The impact of high air-pollution levels on long-term health weighs on Chinese and foreigners alike.
Its Ohio River basin water-quality trading project will allow those facing high pollution-control costs to buy reduction credits from those whose costs are lower.
The ALA analyzed particle pollution levels two ways: short-term particle pollution, or high spikes in the level of soot and other toxins in the air that last a few hours to a few weeks, and year-round particle pollution, or the annual average of particle pollution levels.
The high-growth countries had less, and faster-declining, water pollution than the other two categories.
But his proposals to import more mainland high-tech talent and coordinate with Guangdong province on combating cross-border pollution and developing the Pearl River delta are important first steps.
Ms. VICKIE PATTON (Environmental Defense): EPA has, in a number of instances, taken a step back from its proposal and instead will allow some of these high-polluting, older coal plants to continue to discharge smog-forming and haze-forming pollution at a level that doesn't really reflect what today's modern pollution control technology can, in fact, achieve.
Moreover, the government is getting serious about pollution and is shutting down or pressuring high-polluting and high-water-usage industries.
In 1972 the Clean Water Act further broadened the law, as Congress became concerned about pollution and water quality, spurred by high-profile incidents such as the Cuyahoga River catching fire in 1969.
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The ALA assessed levels of ozone pollution, more commonly known as smog, and levels of particle pollution, or air-born toxins that can potentially be lethal if inhaled at high enough levels.
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