Sentences with phrase «reduce air pollution levels»

It points to the case of China where the new administration is under huge pressure to reduce air pollution levels, which have soared in the past 12 months to 40 times acceptable levels, and put the government under enormous pressure to take action.

We need to continue collective efforts to reduce air pollution levels, both in the UK and internationally.»

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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 walking and cycling charity found that 38 per cent of pupils surveyed believe that encouraging more people to cycle or walk to school is key in helping to reduce levels of air pollution.

Both are important given the current situation but in the long - term the most sustainable solution is to reduce air pollution to safer levels, not just around schools, so that all children can breathe cleaner air with healthier lungs.

The attempt to increase global living standards (and thereby reduce population growth) by exporting production facilities to regions with lower wage and environmental standards has backfired by increasing levels of water, air and soil pollution — increases that have been felt well beyond the boundaries of those regions.

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As the alternative ignition technique reduces particulate pollution from a single fire by an average of 87 %, the effect on levels of indoor pollution and ambient air pollution is dramatic.

In 2005, George W. Bush's EPA issued the Clean Air Interstate Rule, aimed at achieving the largest reduction in air pollution in more than a decade, including reducing sulfur dioxide emissions by a further 70 percent from their 2003 leveAir Interstate Rule, aimed at achieving the largest reduction in air pollution in more than a decade, including reducing sulfur dioxide emissions by a further 70 percent from their 2003 leveair pollution in more than a decade, including reducing sulfur dioxide emissions by a further 70 percent from their 2003 levels.

Day of awful air quality in Delhi underscores need for energy sector actions to reduce pollution Air pollution in Delhi yesterday reached 30 times the World Health Organisation's recommend levels, heightening serious respiratory problems for its inhabitanair quality in Delhi underscores need for energy sector actions to reduce pollution Air pollution in Delhi yesterday reached 30 times the World Health Organisation's recommend levels, heightening serious respiratory problems for its inhabitanAir pollution in Delhi yesterday reached 30 times the World Health Organisation's recommend levels, heightening serious respiratory problems for its inhabitants.

(2) Western Europe was fearful about their dependence on Russia for oil and natural gas, and sought to reduce their levels of air pollution.

California environmental goals include reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 40 % from 1990 levels by 2030 and by 80 % by 2050, as well as reducing nitrogen oxides (NOx) and other health - harming pollutants in areas of the state with the highest levels of air pollution by 2032.

State - level climate action is benefitting our economies and strengthening our communities: Alliance members are growing our clean energy economies and creating new jobs, while reducing air pollution, improving public health, and building more resilient communities.

Tall smokestacks effectively reduce ground - level air pollution, but they do not reduce the cooling effect of aerosol / particulate pollution.

Since a large body of evidence links pollution with poor health, and health is an important part of human capital, efforts to reduce pollution could plausibly be viewed as an investment in human capital and thus a tool for promoting economic growth... We find robust evidence that ozone levels well below federal air quality standards have a significant impact on productivity: a 10 ppb decrease in ozone concentrations increases worker productivity by 4.2 percent.

It supports EPA efforts and activities to monitor air quality levels, estimate population exposure to air pollutants, examine the effects of air pollution on public health, track progress in improving air quality and reducing associated risks, and provide models, tools, and technical guidance to states.