Sentences with phrase «uses on air pollution»

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They do not emit tailpipe pollutants, giving a large reduction of local air pollution, and, can give a significant reduction in total greenhouse gas and other emissions (dependent on the method used for electricity generation).

Within that functional world - village, we find now existing genocidal war (Indochina), cold war, nuclear weapons threats, conventional weapons threats, colonialism and neo-colonialism, wildly unbalanced use of resources so that a major part of the world population starves or verges on starvation while a minor part consumes lavishly, racism, ignorance, a defilement of the environment through pollution of air, water and soil, and reckless wastage of irreplaceable resources.

As far as reducing UK emissions is concerned, it would make more sense to cut rail fares to encourage people to use trains more — instead of pushing people back into cars on already jam - packed roads, and increasing congestion, emissions and air pollution.

But one of the things that I have been very impressed by here is a lot of the stories of hope; many folks have traveled a long way to share what they are doing on a very local level to help combat climate change, and that's everything from, kind of, rural electrification in Africa and India, you know, bringing light to people who are still using dung or coal for cooking and heating and dying from indoor air pollution to, you know, major renewable energy projects, say, here in Denmark where they now get 20 percent of their electricity from wind power.

«Our earlier study showed the weathering impact of air pollution on the building materials such as limestone, sandstone and carbon steel, used in many heritage buildings and built infrastructure.

In combination with the data on when the specimen was collected, the results tell the tale of coal use in the United States; rising from the late 1800s and falling during the Great Recession; then increasing again through the middle of the century until legislation in the»50s,»60s, and»70s set limits on air pollution, The Washington Post reports.

Silver Award: Catherine (Cat) Wise, Patti Parson, Jason Lelchuk, Murrey Jacobson and Sara Just PBS NewsHour «How moss revealed an undetected air pollution threat in Portland» Oct. 12, 2016 «These robots are helping answer a huge unknown about young marine life» Nov. 2, 2016 Cat Wise and her colleagues offered solid reporting on the uses of science to better understand the nearby environment.

The position paper on air pollution and cardiovascular disease was written by experts from the European Society of Cardiology and also recommends decreasing the use of fossil fuels.

Xiao also surveyed members of 23 households on energy use and awareness of indoor air pollution.

The world's largest consumer of coal has announced radical restrictions on the importing and use of the stuff, in a bid to curb air pollution.

Data on daily average temperature, death rates, and confounding variables (eg, humidity and air pollution) were used to calculate the temperature of minimum mortality (the optimal temperature), and to quantify total deaths due to non-optimal ambient temperature in each location.

To do that, they used a set of equations — recently updated based on the most recent epidemiological research — describing how exposure to air pollution affects a person's risk of dying from various diseases.

The researchers» results were comparable to previous studies that have analysed air pollution and mortality; however, there was some variation depending on which climate model was used.

LONDON, Sept 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation)- Encouraging people to abandon their cars and use public transport or walk or cycle around cities offers the «least pain, most gain» way to cut air pollution from traffic by 2050, a new international study said on Wednesday.

SINGAPORE (Reuters)- Indonesia's complex rules on land use and the difficulty in prosecuting foreign businesses mean Singapore has its work cut out bringing companies to book under its new cross-border air pollution law.

The release of these pollutants is mainly due to the unregulated or inefficient production and use of energy, the IEA said in a special report on energy and air pollution.

LONDON (Reuters)- Premature deaths from air pollution will continue to rise to 2040 unless changes are made to the way the world uses and produces energy, the International Energy Agency said on Monday.

Launching a natural research experiment in Kathmandu, Nepal, this month using advanced monitoring methods to assess health risk from air pollution, environmental health scientist Rick Peltier at the University of Massachusetts Amherst hopes to demonstrate for the first time in a real - world setting that air pollution can and should be regulated based on toxicology variables rather than simply on the volume of particles in the air.

By using climate models to simulate what air pollution was like in 1850 and 2000, Jason West at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his colleagues have estimated its effect on current death rates.

Although statistics on fertilizer use in bamboo plantations are scarce, its use in Chinese agriculture in general has exploded in recent decades, leading to a host of environmental problems, including air, soil and groundwater pollution.

The report, produced with Greenpeace India, uses power plant data compiled by former World Bank air pollution analyst Sarath Guttikunda, founding director of a Delhi - based organization focused on sharing scientific information called Urban Emissions.

Much of her work has examined this environmental justice question in the context of ambient air pollution and indoor chemical exposures, prenatal exposures and effects on birth outcomes and children's health, often using community - based participatory research approaches for data collection and risk communication.

«Based on this, we think that 8 - iso is a marker related to one of the underlying biological mechanisms by which outdoor air pollution increases the risk of experiencing asthma symptoms, asthma attacks or the need for use of asthma medications.»

Known as a «co-benefit,» using state of the art models for human and natural systems, along with climate projections from the international community, the team was able for the first time to put a value on the global air pollution benefits of cutting greenhouse gas emissions over the 21st century.

Oct. 3, 2017 - A recent study by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists and collaborators is the first to use an ensemble of global chemistry climate models to estimate death rates from air pollution caused by the impact of climate change on pollutant concentrations.

Analysis of the impact was made [140] using the most comprehensive data file ever compiled on mortality and air pollution in any developing country.

Irene Ornovitz, who teaches biology and botany at Jonathan Dayton High School, in Springfield, New Jersey, has used a number of CIESE units, including ones on air pollution and population growth, as well as a collaborative project on human genetics.

We examine the effect of air pollution on school absences using administrative data for elementary and middle school children in 39 of the largest school districts in Texas merged with air quality

In addition to the new engine, Mazda has also announced that it will begin electrifying its cars in 2019 but focus on markets it calls «regions that use a high ratio of clean energy for power generation or restrict certain vehicles to reduce air pollution» (read: markets with extremely strict emissions standards).

Using cheap wireless sensors, air pollution levels can be monitored to assess traffic issues, and congestion on the roads

Clean Air Act which will increase pollution) 13) timing press releases so bad news will miss the news cycle on long weekends, especially when they plan on not enforcing environmental laws 14) press not reporting on the outrageous use of signing statements (president basically saying he intends to violate his oath of office) 15) press rarely reporting on anti-war demonstrations 16) Whitehouse use of Fox News (sic) and right - wing demagogue radio to get its message out 17) right - wing attempt to take over NPR and PBS.

On the other hand, so long as the land management agency is trying to suppress a wildfire, the pollution impacts from those wildfires can be excluded from the measurements of ambient air quality that are used to determine whether places such as the Central Valley are in compliance with the Clean Air air quality that are used to determine whether places such as the Central Valley are in compliance with the Clean Air Air Act

The NYT quotes Joann Crow, who was 12 at the time, on what the killer air pollution was like: Had to Walk to School Using a Flashlight

In the EU, vehicle carbon reduction has lead to increased diesel use which planned on a good bit of Palm oil based bio-diesel which has created air pollution problems and tropical deforestation.

In each of these steps they used specific modeling tools and datasets to estimate the incremental impacts of RGGI on the following variables: generation (in megawatt - hours (MWh)-RRB- by power plants, air pollution emissions, air quality, and public health.

The model, which captures fuel use in the power, transport, and other energy sectors out to 2030, with fuel responsiveness parameterized to empirical literature, estimates the impacts of mitigation policies on CO2 emissions, revenue, premature deaths from local air pollution, household and industry groups.

Stepping back from there, Hansen looks at 1940 and above: «The approximate stand - still of global temperature during 1940 - 1975 is generally attributed to an approximate balance of aerosol cooling and greenhouse gas warming during a period of rapid growth of fossil fuel use with little control on particulate air pollution, but quantitative interpretation has been impossible» That's the excuse and it is laughable.

The approximate stand - still of global temperature during 1940 - 1975 is generally attributed to an approximate balance of aerosol cooling and greenhouse gas warming during a period of rapid growth of fossil fuel use with little control on particulate air pollution, but quantitative interpretation has been impossible because of the absence of adequate aerosol measurements.

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.

«California has been a world leader in reducing air pollution from vehicles, and now we need to lead on diversifying our transportation fuels and using cleaner alternative fuels.»

Women in households without access to modern energy dedicate on average 1.4 hours a day collecting wood and women also spend several hours each day cooking using traditional stoves, and are thereby the most impact by household air pollution.

The expected introduction of plug - in hybrid electric vehicles could cut U.S. gasoline use, but could increase deadly air pollution in some areas, two reports say.That's because a plug - in's lower tailpipe emissions may be offset by smokestack emissions from the utility generating plants supplying electricity to recharge the big batteries that allow plug - ins to run up to 40 miles without kicking on their gasoline engines.

Analysis of the impact was made [140] using the most comprehensive data file ever compiled on mortality and air pollution in any developing country.

That's going to have one of the most important ramifications will be improvements in human health and we shouldn't overlook the very damaging effects of air pollution from coal and motor use is having on agricultural production in south Asia as well.

The new study follows up on that work by evaluating the greenhouse - gas (GHG) emissions reductions, air - pollution health and environmental impacts, and water - use reductions from large amounts of solar.

The NAS National Research Council calculates that the health costs from fossil fuel combustion are in the billions: «WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Research Council examines and, when possible, estimates «hidden» costs of energy production and use — such as the damage air pollution imposes on human health — that are not reflected in market prices of coal, oil, other energy sources, or the electricity and gasoline produced from them.

The approximate stand - still of global temperature during 1940 - 1975 is generally attributed to an approximate balance of aerosol cooling and greenhouse gas warming during a period of rapid growth of fossil fuel use with little control on particulate air pollution, but satisfactory quantitative interpretation has been impossible because of the absence of adequate aerosol measurements.

Whether or not global warming is entirely or largely due to human use of carbon for fuel, the reduction of the dependence on carbon makes sense for reducing asthma in children; reducing black lung disease; reducing the production of coal ashes, residues, and effluents; reducing the impact of carbon greenhouse gasses; reducing pipeline failures; reducing coal and oil surface transport accidents; reducing pipeline - related warfare; and reducing air pollution.

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Reblogged this on Cold Air and commented: I've been surprised at the White House's use of the shady term «carbon pollution» (it's like refering to drowing as «water pollution»).