The Environmental Protection Agency, together with other federal, state, local, and tribal agencies, developed AIRNow.gov, offering the public daily Air Quality Index forecasts and real-time Air Quality Index conditions for over 300 cities across the country as well as links to detailed state and local air quality cites.
The U.S. Embassy in Beijing publishes AQI values for Beijing and other cities in China, and the Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection provides its own air quality data for cities throughout the country.
Electric vehicles are seen as at least part of the solution for improving air quality.
The sensors for air quality, though, do seem to be aimed at more urban environments like Los Angeles or New York City or Mexico City.
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President Barack Obama has strongly endorsed natural gas as a clean energy source, and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has said more natural gas is critical for the city to improve air quality and public health.
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The first job is for the environmental assistant and the gas checker to walk through the tunnels monitoring ventilation and air quality.
The sheer size of the country, and the absence of public subsidies for transmission facilities, has meant that the quality of over-the-air television signals has been worse than in other rich countries.
This loan will fund a comprehensive energy retrofit project that, when completed, will enhance quality of life for the residents, reduce energy costs, cut water consumption, improve indoor air quality, and create quality local jobs.
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This huge abundance of natural gas is a blessing for Texas in the power generation sector, as electric providers look for alternatives as increasingly strict EPA air quality regulations make it more and more difficult to generate electricity by burning coal.
The states are resigned to being responsible for their own emissions, but they are assessed on the quality of the air itself, even if some of the emissions present have sneaked across the border.
Neither Texas nor the federal government restricts where facilities storing ammonia or chlorine can operate, said Neil Carman, a former inspector for the environmental-quality commission who is now the director of Sierra Club's clean-air program in Texas.
With an unclear timeline for demolition, he said, air quality during the beach season could be an issue.
That would effectively end surprise visits by mine safety inspectors, EPA air quality officials and anyone working for the IRS, said Crandell.
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We are satisfied that there is no reason, on air quality grounds, to prevent consent for the plant being granted.
Simply put, this groundbreaking program will result in vehicles that use less gas, travel farther, and provide more efficiency for consumers than ever before all while maintaining safety, protecting the air we breathe, and laying the groundwork for automakers to create jobs, develop advanced technologies, and improve quality of life for America's families.
"How to reduce the emissions from pollution sources is of paramount importance for improving our ever deteriorating air quality, " he says.
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We took into account data for crime rates (almost all the towns listed register less than half the national crime rate) and air quality.
Homeowners who prefer installation via their heating and cooling contractor can ask for the Prestige IAQ, which has all the features of the Wi-Fi Smart Thermostat plus indoor air quality controls.
But probably the most important factor for decreases in cancer rates of the types Mangano cites was immense improvements in California air, water and food quality during that time frame.
ClientEarth says the government's own plans show 16 regions and cities will not achieve legal limits for air quality until 2020, and London will have "illegal levels of air pollution until 2025".
They say air quality is improving, thanks to tighter emissions standards for motor-vehicles and to the moving of one the city's biggest polluters, a steel plant in the western suburbs, to an offshore island.
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.
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