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Pollution53
  • The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) are air pollution standards issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). (wikipedia.org)
  • Air pollution in the United States Mercury and Air Toxics Standards United States. (wikipedia.org)
  • Stationary Sources of Air Pollution. (wikipedia.org)
  • The emission figures are from the national air pollutant emission inventtories and are based on Finland's official annual reports to the UN ECE Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Convention (CLRTAP) and the EU ENational Emissions Ceilings Directive (NECD). (ymparisto.fi)
  • Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) maintains air pollutant emission inventories and acts as the National Inventory Agency in reporting under the UN ECE Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Convention (CLRTAP) and the EU National Emissions Ceilings Directive (NECD). (ymparisto.fi)
  • Impacts of air pollution to the environment are monitored through measuring emission deposits and environmental concentrations. (ymparisto.fi)
  • Air quality in Finland is generally good although air pollution may temporarily deteriorate the air quality. (ymparisto.fi)
  • The joint EMEP/EEA air pollutant emission inventory guidebook supports the reporting of emissions data under the UNECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP) and the EU National Emission Ceilings Directive. (europa.eu)
  • This National Statistics release reports emissions of air pollutants that are covered by the UK Air Quality Strategy and the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP). (www.gov.uk)
  • The indicators report on key air pollutants that contribute to smog and acid rain and help the government to identify priorities, track progress, and develop strategies and policies for reducing or controlling air pollution. (canada.ca)
  • However, these projections of UK air pollutant emissions do not take into account future action that we are taking to tackle air pollution. (blog.gov.uk)
  • Air pollution at a national level has reduced significantly since 2010 and emissions continue to improve year-on-year. (blog.gov.uk)
  • It should be noted that today's projections do not take into account future action that we are taking to tackle air pollution, such as measures in the Environment Bill to help local authorities tackle air pollution, and further measures in the Clean Air Strategy to tackle a range of pollutants. (blog.gov.uk)
  • The latest annual European Environment Agency (EEA) analysis of air pollution data provided by EU Member States is published today. (europeantimes.news)
  • The report looks at air pollutant emissions reported by the EU under the UNECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (the Air Convention) and includes a wide range of substances. (europeantimes.news)
  • Air pollution has become a serious issue due to its impacts on humans, animals, and the environment. (uitm.edu.my)
  • Article: Inverting time dependent concentration signals to estimate pollutant emissions in case of accidental or deliberate release Journal: International Journal of Environment and Pollution (IJEP) 2014 Vol.55 No.1/2/3/4 pp.86 - 93 Abstract: We test the reliability of an inverse model to estimate the amount of mass released instantaneously by a source of pollutant in a turbulent boundary layer. (inderscience.com)
  • The Global Atmospheric Pollution Forum Air Pollutant Emission Inventory Manual. (york.ac.uk)
  • This Manual has been produced under the auspices of the Global Atmospheric Pollution Forum (the Forum) which is coordinated by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), based at the University of York, U.K. and The International Union of Air Pollution Prevention Associations (IUAPPA). (york.ac.uk)
  • Use of the Forum Manual and its companion Workbook will, it is hoped, enable non-OECD countries to develop emissions inventories in an accurate, complete, comparable, consistent and transparent manner to support the process of regional cooperation on the modelling and mitigation of transboundary air pollution. (york.ac.uk)
  • Fung said the city's air pollution could rebound when transport gradually resumed as the pandemic situation stabilised. (scmp.com)
  • Deliver benefits to greenhouse gas- and air pollution-reducing projects to American communities, particularly low-income and disadvantaged communities. (oregon.gov)
  • Mobilize financing and private capital to stimulate additional deployment of greenhouse gas- and air pollution-reducing projects. (oregon.gov)
  • Lower rates of asthma and other health problems are frequently cited as benefits of policies aimed at cutting carbon emissions from sources like power plants and vehicles, because these policies also lead to reductions in other harmful types of air pollution. (mit.edu)
  • In fact, policies aimed at cutting carbon emissions improve air quality by a similar amount as policies specifically targeting air pollution. (mit.edu)
  • The difference depended largely on the costs of the policies, as the savings - in the form of avoided medical care and saved sick days - remained roughly constant: Policies aimed at specific sources of air pollution, such as power plants and vehicles, did not lead to substantially larger benefits than cheaper policies, such as a cap-and-trade approach. (mit.edu)
  • The study is the most detailed assessment to date of the interwoven effects of climate policy on the economy, air pollution, and the cost of health problems related to air pollution. (mit.edu)
  • Air pollution levels usually dip in the summer. (yahoo.com)
  • It's quite clear that there is a new peak of air pollution in August that didn't used to exist. (yahoo.com)
  • Still, researchers at NCAR who who worked on the new study point to how worsening wildfires are offsetting those emission reductions: Levels of fine particulate pollution - harmful, lung-damaging bits about 30 times smaller than a strand of human hair - rose by 7% in 2020, the worst wildfire season on record. (yahoo.com)
  • Moreover, the new study highlights how air pollution can risk the health of millions of people. (yahoo.com)
  • Since the events reduce the motorized traffic flow, which is a significant source of air pollution, on the streets, it is reasonable to hypothesize that the CicLAvia events can reduce the concentrations of traffic-emitted air pollutants during the road closure. (cdc.gov)
  • They estimated that in 2013, the health care emissions measured in the study resulted in 470,000 DALYs lost due to pollution-related disease. (scienceblogs.com)
  • Often at times, small businesses may be required to do stack testing for particular pieces of operational equipment (such as boilers or diesel engines) or pollution control equipment (catalytic converters, air scrubbers, dust control, etc.) to verify compliance with air quality permit conditions and compliance status. (askemap.org)
  • He is proud to be the team lead of the award-winning EMAP program which provides free and confidential environmental assistance to the Pennsylvania small business community in fulfillment of the requirements of the Pennsylvania Air Pollution Control Act and Section 507 of the federal Clean Air Act. (askemap.org)
  • Assessment of Acetone as a Potential Air Pollution Problem. (epa.gov)
  • Despite this, pollution derived from maritime shipping activities has profound implications for air and water quality and marine and estuarine biodiversity. (europa.eu)
  • Reducing greenhouse gases and air pollution is a primary goal at EU level. (europa.eu)
  • every year, air pollution leads to nearly 7 million deaths worldwide, concentrated in low- and middle-income countries. (nrdc.org)
  • stronger air pollution standards for power plants will serve to better protect these irreplaceable natural resources. (nrdc.org)
  • Air pollution is a mixture of solid particles and gases in the air. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Ozone , a gas, is a major part of air pollution in cities. (medlineplus.gov)
  • When ozone forms air pollution, it's also called smog. (medlineplus.gov)
  • People with heart or lung disease, older adults and children are at greater risk from air pollution. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Air pollution isn't just outside - the air inside buildings can also be polluted and affect your health. (medlineplus.gov)
  • In May 2015, the Sixty-eighth World Health Assembly adopted resolution WHA68.8, in which the Director-General was requested, inter alia, to propose to the Sixty-ninth World Health Assembly a road map for an enhanced global response to the adverse health effects of air pollution. (who.int)
  • and acknowledged that 4.3 million deaths occur each year from exposure to household (indoor) air pollution and that 3.7 million deaths each year are attributable to ambient (outdoor) air pollution, at a high cost to societies. (who.int)
  • In addition, the Health Assembly, inter alia, underscored that the root causes of air pollution and its adverse impacts are predominantly socioeconomic in nature, and was cognizant of the need to address the social determinants of health related to development in urban and rural settings, including poverty eradication, as an indispensable element for sustainable development and for the reduction of the health impact of air pollution. (who.int)
  • Reducing air pollution - and the millions of deaths every year associated with air pollution - will require the targeting of many inefficient technologies and policies that also lead to climate pollutant emissions. (who.int)
  • Goals provide a rationale and framework for the health sector to effectively contribute to achieving some of the "non-health" Sustainable Development Goals, and can also offer a focus for early action on air pollution prevention, as relevant to, for example, cities (Goal 11) or household energy (Goal 7). (who.int)
  • Its principal focus areas were safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene, air pollution and clean energy, chemicals and wastes, climate change, vector control and health in the workplace. (who.int)
  • Meanwhile, air pollution, tobacco smoke and chemicals are driving the burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). (who.int)
  • Urban air pollution / text, John McCormick. (who.int)
Particulate matter emissions1
  • International comparison: air pollutant emissions in selected countries - Fine particulate matter emissions and emissionsintensity of the member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development The Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) program provides data and information to track Canada's performance on key environmental sustainability issues. (canada.ca)
Greenhouse gas emiss11
  • Which factors have an impact on greenhouse gas emissions? (utilityking.co.uk)
  • Greenhouse gas emissions from the Services sector rose 52.9% from 2013 to 2018. (cso.ie)
  • The Services sector, which includes road and air transport, produced 31% of greenhouse gas emissions by resident units in 2018. (cso.ie)
  • The remaining 17% of greenhouse gas emissions were emitted by Households. (cso.ie)
  • Greenhouse gas emissions from Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing were at their highest of the period 2013-2018 in 2018 at 20.7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent. (cso.ie)
  • This report provides an updated assessment of Ireland's total projected greenhouse gas emissions out to 2040 which includes an assessment of progress towards achieving its emission reduction targets out to 2020 and 2030 set under the EU Effort Sharing Decision (Decision No 406/2009/EU) and Effort Sharing Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2018/842). (epa.ie)
  • The study, published earlier this month in PLOS ONE , found that if the U.S. health care system were its own country, it would rank 13th in the whole world for greenhouse gas emissions, a major contributor to global warming . (scienceblogs.com)
  • The study also found that in 2013, the health care sector was responsible for significant portions of overall U.S. emissions and impacts, including 12 percent of acid rain, 10 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, 10 percent of smog formation, 9 percent of respiratory diseases from particulate matter, and 9 percent of criteria air pollutants , which include ground-level ozone, carbon monoxide and lead. (scienceblogs.com)
  • The first study to estimate the sector's carbon footprint came out in 2009 and found that 8 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions came from health care, with such emissions stemming directly from health care activities and purchases as well as indirectly through the sector's supply chain. (scienceblogs.com)
  • The study found that the health care sector's greenhouse gas emissions increased more than 30 percent in the last decade, representing nearly 10 percent of national totals in 2013. (scienceblogs.com)
  • In regard to non-greenhouse gas emissions, power generation for the health care industry was the largest contributor to acidification, respiratory impacts and smog formation. (scienceblogs.com)
20162
  • Having risen in 2014, 2015 and 2016, emissions from Industry fell in 2017 and 2018, due to a drop in emissions from the energy supply sector, NACE 35 (see Figure 1 and Table 1). (cso.ie)
  • Under the National Emission reduction Commitments (NEC) directive 2016/2284, EU Member States are required to meet national commitments to reduce emissions for these five air pollutants to deliver clean air for human health and the environment. (europeantimes.news)
Sulphur10
20216
  • In 2021, 13 Member States met their respective 2020-2029 national emission reduction commitments under the EU's National Emission reduction Commitments Directive (NECD) for each of the five main pollutants (nitrogen oxides, non-methane volatile organic compounds, ammonia, sulphur dioxide and fine particulate matter) according to the EEA assessment . (europeantimes.news)
  • The EEA briefing is based on the latest available data reported by Member States in 2023 for their 2021 emissions. (europeantimes.news)
  • Ten Member States will have to reduce their ammonia emissions compared to 2021 levels to fulfil their 2020-2029 reduction commitments. (europeantimes.news)
  • The separate annual EU emission inventory report 1990-2021, also published today by the EEA, showed a continued downward trend in emissions for most main air pollutants, however emissions decreased more slowly from 2007 to 2021. (europeantimes.news)
  • The Covid impact during the first half of 2020 was bigger than its impact for the entire 2021, but the air quality of 2021 was still better than that of 2019," he said. (scmp.com)
  • The WHO tightened the maximum allowable pollutant levels for its goals in 2021. (scmp.com)
20193
  • Law on air protection (2019). (ecolex.org)
  • Malaysia experienced air quality deterioration in 2019 when the episodes of haze happened from July to September. (uitm.edu.my)
  • This study aims to differentiate the level of the potential air pollutants, examine the influence of meteorological factors on the potential air pollutants and determine the local and transboundary impact on the potential air pollutants during episodes of pre-haze, haze, and post-haze in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya in 2019. (uitm.edu.my)
NECD1
  • Latest report on Ireland's National Emission Ceiling Directive (NECD) emissions. (epa.ie)
20233
  • NOTE: The information regarding Air pollutants - methane emissions on this page is re-published from the CIA World Factbook 2023. (photius.com)
  • The EEA analysis is based on the latest air pollutant emission inventory data, as reported by Member States in February 2023 both under the Directive and the UNECE Air Convention. (europeantimes.news)
  • All comments on the draft permit and any request for a public hearing must be in writing, addressed to the Clean Air Branch at the above address and must be postmarked or received by March 22, 2023 . (bigislandthieves.com)
Methane emissions1
Hazardous air6
  • EPA regulates the following hazardous air pollutants with the MACT standards. (wikipedia.org)
  • These air regulations establish nation-wide requirements for a wide range of commercial and industrial activities and include New Source Performance Standards established under 40 CFR Part 60 (Part 60 NSPS) and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants established under 40 CFR Part 61 (Part 61 NESHAPs) and under 40 CFR Part 63 (Part 63 NESHAPs). (epa.gov)
  • EPA is also proposing national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants for stationary reciprocating internal combustion engines that either are located at area sources of hazardous air pollutant emissions or that have a site rating of less than or equal to 500 brake horsepower and are located at major sources of hazardous air pollutant emissions. (vlex.com)
  • The National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for this sector was originally proposed in 2003 and promulgated in 2004. (epa.gov)
  • The Clean Air Act requires EPA to establish emission standards for certain categories, or subcategories, of major and area sources of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs). (askemap.org)
  • Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP) emitted by fixed sources. (cdc.gov)
Nitrogen2
  • We analyze the estimated emissions rebound of carbon dioxide (CO2) and criteria pollutants sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NO X ), using results from the EPA's power sector model, under the ACE in 2030 at model coal plants and at the state and national levels compared to both no policy and the CPP. (rff.org)
  • Ammonia emissions are a concern as they contribute to excessive nitrogen presence in water ecosystems leading to the known phenomenon of eutrophication, among other environmental negative impacts. (europeantimes.news)
Directive2
  • Additionally, for the European Union the data and results from the review of the National Emission Ceiling Directive work (Amann et al. (iiasa.ac.at)
  • It describes the progress made towards reducing emissions of the five main air pollutants regulated under the directive. (europeantimes.news)
20186
  • This dataset Contains Saudi Arabia Emissions of Air or Water Pollutants for the period 2010-2018. (kapsarc.org)
  • Emissions from the sector increased in each year from 2015 to 2018 inclusive. (cso.ie)
  • In 2018 emissions were 8% higher than in 2013. (cso.ie)
  • The Industry sector was the only sector to show a decrease in emissions in 2018, when emissions were 19.9 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent. (cso.ie)
  • Patrick Fung Kin-wai, CEO of the Hong Kong NGO Clean Air Network, said while the data showed a long-term improving trend of the city's air quality, progress had slowed in recent years, especially after 2018. (scmp.com)
  • They found more people died during the 2012 to 2018 period, when smoke from flames far away in the Pacific Northwest - not stemming from Colorado fires - cloaked the air. (yahoo.com)
Concentrations4
  • AirLogic aggregates and organizes data and analytics to create a single-source dashboard with daily, weekly, quarterly, and yearly views of emissions and concentrations of critical air pollutants, GHG's, and particulates for targeted facilities. (stantec.com)
  • The carbon cycle also responds to climate change, and knowing the carbon cycle's potential to continue acting as a partial sink of fossil fuel emissions in the future will be critical in calculating the "allowable" fossil fuel emissions while maintaining concentrations below specific thresholds" (GEO Carbon Strategy). (utilityking.co.uk)
  • The annual average concentrations of the pollutants at the roadside were reduced by 43 per cent to 58 per cent during the period. (scmp.com)
  • We characterized these effects on multipollutant personal exposure to diesel exhaust and underground ambient air concentrations in an underground iron ore mine. (lu.se)
Impacts4
  • Through the Bill the government will commit to setting at least two ambitious new air quality targets, with our primary focus on reducing public health impacts. (blog.gov.uk)
  • Air quality impacts of a CicLAvia event in downtown Los Angeles, CA. (cdc.gov)
  • Pennsylvania DEP has compiled a list of resources and publications related to open burning and its impacts on air quality. (askemap.org)
  • As they move over the surface of the sea, their impacts on both air and water need to be addressed to achieve sustainability. (europa.eu)
Fugitive emissions1
  • These sources may release air toxics from fugitive emissions (equipment leaks), when materials are transferred from one location to another, or during discharge through emission stacks or vents. (wikipedia.org)
Reductions4
  • Achieving further reductions for 2030 and beyond will be a significant challenge for nearly all EU countries for nearly all pollutants, as the reduction rate for some pollutant emissions is now levelling off according to the briefing. (europeantimes.news)
  • The three were designed to resemble proposed U.S. climate policies, with the clean-energy standard requiring emissions reductions from power plants similar to those proposed in the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan. (mit.edu)
  • As the U.S. is the second-largest emitter of greenhouse gases globally, it follows that the health care sector is an important target for emissions reductions as well. (scienceblogs.com)
  • Is carbon removal delaying emission reductions? (lu.se)
PM2.52
  • One of these will be a new concentration target on PM2.5 - the most damaging pollutant to human health - and as part of this we will be considering the World Health Organization's guidelines for PM2.5. (blog.gov.uk)
  • Overall, the particulate matter (PM2.5, PM10) and carbon monoxide which are the pollutants that involve the formation of haze in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya are higher during haze episodes compared to pre-haze and post-haze episodes while the other pollutants (NO2, SO2, O3) are fluctuated throughout the entire episode due to its sources and the influence of meteorological factors. (uitm.edu.my)
Carbon monoxide3
  • The carbon monoxide (CO) and particulate matter (PM) emissions were 1.4 and 1.2 times higher for the -6° scenario, respectively. (aaqr.org)
  • Carbon monoxide levels - a trace gas resulting from fires, which serves as an indicator of the presence of even more harmful pollutants like aerosols and ground-level ozone - usually wane in hot summer months, due to chemical reactions in the atmosphere linked to changes in sunlight, according to the new study. (yahoo.com)
  • Carbon monoxide is the most common air pollutant and is a key contaminant in work settings that involve combustion including transportation, firefighting, and smelting operations. (cdc.gov)
Toxics8
  • Most air toxics originate from human-made sources, including mobile sources (e.g., cars, trucks, buses) and stationary sources (e.g., factories, oil refineries, power plants), as well as indoor sources (e.g., building materials and activities such as cleaning). (wikipedia.org)
  • There are two types of stationary sources that generate routine emissions of air toxics: Major sources are defined as sources that emit 10 or more tons per year of any of the listed toxic air pollutants, or 25 or more tons per year of a mixture of air toxics. (wikipedia.org)
  • Area sources are defined as sources that do not emit more than 10 tons per year of a single air toxic or more than 25 tons per year of a combination of air toxics. (wikipedia.org)
  • The 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments direct EPA to set standards for all major sources of air toxics, and for some area sources that are of particular concern. (wikipedia.org)
  • We're pressing to strengthen federal tools for mitigating deadly particulate matter , ozone, and air toxics, holding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to its legal obligations to protect public health and save lives under the Clean Air Act. (nrdc.org)
  • From the fossil fuel industry to the construction sector, industrial sources of air toxics and climate pollutants are plentiful. (nrdc.org)
  • Reduce air toxic emissions to decrease the risk of adverse health effects caused by airborne toxics. (cdc.gov)
  • Millions of tons of toxics released into the air by private industries. (cdc.gov)
Ammonia6
  • Emissions of key air pollutants continue to decline across the EU, reducing ammonia poses biggest challenge. (europeantimes.news)
  • However, the most problematic area remains reducing ammonia emissions, emitted mostly by the agriculture sector. (europeantimes.news)
  • Reducing ammonia emissions remains the biggest challenge. (europeantimes.news)
  • The agriculture sector is the principal source, responsible for 93% of total ammonia emissions in the EU. (europeantimes.news)
  • Since 2005, ammonia emissions have only slightly decreased in many Member States and in some cases have even increased. (europeantimes.news)
  • Clean ammonia is key to cutting maritime emissions. (weforum.org)
Inventories5
  • The annual inventories cover emissions from all sources in Finland's territory. (ymparisto.fi)
  • Technical guidance to prepare national emission inventories. (europa.eu)
  • The Guidebook is published by the EEA with the CLRTAP Task Force on Emission Inventories and Projections responsible for the technical content of the chapters. (europa.eu)
  • In particular, convergence of approaches for compiling emission inventories will enable the efficient transfer of information and expertise to assist the efforts of those regions with less experience. (york.ac.uk)
  • An Excel workbook (FORUM Workbook Version 7.5.0) has been prepared as a companion to this Manual for use as an aid and tool in preparing national emissions inventories. (york.ac.uk)
Reduction7
  • The standards for a particular source category require the maximum degree of emission reduction that the EPA determines to be achievable, which is known as the Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) standards. (wikipedia.org)
  • This data shows the current trajectory towards our emissions reduction targets for 2020 and 2030. (blog.gov.uk)
  • It presents an assessment of Member State performance against the emission reduction commitments for 2020-2029 as well as their progress towards achieving the more ambitious reduction commitments that will apply from 2030 onward. (europeantimes.news)
  • Savings from healthier air can make up for some or all of the cost of carbon-reduction policies. (mit.edu)
  • Carbon-reduction policies significantly improve air quality," says Noelle Selin, the Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Career Development Professor of engineering systems and atmospheric chemistry at MIT, and co-author of a study published today in Nature Climate Change . (mit.edu)
  • Our results show that German emissions change between −179 and +95 MtCO2eq annually, depending on the scenario, with renewable-powered electrolysis leading to the greatest emissions reduction, while electrolysis using the fossil-intense current electricity mix leads to the greatest increase. (iass-potsdam.de)
  • Development Mechanism (CDM) is one of the three emissions trading schemes under the Kyoto protocol that allows investors from developed countries invest in emission reduction projects in developing countries that contribute to their sustainable development. (lu.se)
Reduce6
  • This reflects the success of long-term efforts to reduce emissions from industrial and transport sources in the UK. (blog.gov.uk)
  • Increasing the amount of fresh air in the home will reduce exposure to most chemicals released from carpet. (howstuffworks.com)
  • Reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and other air pollutants. (oregon.gov)
  • For Sherman, the oft-heard medical mantra of "first do no harm" should also push the health care system to do more to reduce its harmful air emissions and their impact on people's health. (scienceblogs.com)
  • Evaluate and reduce emissions and exposures, as needed, to SO 2 and PM 2.5 . (cdc.gov)
  • Many of those policies also reduce health-damaging air pollutants such as particulate matter. (who.int)
Projections1
  • There has been media coverage of our annual projections of UK air pollutant emissions, which can be downloaded from the UK National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory website . (blog.gov.uk)
Atmospheric3
  • It provides expert guidance on how to compile an atmospheric emissions inventory. (europa.eu)
  • A leading industry provider of air quality and emissions-tracking data, BlueSky's software, atmospheric, and data-science specialists use a global network of independent sensor technologies to produce near real-time emission and air pollutant data, all in one place, outstripping traditional industry speeds. (stantec.com)
  • The research, led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and published in the journal Nature Communications Tuesday, reveals a new upward tick in harmful pollutants pumped into the air from persistent and intense fire activity. (yahoo.com)
Persistent4
  • Air pollutant emissions are acidifying compounds, particles, volatile and persistent organic compounds and heavy metals. (ymparisto.fi)
  • The legend is scaled according to the total emissions of the specific pollutant, thus the absolute emission levels vary from those of acidifying substances and particles (kilotons) to those of heavy metals and persistent organic compounds (tons, kilograms or grams). (ymparisto.fi)
  • However, the influence of retarding the fuel injection timing on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) and persistent organic pollutant (POP) emissions has not yet been investigated. (aaqr.org)
  • These include the five main air pollutants (NO X , NMVOCs, SO 2 , NH 3 and PM 2.5 ) but also others such as heavy metals, black carbon or persistent organic pollutants. (europeantimes.news)
Inventory5
  • The air pollutant emission inventory is carried out according to the Guidebook by the EMEP and the European Environment Agency. (ymparisto.fi)
  • In the present study a state-wise inventory of crop residue burnt in India and the air pollutants emitted was prepared using the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) national inventory preparation guidelines for the year 2008-09. (aaqr.org)
  • The purpose of the Forum Manual is to provide a simplified and user-friendly framework for emissions inventory preparation that is suitable for use in different developing and rapidly industrialising countries and which is compatible with other major international emissions inventory initiatives. (york.ac.uk)
  • National Emissions Inventory (NEI), U.S. (cdc.gov)
  • Emissions Inventory (NEI). (cdc.gov)
20303
  • Although the ACE reduces the emissions intensity of coal plants, it is expected to increase the number of operating coal plants and amount of coal-fired electricity generation, with 28% of model plants showing higher CO2 emissions in 2030 compared to no policy. (rff.org)
  • As a result, the ACE only modestly reduces national power sector CO2 emissions and increases CO2 emissions by up to 8.7% in 18 states plus the District of Columbia in 2030 compared to no policy. (rff.org)
  • We also find that the ACE increases SO2 and NO X emissions in 19 states and 20 states plus DC, respectively, in 2030 compared to no policy, with implications for air quality and public health. (rff.org)
Ambient8
  • The standards, authorized by the Clean Air Act, are for pollutants not covered by the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) that may cause an increase in fatalities or in serious, irreversible, or incapacitating illness. (wikipedia.org)
  • Key Indicators of Ambient Air Quality. (epa.ie)
  • Details on the planned implementation of the 'National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Programme' (AAMP), including an expansion of the national monitoring network, increased modelling and forecasting capability and citizen engagement and citizen science initiatives. (epa.ie)
  • Ambient air monitoring - monitoring of the air outside of buildings (see effluent monitoring) . (cdc.gov)
  • Secondary physical and data on meteorology were obtained from the continuous ambient air quality monitoring (CAQM) stations by the Malaysian Department of Environment (DOE). (uitm.edu.my)
  • The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is releasing for public comment a health consultation describing public health implications of exposures to hydrogen sulfide and National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) pollutants. (cdc.gov)
  • Ambient air sampling of these pollutants and particle number size distribution and. (lu.se)
  • Ambient air sampling of these pollutants and particle number size distribution and concentration were performed in the vicinity of the workers. (lu.se)
Volatile1
National4
  • Our results demonstrate the importance of considering the emissions rebound effect and its effect on sub-national emissions outcomes in evaluating the ACE and similar policies targeting HRIs. (rff.org)
  • National accounts record the economic activities of resident units of Ireland, therefore greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions by resident units can be directly related to the economic indicators recorded in national accounts. (cso.ie)
  • The international, national, and state regulations and guidelines regarding ethion in air, water, and other media are summarized in Table 7-1. (cdc.gov)
  • To conduct the PLOS ONE study, the researchers used economic modeling and national health expenditure data to estimate emissions over a 10-year period, 2003-2013. (scienceblogs.com)
Harmful3
  • Sherman, an assistant professor of anesthesiology at Yale School of Medicine, recently co-authored a new study on harmful air pollutants coming from the health care sector and their effect on public health. (scienceblogs.com)
  • ATSDR found that harmful effects are possible for certain air pollutants in the past. (cdc.gov)
  • ATSDR found that certain air pollutants may have caused harmful effects in both the past and present. (cdc.gov)
Ozone1
  • They also shade cars and parking lots, reducing ozone emissions from vehicles. (phoenix.gov)
19902
  • Initial List of Categories of Sources Under Section 112(c)(1) of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. (wikipedia.org)
  • The data can be searched since 1990 in the following groups of emission sources: total emissions (all sources), energy production and industry, transport, agriculture, other energy production (e.g. heating of commercial, public and residential buildings, small scale wood combustion) and products and waste. (ymparisto.fi)
Concentration3
  • Global aviation emission sets were developed by Lee et al (2009) and were used in the development of the Regional Concentration Pathways (RCP) (Van Vuuren et al. (iiasa.ac.at)
  • coronavirus pandemic , but most of the major pollutant concentration levels still fall short of the goals set by the World Health Organization (WHO). (scmp.com)
  • OBJECTIVE: To set up a method for the low concentration of benzene and its homologues (toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene, BTEX) in indoor air monitored simultaneously by portable gas chromatography (GC). (who.int)
Sulfur dioxide2
  • Breathing air contaminated with sulfur dioxide for short periods of time from 1997 to late 2008 could have harmed the health of sensitive persons (e.g. people with asthma, especially while exercising) but not of the general public. (cdc.gov)
  • Sufficient information exists to warrant concern about exposure of sensitive persons to multiple air pollutants, especially in the past while they were exercising and when sulfur dioxide levels were higher. (cdc.gov)
Indoor air3
  • The EPA has a list of the most common indoor air pollutants. (howstuffworks.com)
  • Josh Peterson, Planet Green "10 Common Indoor Air Pollutants" 3 January 2012. (howstuffworks.com)
  • The project aimed at designing and constructing a demo eco-cycle home prototype that reaches a six 'Z' target (i.e. '6Zs'): zero emissions, zero energy, zero waste, zero cost, zero indoor air pollutants and zero impact on the environment after the building demolition. (lu.se)
Unhealthy air1
  • Wildfire smoke that blanketed much of the Pacific Northwest in recent years caused a new spike in unhealthy air pollutants in August, a report finds. (yahoo.com)
Main2
Decrease2
  • The study concludes that although retarding the fuel injection timing leads to a decrease in NO x emissions from diesel engines, it also results in an increase in PAH and POP emissions. (aaqr.org)
  • German energy emissions of regulated pollutants decrease significantly, indicating the potential for simultaneous air quality improvements. (iass-potsdam.de)
Stationary2
  • Regulation on the monitoring of emissions of pollutants into the air from stationary sources. (ecolex.org)
  • Delete record "Regulation on the monitoring of emissions of pollutants into the air from stationary sources. (ecolex.org)
Global Emissions1
  • Solid waste disposal sites account for up to 20% of global emissions of methane the second most significant greenhouse gas. (lu.se)
CLRTAP2
  • Emissions presented on this webpage are based on Finland's annual official reports to the CLRTAP and to the EU. (ymparisto.fi)
  • Emissions of air pollutants that are covered by the UK Air Quality Strategy and the CLRTAP. (www.gov.uk)
Data5
  • Emission data can be searched using tools for time series and emission sources, on map and in tables and can also be downloaded as files. (ymparisto.fi)
  • In case your selection includes data reported by plants, the share of emissions reported by the operators of the total emissions is shown. (ymparisto.fi)
  • These single signals have been used as input data for an inverse dispersion model in order to evaluate its error in estimating the real emission of pollutant. (inderscience.com)
  • Sixteen years of wildfire data reveal fire emissions now peak in August in the Pacific Northwest. (yahoo.com)
  • The air monitoring data that are available for the Midlothian area will support public health evaluations for many of the pollutants of concern, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) concludes in the health consultation released today for public comment. (cdc.gov)
Discharge1
  • Subcategory E facilities are required to achieve the "zero" criterium for discharge of wastewater pollutants (EPA 1996c). (cdc.gov)
EMEP1
  • On the map you can select the year, the source, the pollutant and the municipality or an EMEP-grid cell which on Finland's latitude correspond to appr. (ymparisto.fi)
Quality24
  • There are air quality target values and the emissions are regulated through restrictions in legislation and international conventions. (ymparisto.fi)
  • Information about air quality in Finland is available on Finnish Meteorological Institute's website. (ymparisto.fi)
  • The map does not show information on air quality. (ymparisto.fi)
  • Air quality information is available on the website of Finnish Meteorological Institute. (ymparisto.fi)
  • Aerosol and Air Quality Research has published over 2,000 peer-reviewed articles. (aaqr.org)
  • Aerosol and Air Quality Research (AAQR) is an independently-run non-profit journal that promotes submissions of high-quality research and strives to be one of the leading aerosol and air quality open-access journals in the world. (aaqr.org)
  • Nowadays, due to population growth and industrialisation, air quality in Malaysia is becoming a critical threat. (uitm.edu.my)
  • Hong Kong's air quality has improved over the past decade, according to the Environmental Protection Department. (scmp.com)
  • Hong Kong's air quality has been improving over the last 10 years, with the past two years having the best air quality," Dr Kenneth Leung Kai-ming, assistant director of the department, said during a press conference on Friday. (scmp.com)
  • While the pandemic had contributed to reduced transport and in turn better air quality over the past two years, especially during the first half of 2020, Leung said improvement had started before the outbreak. (scmp.com)
  • As for last year, the level of all four major pollutants met the city's own air quality objectives, which are benchmarked against the WHO's interim goals. (scmp.com)
  • The pandemic has helped boost air quality over the past two years, according to the Environmental Protection Department. (scmp.com)
  • Brian Lau Man-pang, principal environmental protection officer of the department, admitted at the press conference that Hong Kong's air quality objectives were more relaxed than the WHO's, but he said the city would review the objectives and catch up with the global standards. (scmp.com)
  • Hong Kong will tighten its air quality objectives in a gradual manner to meet the WHO's standards," he said. (scmp.com)
  • The department has started reviewing the air quality objectives to assess the scope for further tightening them to catch up with the WHO's. (scmp.com)
  • Leung laid out a series of measures to continue improving the city's air quality, including promoting the use of electric vehicles and other green transport, updating the air quality objectives, and enhancing regional collaboration. (scmp.com)
  • The MIT group paid especially close attention to how changes in emissions caused by policy translate into improvements in local and regional air quality, using comprehensive models of both the economy and the atmosphere. (mit.edu)
  • Thus hydrogen-powered transport could contribute significantly to climate and air quality goals, warranting further research and political discussion about this possibility. (iass-potsdam.de)
  • Wildfire emissions have increased so substantially that they're changing the annual pattern of air quality across North America,' Rebecca Buchholz, NCAR scientist and lead author of the report, said in a statement . (yahoo.com)
  • EMAP can assist your small business identify and understand other types of air quality issues. (askemap.org)
  • Your small business may not need an air quality permit. (askemap.org)
  • Lead based paint and lead dust are often environmental and air quality issues that small businesses may encounter. (askemap.org)
  • decarbonization and improving the State's air quality. (ilga.gov)
  • In the United States, people of color are 1.5 times more likely than white people to live in areas with poor air quality, according to the American Lung Association. (nrdc.org)
Chemicals1