainly comes through the heat - trapping influence of the carbon dioxide produced when the gas is burned.

Though scoring highly in forest sustainability and provision of safe drinking water, this is offset by high greenhouse gas emissions and local air pollution issues.

I don't know Seth, but I totally agree there's huge potential in electric vehicle retrofits, because the volume of new electric and plug - in hybrid cars is, at present, too small to meet the demand or to make a big dent in local air pollution and global warming emissions.

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