Sentence examples for setting air from inspiring English sources

The big surprise was Mr. Johnson's proposal to rewrite the Clean Air Act to allow regulators to take costs into account when setting air quality standards.

Big shops, banks, brokers and even the Tokyo Stock Exchange are using dimmer light bulbs and setting air conditioners to higher temperatures.

Far from ignoring costs and benefits, the Clean Air Act is an exquisitely crafted compromise in which costs play no defining role in setting air quality goals, but can be considered by state and local governments in determining the most effective means of achieving those goals.

In the term's most important regulatory ruling, the court unanimously rejected an industry attack on the Clean Air Act and ruled that in setting air quality standards, the Environmental Protection Agency is to consider only public health rather than the cost-benefit analysis proposed by the industry challengers.

Mrs. Clinton told the group, which is nonpartisan but has historically supported Democratic candidates, that she had worked to push the Clinton administration to take greater account of children's health in setting air and water quality standards and, if elected, would pursue protecting forests and drinking water supplies from development and industrial pollution.

Everybody can help reduce smog-forming emissions by driving less, by using public transportation and by setting air conditioner thermostats a few degrees higher".

The proposal will have implications for Northeast states like New York that generally follow California's lead in setting air-quality rules.

It asked large customers, like stores, factories and office buildings, to curtail energy use until 7 p.m., mainly by setting air-conditioners to a warmer temperature and turning off unnecessary lights.

But then you pick up the Shanghai Daily and read: "More than half of the city's public buildings have failed to obey power-saving rules setting air-conditioning at 26 degrees Celsius, according to local energy authorities".

The region's utilities have been begging customers to do what they can to reduce the power load, by setting air-conditioner thermostats higher — at least 78 degrees — and turning off any unnecessary appliances.

Should the Environmental Protection Agency consider costs when setting air-pollution standards?