Corporate Smog Alert Response Plan

This guide to smog alert response begins with a section on the basics of an effective smog response program. It provides a rationale for program development, indicates the role of municipalities, outlines the development of a smog alert response plan, and notes related activities that can be implemented outside of the traditional smog season. Section 2 reviews how to expand the scope, influence, & impact of smog response programs through such initiatives as community outreach & education, partnerships, research, and linkages with other municipal priorities. Section 3 highlights examples of municipal actions across Ontario which may be of interest to those engaged in the process of smog alert response. Section 4 covers the science of smog, including smog constituents & their characteristics, smog precursors, the relationship of smog to geography and meteorology, and how smog is monitored & reported in Ontario. The final section presents a sample municipal operational plan and a resource kit for municipalities that includes sample policies, contracts, by-laws, newsletters, & promotional materials.

The world's cities are choking on pollution from traffic and industry. With the health of over 1.6 billion people under threat, poor urban air quality is fast becoming one of them most pressing environmental problems of our times. Smog Alert examines the causes and scale of urban air pollution, identifying who is most at risk, and what particular health risks various pollutants pose. It then considers an effective framework for air quality management, so that national and city authorities can consider what pollution control polices and measures are needed to deliver healthy urban air quality, and to sustain it in the future. Having established the background and framework, the book examines the existing and alternative measures to monitor and combat the declining air quality. It assesses smog alert systems; the potential for cleaner car and fuel technology; sustainable traffic management and public transport policies; and methods of controlling both industrial and residential emissions. Detailed case studies illustrate the severity and breadth of the problem - from the first serious photochemical smogs in Los Angeles to the dire warning offered by Mexico City; and from London (the city which coined the word 'smog') to Athens' pollution phenomenon, the 'nefos'. Drawing on the lessons learned from past experience, Smog Alert provides a comprehensive analysis of how health air quality may yet be achieved in the world's cities.

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This undergraduate textbook examines environmental pollution ranging from our homes to the global environment. Completely updated and with over 50% new and rewritten material, this new edition assesses the international scope of pollution, including water, climate change, acidification, energy, solid and hazardous waste, persistent chemicals, and pesticides. The pollutants of current major concern are examined, including plastics and electronic waste. Both the impacts and the sources of pollution are addressed, as well as governmental, corporate, and personal responsibility for pollution. Pollution prevention is emphasized throughout, but students will come to see that prevention is not enough. The text moves on to examine a circular economy with closed-loop systems, where by-products are reused, wastes become raw materials, water is recycled, and energy is recovered from waste energy. Understanding Environmental Pollution engages students with the idea that humanity holds the tools to confronting the daunting pollution issues by considering a circular economy.