As such, reducing locally - emitted CO2
reduces local air pollution deaths even if CO2 in adjacent regions is not controlled.
In China electric scooters are widely used and will contribute to
reducing local air pollution.
Biochar could
reduce local air pollution from agriculture by reducing emissions of nitric oxide from soil, according to Rice University researchers.
If the U.K. sold its shale gas both domestically and abroad to replace coal, it could
reduce local air pollution significantly and reduce global carbon emissions by 170 megatons.
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.
Even if these efforts are successful, the international community needs to keep in mind that China would adopt such a carbon trading scheme strictly in its own interest - that is, to
reduce local air pollution, increase energy security, and gain a competitive advantage in the energy markets of the future.
The resulting benefits can include lower travel costs, improved mobility, better community health through
reduced local air pollution and physical activities resulting from non ‐ motorized transport, greater energy security, improved safety, and time savings through reduction in traffic congestion.
Since electric vehicles have no tailpipe emissions,
they reduce local air pollution and create a cleaner environment for children and families that live close to streets and highways.
Although much of the attention on electric mobility tends to focus on electric cars, powering buses, trucks, and delivery vehicles with electricity could also have a big impact on
reducing local air pollution.
Not exact matches
It also helps
local farmers and
reduces air pollution.
Meanwhile Government launched a consultation on its Clean
Air Zone framework last Thursday which looks to help
local authorities
reduce pollution from vehicles in city centres.
Ministers are now calling for
local authorities to do more to help
reduce carbon emissions and tackle
air quality, and are writing to council leaders to remind them about the scheme.
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.
The study, published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, examined if ongoing power transmission capacity investment in China — driven largely by concerns over
air pollution — could also
reduce local adverse health impacts from
air pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions.
«Compact development
reduces regional
air pollution, may harm
local health, risk study finds.»
These
air temperature reductions have also been projected to improve
local air quality by
reducing smog formation and ozone concentration.
«(VII) standards for practices and materials to achieve cool roofs in residential buildings, taking into consideration
reduced air conditioning energy use as a function of cool roofs, the potential reduction in global warming from increased solar reflectance from buildings, and cool roofs criteria in State and
local building codes and in national and
local voluntary programs, without reduction of otherwise applicable ceiling insulation standards; and
Plugging a ship into shore - side power - and turning off onboard generators - is one solution to
reducing air pollution from ships, as well as limiting
local noise.
From Peace Lilies to Succulents and everything in between, it's well known that plants can be hugely beneficial to our health, so as part of its Green Up Your Gaff campaign, award winning Perrywood Garden Centre is hoping to boost concentration, improve
air quality and
reduce stress levels by visiting
local schools in the area and providing them with free houseplants.
These efforts also include
reducing local irritants in the
air, such as cigarette smoke, mold,
air pollution and dust mites.
Local governments have taken steps to clean up
air quality and
reduce emissions, while some countries have outlined outright bans on cars powered by internal - combustion engines in the future.
Channel Islands Region Incentive - Based Vessel Speed Reduction Programs 2014 and 2016 In 2014, in partnership with
local agencies and non-government organizations, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary launched a trial incentive program to slow ships down in the Santa Barbara Channel to
reduce air emissions and
reduce the likelihood of fatality from a ship strike to endangered whales in the region.
In 2014, in partnership with
local agencies and non-government organizations, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary launched a trial incentive program to slow ships down in the Santa Barbara Channel to
reduce air emissions and
reduce the likelihood of fatality from a ship strike to endangered whales in the region.
Such systems boost the
local economy,
reduce congestion, improve
air quality and public health, and complement pre-existing forms of transportation.
The Phillips Collection is committed to promoting the use of sustainable transportation as a way to
reduce local traffic congestion and
air pollution.
RE # 37, GW actions have many many other immediate & future benefits: they prevent /
reduce many other environmental harms (
local air pollution, acid rain, ground & water pollution, etc.), they are good for the health (e.g., cycling & walking), they
reduce crime (cycling, walking), they
reduce our implication in foreign conflicts & tax money to protect oil supplies, they save money without lowering productivity (even increasing it), they save businesses from folding & households from going into hock.
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.
«Fueling trucks and buses with natural gas may help
local air quality and
reduce oil imports, but it is not likely to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
-- Coupled Mode: The notion involves unstable
air - sea coupling, where a
local region deep convection enhances the trades to the east and
reduces the surface winds to the west.
There are growing examples of co-benefits of mitigation and development policies, like those which can potentially
reduce local emissions of health - damaging and climate - altering
air pollutants from energy systems.
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Air BEST Battery Program Aims to
Reduce Lead Battery Poisoning in Asia Green Glossary: Superfund Huge Drop in Chinese Birth Defects After
Local Coal Plant Closes
The
air is getting cleaner: Hard collaborative work by the private sector along with federal, state, and
local governments has substantially
reduced ozone levels, improving overall
air quality, according to the EPA data.
... Cutting
local air pollution from, say coal, can also
reduce carbon emissions that cause warming.»
Beyond the climate benefits of
reduced CO2 emissions, reduction in these pollutants is of additional importance at the
local and regional level to address
air quality and related health concerns.
Thus, retiring the 62 year old Meramec Coal Plant would go along ways toward cleaning up our
local air and
reducing local greenhouse gas emissions.
Additionally, the parks are increasing the quality of life for the city's children while providing
local jobs, improving
air quality, and
reducing CO22 emissions through carbon storage.
Cities can
reduce their greenhouse gas emissions while simultaneously addressing other pressing
local environmental problems such as
air pollution, waste, and transport, not to mention other challenges such as
local economic development.
For the short term, carbon pricing and more stringent pollution control regulations may be used to
reduce emissions, minimise
local air pollution, and limit and ultimately phase out generation from subcritical coal - fired power stations.
«(VII) standards for practices and materials to achieve cool roofs in commercial buildings, taking into consideration
reduced air conditioning energy use as a function of cool roofs, the potential reduction in global warming from increased solar reflectance from buildings, and cool roofs criteria in State and
local building codes and in national and
local voluntary programs, without reduction of otherwise applicable ceiling insulation standards.
Beijing is to ban the sale and use of coal in several regions including its six main districts by 2020 cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and
reduce air pollution, according to an announcement by
local authorities on Monday.
With IdleAir, truck stop communities enjoy cleaner
air with the reduction of black carbon and soot that emit from diesel engines,
reduced noise pollution,
local job creation, and an increased tax base for the
local economy.
Nor do they consider the ancillary benefits, such as the improved
local air quality and
reduced ocean acidification.
Climate mitigation through energy efficiency in the residential and commercial sectors will improve
local and regional
air quality, particularly in large cities, contributing to improved public health (e.g., increased life expectancy,
reduced emergency room visits,
reduced asthma attacks, fewer lost working days) and avoidance of structural damage to buildings and public works.
The
local pressure reduction pointed to when condensation
reduces volume is instantly offset by mass flowing into the original volume from the surroundings and the energy released is not enough to make the
air parcel and the liquid contents lighter than
air containing water vapour.
I can't see any common sense basis of support for the proposition that condensation
reduces pressure except as a very
local short lived phenomenon whilst surrounding
air moves back in.
First it increases the
local pressure, then that drives
air outwards from the heated volume, and that
reduces density.
The Conservatory is recognized as one of the world's greenest buildings.The Pittsburgh 2030 District is, according to the city's website, «a collaborative, nationally recognized, but
local community of high performance buildings in Downtown and Oakland that aim to dramatically
reduce energy and water consumption, transportation emissions, and improve indoor
air quality while increasing competitiveness in the business environment and owner's returns on investment.»
The project partner, GERES estimates that as well as improving the health of families by
reducing exposure to hazardous
air pollutants, creating employment through the
local manufacture, retailing and maintenance of stoves, and protecting the environment by
reducing greenhouse gas emissions and
reducing deforestation, consumers have saved over $ 9,000,000 on fuel from the project overall.
«The Clean Power Plan, by providing such a framework, would enhance ongoing
local efforts and enable new
local initiatives to improve public health, increase
air quality, and
reduce greenhouse gas emissions through energy innovation.»
To get around the
local pollution problems and to adhere to the new
air quality regulations, the industry started building tall stacks to disperse the pollution instead of
reducing it.