561 Search Results for The Economic Costs of Air Pollution
Introduction
Air pollution remains a global problem, especially in heavily industrialized nations such as the United States. Some progress has been made in recent years, however, due in large part to the provisions of the Clean Air Act of 1970 and s Continue Reading...
Whereas the level of air pollution in Canada is smaller than the ones in other countries, it can still be considered to play an important role in the tourist industry. People generally come to the country thinking about fresh mountain air and no pol Continue Reading...
After all, Socrates emphasized that, "Every action has its pleasures and its price." As the date when peak oil occurs, likely around mid-century, alternatives to this continuing dependence on fossil fuel resources will require a Manhattan Project-le Continue Reading...
ability of pollution strategies to improve air quality. Many scientists believe the way to cleaner air is through limiting the use of automobiles to cut down on harmful emissions. Other experts believe new technologies can greatly reduce the emissio Continue Reading...
Urban Environmental Air Pollution
Urban Environmental Issue: Air Pollution and How to Combat It
Because of the significant level of urbanization in many parts of the country, the natural landscape has been changed. This has contributed to pollution Continue Reading...
The Unseen Fallout: Investigating Air Quality Deterioration in Oakridge Town Construction SiteIntroductionOakridge Town, an idyllic community known for its peaceful atmosphere and clean air, is currently grappling with an unexpected adversary: severe Continue Reading...
Economic Impacts of Regulation
Regulation is a written instrument that contains rules with the force of law (Ogus, 2004). Regulation as a process involves monitoring and enforcing rules, established through primary or delegated legislation. Regulati Continue Reading...
Pollution Control
With growing population in the city, greater pressures on infracture and natural resources has affected the environment in greater ways. Increase in population causes infracture to deteriorate, traffic congestion, lower air and wat Continue Reading...
" A report published by Partnership for Air Transportation Noise and Emissions Reduction (PARTNER) explains that "Aircraft landing take-off (LTO) emissions include those produced during idle, taxi to and from terminal gates, take-off and climb-out, a Continue Reading...
Economic Benefit of Complying to Safety and Health Regulations
This paper provides a summary of the journal article titled "A Health Impact Assessment of California's Proposed Cap-and-Trade Regulations." (Maxwell, Paul, & Linda, 2012, p e 52). T Continue Reading...
(Ward; Mohapatra; Mitchell, 2008)
The Great Lakes also contain large amounts of 'polychlorinated dibenzo-furans - PCDFs' and 'polychlorinated dibenzo-dioxins -PCDDs' which are a result of the chlorine bleaching process of paper and pulp mills. In a Continue Reading...
Society
Externalities
Indirect Costs Imposed on the Future of Humanity
Environmental Externalities
Corporate Responsibility
The days in which institutions could ethically overlook the negative externalities they inflict on society have long sin Continue Reading...
Sea Shipping Services in Europe
The study aims to identify the impact, benefits, and drawback of implementing a short sea shipping policy within Greece. Within the paper, arguments have been made for supporting the adoption of the policy, and there Continue Reading...
Nu Star Energy L.P. is a limited partnership that is publicly traded and headquartered in San Antonio. It has 9,063 miles of pipeline, eighty-six terminal facilities, four storage facilities for crude oil and two refineries for asphalt. It is the sec Continue Reading...
Because transportation infrastructure and services are important components of the urban system, they need to be sustainable and contribute to economic growth rather than harm the people that rely on them for their livelihoods. According to Asri and Continue Reading...
Economic Growth and Happiness
Economic Growth Can Lead to Healthier and Happier Societies
More Availability of Goods
Higher Income
Increase in Tax Revenues and Better Welfare Programs.
Increase in Purchasing Power
Technological Advancement
Hea Continue Reading...
"The explosive growth of the global economy threatens the natural systems that sustain life on Earth. Despite some significant successes in reducing industrial pollution and increasing efficiency, globalization is devastating natural habitats, speed Continue Reading...
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SUMMARY & CONCLUSION
Pollution prevention and reduction in the use of toxics and reduction in waste are greatly at focus for the Environmental Health and Safety Guidelines (2007) which are guidelines that can be specifically ta Continue Reading...
Furthermore, existing vulnerabilities of the airline industry are not taken into consideration until a disaster occurs. Lastly, the September 11th Security Fee introduced by the Department of Homeland Security was considered by many "as a beneficial Continue Reading...
9%
Yard Trimmings - 12.9%
Food scraps - 12.4%;
Plastics - 11.7%;
Rubber, leather and textiles - 7.3%
Metals - 7.6%
Wood - 5.5%
Glass - 5.3%
The following figure shows the number of landfills in the United States between 1998 and 2006
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Energy Economics and Negative Externality
Externalities having Negative Costs to Society
Externalities of Energy
Efficient Tax
Market-based Environmental Policy
Pollution Taxes
Externalities are Market Failure or Failure of Markets
It can be c Continue Reading...
Indoor Air Quality
This report discusses viable options for reducing indoor pollutants in order to improve indoor air quality. This work focuses on three major concerns in regard to indoor air quality: poor ventilation, indoor smoking, and other in Continue Reading...
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Legislative Approach Controlling Water Pollution Industrial Sources: Comparison of Trinidad Tobago European Union (EU) and the United States
The objective of this study is to compare legislative controls of water pollution by industrial sources in T Continue Reading...
Pollution Strategies Improve Air Quality do not think that today's pollution strategies can improve our air quality. Although we are told by the media that the air quality is getting better, why then do incidence of asthma, cancer, acid rain, global Continue Reading...
Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Economic analysis environmental issues Carbon Dioxide Emissions Please address. Cost Benefits Risks Limitations Problems
Economic analysis: CO2 emissions
While there is a growing consensus regarding the need to reduce CO2 Continue Reading...
urban area of Tampa, Florida, and serves as an instrumental case study of how an urban locale can address problems of environmental health and safety. Specifically, this study assesses the failures and successes of Tampa to regulate and reduce water Continue Reading...
Multiple forms of pollution are quickly becoming a focal point of concern for many societies concerned with both human and natural environments. One of the primary difficulties with controlling pollution is that it frequently comes from many sources Continue Reading...
This initiative roughly costs $4.4 million when fully implemented (CDC, 2010). The city council should make sure that there are policies that promote walking and cycling to work by providing bicycle storage at public transportation stations, bus sto Continue Reading...
.." For example, during the Vietnam War the United States "sprayed 3640 km2 of South Vietnam's cropland with herbicides, using a total estimated amount of 55 million kg. The stated rationale was to deny the enemy sources of food and means of cover. T Continue Reading...
High Speed Rail
With greater economic and population growth, there is crowding issues on existing rail lines, poor journey times, areas that have been neglected with existing rail ways, and a greater carbon issue. In efforts to reduce the CO2 emiss Continue Reading...
S. However, Russia continues to treat noise exposure as a minor problem. American physicians have associated some seemingly unrelated conditions to sound exposure. Long-term exposure to transportation noise has been associated with increased cardiova Continue Reading...
Skies 2003, etc.
Clear Skies 2003/Clean Air Act of 1990
The issue of clean air has been around probably since the first caveman objected to the smoke from a neighbor's fire. During the Industrial Revolution in England, numerous contemporary novels Continue Reading...
China's Health Indicators
China has gone through impressive economic development over the past few years, and has experienced a big reduction in poverty along with other positive achievements. Due to improvement in living conditions, nutrition, and Continue Reading...
This method makes effective use of ability of metals to float on surfaces of leachates on their own. Due to the high proven efficiency of this method, it is widely used for removal of heavy metals such as iron and humic acid from leachates in many p Continue Reading...
Low Cost Airline in Thailand
The Study on Improvement of Low Cost Airline in Thailand
Geography of Thailand
Nature of Airlines
Variables under Study
The Profitability of Low Cost Airlines in Thailand
Thai Economy
Operating Results, Selected A Continue Reading...