An integrated-assessment model quantifies the marginal damages of air pollution emissions for the US which are multiplied times the quantity of emissions by industry to compute gross damages.
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Mr. HINCHMAN: We've chosen the stricter California program because it's the only policy option available to us that we can use to reduce pollution emissions from the transportation sector, which is the most polluting and fastest-growing problem in terms of air quality in the Northeast.
Fossil fuel companies do not take into account the external effect of the cost of pollution or carbon emissions.
But when it comes to reducing pollution-causing emissions, electric vehicles have a lot of competition from cars powered by natural gas.
The flex-fuel engine--prized because it uses a renewable resource that reduces dependency on traditional gasoline--on the Cherokee was even worse: three out of 10 and one out of 10 for the air pollution and gas emissions, respectively.
He took historic action -- his administration did -- to confront climate change, including proposing the first national standard for harmful carbon pollution for new power plants, as well as establishing unprecedented standards for cars and trucks that will slash emissions of carbon pollution while, at the same time, saving consumers billions of dollars.
"How to reduce the emissions from pollution sources is of paramount importance for improving our ever deteriorating air quality, " he says.
Air Pollution Score rates tailpipe emissions for pollutants that cause smog, on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the cleanest and 1 the dirtiest.
In the United States, national ambient air quality standards have led to efforts to reduce human emissions that cause pollution.
Governments are solidly behind the new vehicles, which they see as essential for bringing down carbon-dioxide emissions and reducing pollution in cities.
But now the Australian government's aim will be to cut 159m tonnes of carbon pollution by 2020, reducing emissions by 5% below 2000 levels.
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The authors say a higher limit could increase gas emissions and air pollution and could lead to increased obesity, with more people taking advantage of shorter car journeys.
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Scientists have been puzzling for some time over exactly what combination of factors is preventing the earth getting even warmer - maybe changes in solar activity, ocean currents or emissions of aerosol pollution.
In the mid 1990s, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says that mercury emissions from coal plants totaled 1, 850 pounds per year.
Due to costs associated with reducing sulfur emissions resulting from stricter pollution regulations, subbituminous coal is actually more economical for energy generation.
If we could go one step further and reduce air pollution in affected communities by cutting emissions from cars, trucks and dirty industries, the impact would be even greater.
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The success of pollution taxes in Europe and of emissions-trading systems for sulphur dioxide in America show that these are a far better way of encouraging innovation than technology mandates or direct subsidies.
Contrary to images of "going back to the Stone Age, " this form of energy efficiency actually increases the levels of illumination (and thus literacy), while trimming greenhouse gas emissions, indoor air pollution and energy bills that mire the poor in poverty.
But US emissions cuts look much more impressive if you count cuts in agricultural pollution, the contributions to preserving forests in developing nations and buying emissions allowances from poor countries.
In a mid-April report on greenhouse emissions, the agency now says that tighter pollution controls instituted by the industry resulted in an average annual decrease of 41.6 million metric tons of methane emissions from 1990 through 2010, or more than 850 million metric tons overall.
Rather than call on government to curb pollution, they called for disclosure of emissions data.
A. moved to reduce surface ozone, a form of pollution caused, in part, by emissions from oil refineries.
And over the last four years, our emissions of the dangerous carbon pollution that threatens our planet have actually fallen.
Boosting energy-efficiency and the use of renewables not only helps secure energy supplies and cuts local pollution, but also helps keep carbon emissions in check too.
The coal industry may be fighting new federal emissions standards, air-pollution regulations and even the idea of carbon pricing, but those things are all a boon for carbon-free nuclear power.
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Over the last four years, Lisa Jackson and her team at the EPA have helped us to reduce emissions of the dangerous carbon pollution that causes climate change, put in place the toughest new pollution standards in two decades.
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EPDs show shoppers key facts like greenhouse gas emissions generated, water consumption, and pollution impact.
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It scored a paltry three out of 10 for air-pollution ratings and two out of 10 for greenhouse gas emissions.
These cores show that the level of pollution, especially soot, in Himalayan glaciers correlates with emissions in Europe and South Asia.
At issue now is the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule that attempts to limit the levels of harmful emissions as they traverse across state lines.
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