Sentence examples for level of smog from inspiring English sources

Ms. Jackson's proposal — to reduce the permissible level of smog in the air from the current 75 parts per billion to between 60 parts per billion and 70 parts per billion — is sensible, no matter what industry's defenders may claim.

But a department spokeswoman, Jennifer Post, noted that the level of smog in New York City had declined sharply in the last decade -- although it continues to violate federal clean-air standards -- and that Gov. George E. Pataki has pledged that the state will demand sharp emissions cuts from older power plants, starting in 2003.

Beijing spent much of this winter smothered in record levels of smog.

A8 E.P.A. Wins on Smog Rules A federal appeals court upheld rules limiting pollution from Midwestern states that causes unacceptable levels of smog in the Northeast.

Increasing levels of smog nationwide in the past decade have been linked to numerous respiratory problems, including pneumonia and asthma, the group said.

The start of play was delayed because of the high levels of smog, and poor visibility was a problem for most of the day.

Athletes donning face masks, running though clouds of smog became the latest image of China's air pollution crisis as thousands took part in the Beijing marathon amid "hazardous" levels of smog.

Cleaner air from the Atlantic should bring some respite for south-west Wales and England's southernmost counties on Thursday, forecasters said, although many other parts of England and Wales will experience higher levels of smog than usual.

China's capital city issued a "red alert" for pollution on Friday, hard on the heels of its first-ever such warning earlier in December, as Beijing's leadership vowed to crack down on often hazardous levels of smog.

Residents of north-eastern China donned gas masks and locked themselves indoors on Sunday after their homes were enveloped by some of the worst levels of smog on record.

"While temperature's gone up in the last three decades, the levels of smog and pollution have changed much more dramatically," says Jennifer Burney, an environmental scientist at University of California, San Diego, and co-author of the paper, published in the journal PNAS.