Sentences with phrase «reduce poor air quality»

Meanwhile Michael Gove has been named Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, with pressure to reduce poor air quality in many towns and cities among his immediate priorities.

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dPoint Technologies, which ranked 60th on the 2013 PROFIT 500, is the firm that grew out of Dean's desperate search for Plan B. Using specialized membrane technology, the company manufactures modules that reduce the air - quality problems that tend to occur in highly energy - efficient buildings with poor circulation.

That dramatically improved the air quality for responders and presumably reduced the number of days when the air quality was too poor and responders had to don respirators and / or had to suspend cleanup efforts.

Here are some ideas for reducing the sources of poor air quality:

The city boasts a comprehensive ozone management program, which encourages telecommuting, reduced lawn mowing, and the refueling of vehicles during poor air - quality days.

In addition, fuel efficiency helps reduce toxic ambient air pollutions such as sulfur oxide, nitrous oxide and particulate matter, which contribute to poor air quality in many urbanized areas.

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.

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.

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.

If air quality in a particular area is poor and the air pollution is problematic, consider reducing the amount of time you stay there.