Sentences with phrase «reducing smog»

«By reducing smog in the summer months and reducing the risk of respiratory infections in the winter months, telework programs provide benefits throughout the year.»

These air temperature reductions have also been projected to improve local air quality by reducing smog formation and ozone concentration.

These include its impact on reducing smog and acid rain components and mercury emissions, with their threat to wildlife and the food chain.

Along with reducing smog from idling vehicles waiting in line to pay tolls - Buffalo Niagara International Trade Gateway Organization, Executive Director Craig Turner said, electronic tolling would save truck drivers and others in the logistics industry lots of time.

Investigate a cap - and - trade system that will allow firms to generate credits by reducing smog - causing pollutants.

State health and environmental officials are urging New Yorkers to take steps to save energy and reduce smog following an air quality advisory Friday in the lower Hudson Valley.

Tools developed in the 1990s to swap money among Cassini's scientific instrument teams went on to run emissions trading to reduce smog in southern California.

They said the U.S. counties that would stand to save the most in health care costs from reduced smog are Will, La Salle and Livingston counties in Illinois; San Joaquin, San Diego, Fresno and Riverside counties in California; Weld County in Colorado; Maricopa County in Arizona; and Fort Bend County in Texas.

A bit of the background: I have a Mercedes that has a serpentine belt - driven air pump to help reduce smog in the exhaust.

Photo: Public domainOther Truck Fleets, Pay AttentionDid you know that replacing a pre-1994 diesel truck (or at least the engine) with a 2004 - 2006 model could cut soot pollution by about 2/3, and reduce smog - forming nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions by

1970: Clean Air Act (EPA) Reduce smog by regulating six pollutants from mobile and stationary sources with emissions and air quality standards.

The standards will help individual states to reduce their smog and soot levels, prevent bad air days and improve public health and they include some flexibility for small businesses including «additional lead time for compliance.»

Progressive new fuel economy and greenhouse gas standards will require all automakers to continue investing in fuel - saving technologies — helping reduce smog, protect our climate, and save drivers money at the pump.

«The idea of a green energy act that speeds up the development of renewable energy is absolutely necessary,» said Franz Hartmann, noting it will help reduce smog.

Beijing, meanwhile, has been introducing zoning measures to reduce smog.

People's Representative Li Sheng said that residential and other buildings should be required to include internal green belts to help clean the air and reduce smog.

Regulatory legislation of the 1960s and»70s cleaned up our lakes and rivers and greatly reduced smog in our cities.

The incidence of asthma seems to have continued to rise despite improved environment and reduced smog in many areas of the US.

We are hopeful that Mr. Trump and his campaign will take a closer look at energy efficiency as an energy resource to promote energy security so that current and future generations are less dependent on imported fuels as well as to ensure that we all have cleaner air to breathe since energy efficiency helps reduce the smog and global warming pollutants emitted from fossil - fueled power plants.

Thankfully, most modern lithium - ion batteries used in vehicles are non-toxic and recyclable, and over the life of a car, they can help save enormous quantities of non-renewable fossil fuels and reduce smog - forming emissions substantially.

Other Truck Fleets, Pay Attention Did you know that replacing a pre-1994 diesel truck (or at least the engine) with a 2004 - 2006 model could cut soot pollution by about 2/3, and reduce smog - forming nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions by more than half?

Since the seventies, utilities have been forced to install pollution controls or switch to low sulfur coal to reduce smog and acid rain.

A city in Northern China has built what it calls the world's largest air purifier in a bid to reduce smog levels.

Not exact matches

Prices have turned wildly volatile in recent weeks on fears of shortages as Beijing embarks on its biggest environmental crackdown yet to reduce the country's notorious winter smog.

At the same time, the regulatory proposals would seek to reduce emissions from pollutants that lead to smog from so - called peaking units.

The state is taking the Trump administration to court for not taking steps to reduce air pollution from predominantly coal - burning states upwind that is causing chronic smog in metropolitan New York City.

The Golden State is at the vanguard in the United States in reducing auto emissions of nitrogen oxide gases, which help produce toxic smog and acid rain.

Chinese authorities have told pilots who fly to Beijing they must be qualified to land their aircraft in the low visibility bought about by smog, state media said on Thursday, as the government tries to reduce flight delays due to pollution.

«The main goal of our project was to find out how effective regulations of gasoline vehicle emissions have been at reducing the formation of smog,» says Greg Drozd, Ph.D. «It was also a very forward - thinking study in anticipation of how cars that meet future emissions standards will lead to reductions in air pollution.»

China will launch two new pilot carbon trading schemes this week in Beijing and Shanghai as it strives to cut soaring rates of greenhouse gas, reduce choking smog and determine the best system for a nationwide roll - out.

Their target is not science so much as a slew of U.S. EPA regulations meant to clean up the nation's coal - fired power plants and reduce the levels of smog in the air.

Plugging them in to clean electricity supplies would prevent that — and would considerably reduce the local smog and soot that choke some port cities.

But even in people without lung conditions, hard exercise on days with lots of smog can reduce lung function and create a reaction akin to an asthma attack, says Norman Edelman, MD, chief medical officer of the American Lung Association.

Even in Kuala Lumpur, where smog levels have so far remained moderate, visibility is now strongly reduced and the smell of thick smoke hangs in the air, correspondents say.

· Wide - scale deployment of a mix of low - carbon electricity generation technologies, as foreseen in mitigations scenarios such as the IEA's Blue Map Scenarios, helps to stabilize or reduce pollution such as eutrophication, acidification, particulates, photochemical smog, and toxicity.

Although the Subaru PZEV runs on regular unleaded fuel, it offers significant smog - reducing environmental benefits and delivers equal performance compared to non-PZEV cars or SUVs, including hybrids, diesels and alternative fuel vehicles.

The standards we recommend in this report would also significantly reduce emissions of other air pollutants, specifically smog - forming volatile organic compounds and toxic pollutants like benzene that cause cancer and are associated with a host of other health problems.

The light - activated, smog - reducing billboards continue to purify the air as long as light, humidity, airflow and the titanium dioxide coating are present.»

The solution may rest on determining that smog reduction is more important than reducing carbon dioxide emissions.

as has been noted, clean coal is a catch - all phrase that refers to various technologies intended to reduce coal pollutants — such as smog forming chemicals and greenhouse gases.

Reducing emissions of the short - lived climate forcers black carbon and tropospheric ozone — soot and smog — has been identified by scientists as the most effective strategy to slow Arctic warming and melting in the near term, forestalling potentially irreversible tipping points such as the melting, while the world works to reduce emissions of GHGs.

Recent scientific studies, including an assessment by the United Nations Environment Program and the World Meteorological Organization indicate that it's possible to slow the pace of warming and melting in the Arctic in the near term by reducing emissions of two common air pollutants, soot and smog.

The new standards would reduce the volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides that lead to smog by 80 %, reduce particulate matter by 70 % and reduce fuel vapor emissions almost entirely.

But it's also the by - product of fossil fuel combustion, and when a refinery or power plant reduces its greenhouse gas emissions (by becoming more energy - efficient, for example), it also releases fewer smog - forming chemicals like nitrogen oxides, less of the sulfur dioxide and soot that can irritate lungs and cause respiratory disease, and fewer toxic emissions linked to cancer and neurological disorders.

(Reuters)-- Severe pollution in Beijing has made the Chinese capital «barely suitable» for living, according to an official Chinese report, as the world's second - largest economy tries to reduce often hazardous levels of smog caused by decades of rapid growth.

Ethanol reduces c02 slightly but burns with a lot more polluting solids as found by testing recently, it also clogs motors and catalyic converters and produces nitros oxide which is a lot worse and that is smog, more lies, c02 is essential for every living thing on the planet not a pollutant.

Ample technology exists to cost - effectively reduce emissions of smog - forming pollutants and global warming gases.

The pollution performance for other automakers has been less consistent, with Nissan taking over second place from Toyota due to reduced contributions to smog and global warming, Ford holding its position after making gains in MY01, and DaimlerChrysler moving out of last place for the first time in our rankings.

I - 732 reduces carbon pollution and the types of pollution that go with it, like smog and particulates.

Our results demonstrate the health benefits of reducing soot and smog, an expected additional advantage of a strong carbon standard for power plants — beyond the direct health benefits of mitigating climate change associated with avoided exposure to heat episodes, fires, severe weather events, and so on.