USSR: Clearing the Air

Clearing the Air: Livestock’s Contribution to Climate Change

The United Nations, Food and Agricultural Organization [FAO, Steinfeld, Gerber, Wassenaar, Castel, Rosales, and de Haan (2006). Livestock’s Long Shadow. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations] report titled Livestock’s Long Shadow (LLS) stated that 18% (approximately 7100 Tg CO2eq yr ) of anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHGs) are directly and indirectly related to the world’s l...

Clearing the Air? The Effects of Gasoline Content Regulation on Air Quality

2687 Since the passage of the original Clean Air Act in 1963, US state and federal governments have implemented numerous policies designed to reduce human exposure to ground-level ozone pollution. Ozone is an odorless, colorless gas that has been linked to asthma, increased susceptibility to pneumonia and bronchitis, and damage to crops and natural vegetation. Michelle L. Bell et al. (2004) hav...

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Clearing the air: incorporating air quality and environmental justice into climate policy

In addition to lower carbon dioxide emissions, policies to reduce fossil fuel combustion can yield substantial air quality co-benefits via reduced emissions of copollutants such as particulate matter and air toxics. If co-pollutant intensity (the ratio of co-pollutant impacts to carbon dioxide emissions) varies across pollution sources, efficient policy design would seek greater emissions reduc...

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