These arguments center largely around the idea that current air pollution regulation is good enough as-is, and that any further restrictions are aimed at tackling environmental issues and climate change, both typically seen as luxuries in a down economy.
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The debate over air pollution and, more specifically, the regulation of air pollution, raged on this week as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) watered down its cross-state pollution rule and House Republicans moved to delay new rules on toxic air pollution from cement plants, solid waste incinerators, and industrial boilers.
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Increasingly, health research seems to be pointing to a need for stricter regulation of air pollution.
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When viewed through the public health lens, the economic arguments against regulation of air pollution begin to unravel, particularly in the face of rising healthcare costs.
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It supports processes that we all often take for granted, such as air quality, climate regulation, water purification, parasite and disease control, pollination and the prevention of erosion.
Located in the uppermost part of the eco-friendly home, the on-board plants would aid temperature regulation, control air quality, and provide everyday sustenance.
The EPA is effectively imposing cap and trade by administrative regulation under the Clean Air Act, without Congressional approval.
In 2008 the EPA issued the cross-state air pollution rule to revise a 2005 regulation that had also been challenged in court.
Moreover, regulation of CO2 under the Clean Air Act would open a Pandora's box of enforcement questions, which would bring at least one certainty: lawsuits.
It seems clear to most observers that carbon regulation will come through the Clean Air Act, if at all, only to be tied up in the courts.
Emirates has also thrived by entering markets in the rest of the Middle East, Africa, South-East Asia, India and Latin America that had hitherto been poorly connected to the global air-transport network because of over-regulation, the absence of a strong local flag carrier and the indifference of established airlines.
Governments can either choose to leave people fuming in their cars (which wastes people's time and pollutes the air) or they can ration road space by regulation or by price.
The company also said Monday that while the cuts required are more than the initial agreement, it was planning to do them to meet a new EPA regulation aimed at reducing mercury and other air toxics from the nation's power plants.
He says the Clean Air Act, which is designed to regulate traditional air pollutants, is the "wrong horse" for regulation of CO2 and other greenhouse gases.
It's time to replace those ideological Clean Air Act filters, get the EPA out of the climate regulation nonsense, and clear the atmosphere of corrupt Enron-legacy "green energy" and carbon-trading agendas once and for all.
Environmental debates generally revolve around balancing clean air and jobs: at what cost to industry do you champion the environment through regulation?
"With proper regulation and enforcement, gas provides a very substantial health benefit in reducing air pollution, " compared with coal-fired power plants, said Daniel Schrag, director of Harvard University's Center for the Environment.
It also eliminates EPA foot dragging on air permits necessary for offshore drilling, and removes EPA authority for unnecessary and burdensome greenhouse gas regulation altogether.
Another issue is Ofcom, the government's media regulation body, which forbids any form of sponsorship for Hot Spot or Hawk-Eye during on-air broadcasts.
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