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Tag: Air Pollution

Saffrons & Broomers are Boomeranging Air Pollution

(New Delhi)Saffrons & Broomers are Boomeranging Air Pollution in Delhi
Delhi’s air pollution skyrocketed after Diwali. A layer of haze enveloped the national capital as the city’s air quality plummeted to the “severe” category for the first time this season.
The overall air quality index (AQI) stood at 463 at 11.30 am, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR).
The AQI at Pusa, Lodhi Road, Airport Terminal T3, Noida, Mathura Road, Ayanagar, IIT Delhi, Dhirpur, and Chandni Chowk was 480, 436, 460, 668, 413, 477, 483, 553 and 466, respectively. Ruling AAP on Monday said that the saffron party has “a habit of” opposing everything that the Kejriwal government does.
But Delhi BJP leader Vijender Gupta hit back, saying the Aam Aadmi Party is making these claims to “distract” people from its failures to curb air pollution to a manageable level.
Addressing a press conference, senior AAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said BJP leaders should think about their families before bursting crackers.
He was apparently referring to Delhi unit BJP chief Manoj Tiwari, who posted a video on Twitter where he could be seen lighting earthen lamps and bursting firecrackers with people in unauthorised colonies.
Gupta said ,AAP is making such claims because its government has not done any ground work in Delhi. “Controlling pollution needs work all through the year. The AAP has not done that and now to distract people from its own failures it is making such comments.”

America Is All Set To Cut Down 30% Carbon Pollution For Existing Power Plants

A Day before World Environment Day the Environmental Protection Agency In U S A set the first-ever national carbon emissions limits for country’s existing power plants.
This Modernization Of power plants will help Americans live healthier lives+ while reducing carbon pollution that contributes to climate change when these pollution reductions are implemented
It Is Claimed That Americans will .Breathe Easier+Stay In School+Live Longer+Stay Out Of Hospitals+get back to work In the first year the new standards are implemented, they’ll prevent up to 100,000 asthma attacks and 2,100 heart attacks. And the numbers will only go up from there.
That means Americans will be taking fewer trips to the emergency room, spending less time away from school or from work, and enjoying longer, healthier lives.
It Is Stated By White House Bloggers That in 2030 there will be 30%less carbon pollution from the power sector Which Is 2/3 of all cars and trucks in america And 25%less smog and soot
Power plants currently churn out about 40 % of the carbon pollution in the air , and contribute to hundreds of thousands of asthma attacks and thousands of heart attacks.
And even though amount of toxic chemicals like mercury, sulfur, and arsenic that power plants can put in air and water, there are no national limits on the carbon pollution they can release.
As President Obama said in his weekly address on Saturday, “It’s not smart, it’s not safe, and it doesn’t make sense.”
That’s why today, at the President’s direction, the EPA is taking steps to change that with a proposal that will set the first-ever national carbon pollution limits for U S A’s existing power plants.
These New standards will cut down on the carbon pollution, smog, and soot in the air and would produce approximate results as under
[1]This would result in 2700 to 6600 fewer premature death
[2]3300 fewer hraet attacks
[3]310000 fewer lost work days
[4]1800 avoided hosital visits for cardiovascular and respiratory illness
[5]estimated 3700 fewer cases of bronchitis in children
[6]150000 fewer asthma attacks in children
[7]kids will miss an estimated 180000 fewer days of school