Sentences with phrase «poor local air quality»

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.

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Judge Andreas Korbmacher said on Thursday the country's highest federal administrative court would rule on Feb. 27 on an appeal brought by German states against bans imposed by local courts in Stuttgart and Duesseldorf over poor air quality.

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

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.

The effects of the blaze were seen today as far south as Boston, Cape Cod and other parts of New England, reducing visibility to only three miles in some places.According to The Montreal Gazette, air quality monitor stations in parts of Montreal reported unusually poor air quality and «local smoke», prompting Environment Canada to issue a smog warning for Montreal and Laval, Vaudreuil, Soulanges, Huntingdon, Richelieu Valley, Ste. Hyacinthe, Lachute, St. Jerome, Lanaudiere, Mauricie, Drummondville, Bois - Franc and the Eastern Townships.

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.

CANCER is often caused by environmental factors including toxic chemicals added to household goods, pesticides and poor air quality, local Green Party MEP Caroline Lucas will tell a Brighton cancer - prevention day this Saturday, February 9th.