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The greening of urban air

Journal Article · · Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy
OSTI ID:302263
Trees growing in urban areas can make significant contributions to urban air quality in addition to beautifying downtown zones. The reason: trees and other plants absorb such pollutants as ozone and nitrogen oxides. As a consequence, incentives to plant and manage urban trees could be integrated into federal and state air-quality programs as part of a long-range strategy for combating urban air pollution. In 1993, the author began to study the feasibility of awarding tradable emissions-reduction credits to urban areas, based on the specific amount of air pollutants removed by the cities` trees. Under the proposed system a city that earns emission-reduction credits through its urban forested tracts could sell those credits on existing emissions-trading markets as a means to fund urban forest management.
OSTI ID:
302263
Journal Information:
Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy, Journal Name: Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 13; ISSN FARPEL; ISSN 0887-8218
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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