Smouldering fires produce high levels of harmful gases and particulates".
He said his system would also "provide reduced or zero emission of environmentally harmful gases".
Ozone and other harmful gases can also be expelled from these sources, triggering asthma attacks and even premature death.
While the legislation aims to reduce emissions of harmful gases and particles, environmental groups are also hoping to build support for accelerating the use of cleaner-burning fuels.
Linoleum won out over vinyl flooring and carpeting for the high-traffic first floor because it comes from renewable resources, is easy to maintain and emits fewer volatile organic compounds (V.O.C.s), which emit potentially harmful gases.
Cooking stoves that pump harmful gases into homes and filthy exhausts from cars and scooters in cities across Asia play a part in raising global temperatures because they raise carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere.
Nitrous oxide and ammonia, arising from fertilisers, are more powerful than carbon in terms of trapping heat in the atmosphere, and can combine with other emissions to form more harmful gases.
My grandmother said sometimes they slept at the factory and didn't go home," remembers local activist Vyacheslav Gutnikov, whose grandmother worked in the coke-chemical section of the steel mill – known as the "hell division" because of the harmful gases.
Mr. Bush and Republicans in Congress must balance their desire to protect the profits of American businesses with a determination to set emission and other environmental standards that reduce the production of harmful gases.
But homeowner beware: the quick fix could create a more serious set of problems, because the better you are at sealing icy air out, the more likely you are to keep potentially harmful gases like radon sealed in.
Instead, by using fertilizer more efficiently and using feed supplements, which reduce harmful gases like methane, and storing pollution in trees and soil, farmers can earn income through the Carbon Farming Initiative.
