Sentences with phrase «reducing air pollution even»

That carries a big policy implication, Cohen says: It not only «makes both public health and economic sense to clean up dirty places,» but also means there could be significant health benefits from reducing air pollution even in areas that already have relatively tight controls.

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Other activities include: producing products that may be recycled at the end of their lifespan for material reuse; reducing energy consumption in operations; or even re-engineering distribution methods as a means of reducing long - distance travel during product delivery, ultimately reducing fossil fuel consumption (and the disease - causing air pollution that is its byproduct).

But even after taking into account state gas taxes, blending requirements aimed at reducing air pollution and other environmental and climate fees attached to each gallon of fuel, it appears drivers...

And so does setting ambitious goals: Early on, I doubted industry could meet some of the aggressive targets that EPA set for reducing air pollution, but I ultimately saw these goals spur innovation and creative solutions that led to setting even higher standards.

So even without concerns about the warming effect of carbon pollution in Earth's atmosphere, the Paris agreement goes a long way toward reducing harmful air pollution worldwide.

But even though four decades of Clean Air Act programs have already done a lot to improve our health, environment leaders and public health advocates alike would like to see lawmakers put in place even more stringent rules to reduce pollution of all kinds and put our economy on a cleaner, greener path overall.

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.

Reducing traffic congestion, lowering air pollution and CO2 emissions, even feeding the homeless while moving major amounts of goods.

According to the IPCC, the costs of reducing emissions to limit warming to below 2C are modest, even before taking into account co-benefits such as energy - security benefits and health improvement due to reduced 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.

Similarly, analyses consistently show the costs of the UK's Climate Change Act will be more than offset by a combination of fuel savings, avoided climate impacts and reduced air and noise pollution, even before wider economic impacts in terms of jobs and growth are taken into account.

In 2012, even as most of our leaders dodged or denied the climate change issue, we were busy tackling it from many angles — reducing carbon emissions by securing national air pollution regulations that clean up or phase out dirty plants and then defending these innovations in court when they are attacked by the polluters.

As such, reducing locally - emitted CO2 reduces local air pollution deaths even if CO2 in adjacent regions is not controlled.

That said, we pay to reduce greenhouse gases and other air pollution with higher energy bills, even if these reductions save us money, and transitions will be complicated.

But I've been shifting my thinking based on recent conversations with some of the authors below about the feasibility of incremental management of sun - blocking aerosols, even as warming aerosols contributing to conventional air pollution are reduced.

«As well as helping to reduce air pollution, keeping the city cool during hot summers and warmer during cold winters, the rooftop crops can help those living in poverty stave off starvation and even generate a decent income.»