Air Pollution
Air pollution is the presence of substances in the atmosphere that are harmful to the health of humans and other living beings, or cause damage to the climate or to materials. There are different types of air pollutants, such as gases (such as ammonia, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxides, methane and chlorofluorocarbons), particulates (both organic and inorganic), and biological molecules. Air pollution may cause diseases, allergies and even death to humans; it may also cause harm to other living organisms such as animals and food crops, and may damage the natural or built environment. Both human activity and natural …
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MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English
Canadian municipalities oversee the country’s most urgent policy areas, yet the constitutional authority of cities to manage their increasing obligations has not kept pace. This volume considers how policy, law, …
questions: economic growth, homelessness, air pollution, green innovation, racial tensions, cultural …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 30 September 2024 English
G20 governments provided at least USD 168 billion in public financial support for renewable power in 2023, less than one third of G20 fossil fuel subsidies that year. Advanced G20 …
fuels exacerbates climate change and toxic air pollution, with social costs reaching around USD 5 trillion …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 30 September 2024 English
Solar photovoltaic (PV) and onshore wind are now the cheapest options for new power generation, but enabling policies are still needed to speed up deployment, particularly in lower income countries. …
renewable portfolio standards and stricter air pollution standards, an FiT and auction scheme, and a …
Human Early Learning Partnership, University of British Columbia · 23 September 2024 English
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association between exposure to fine particulate air pollution and the trajectory of internalizing and externalizing …
Fraser Institute · 19 September 2024 English
Though it is possible to define freedom in absolute terms, it is more useful to think of it as a spectrum. When individuals are freer, others impose fewer and less …
assess this question is to look at exposure to air pollution. Figure 20 shows the relationship between economic … population exposed to dangerous levels of air pollution.23 Compared with the most economically free … a half times as many people are exposed to air pollution in the least free places. But the environmental … exposed to dangerous levels of particulate air pollution. Sources: Gwartney, Lawson, and Murphy, 2023; … Figure 20: Economic Freedom and Exposure to Air Pollution 7 percentage points 11 percentage points Economic …
CWF: Canada West Foundation · 17 September 2024 English
Acknowledgements Manitoban youth were integral to the success of this report and we sincerely appreciate the time and thoughtfulness that young people across the province gave to the surveys and …
other major Canadian cities for air quality.101 Air pollution in the city and province is predominately due …
VTPI: Victoria Transport Policy Institute · 12 September 2024 English
This analysis indicates that children tend to be healthier and more successful growing up in compact neighborhoods where residents frequently walk and bicycle, drive less at lower speeds, have affordable …
Transport Policy Institute Pollution Exposure Air pollution includes harmful gases such as carbon monoxide … activities, and vehicle traffic. Traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) is the largest source in most residential … Heather L. Brumberg, et al. (2021), “Ambient Air Pollution: Health Hazards to Children,” Pediatrics, 147/ … Haneen Khreis, et al. (2020), Traffic-related Air Pollution, Elsevier (https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818122- … (2019), “Healthy Air, Healthy Brains: Advancing Air Pollution Policy to Protect Children’s Health,” American …
Clean Energy Canada · 5 September 2024 English
And because most school buses across the country act in much the same way, the province is a role model for pollution-free commutes for kids.33 Photo: Lion Electric Clean Energy …
off a Canadian deaths per year are linked to air pollution, with vans, assembly line was a delivery van … 300 premature deaths per year are linked to air pollution, with tailpipe emissions from vehicles being …
CGAI: Canadian Global Affairs Institute · 31 August 2024
Le professeur Pierre-Olivier Pineau, titulaire de la Chaire en gestion de l’énergie HEC-Montréal (École des hautes études commerciales, Université de Montréal), est une figure avantageusement connue au Québec.Intervenant souvent dans …
for oil); quality of life and health (less air pollution, more active mobility). It is therefore towards … resources); and quality of life and health (less air pollution, more active mobility). The author therefore …
CELA: Canadian Environmental Law Association · 30 August 2024 English
Submission by the Canadian Environmental Law Association to the Canadian Nuclear Safety 1500 no ISBN assigned Commission Regarding the Regulatory Oversight Report on the Use of Nuclear Substances in Canada: …
00 Response to Ontario's Proposals to Amend Air Pollution Regulation 409 as it relates to the Forest Products … Canadian Environmental Protection Act to Control Air Pollution, Protect Significant Areas and Reduce Greenhouse … the Regulation 308 Discussion Paper (Clean Air Pollution Probe, Great Lakes United, 160 978-1-77189-569-9 … Motor Vehicles as a Contributor of Oxidant Air Pollution. Submitted 119 978-1-77189-610-8 to the Sub-Committee …
