Air pollution control policies and impacts: A review

T Feng, Y Sun, Y Shi, J Ma, C Feng, Z Chen - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2024 - Elsevier
Air pollution, due to its detrimental impacts on the environment, economy, and human
health, has emerged as a significant global challenge. To curb air pollution, policymakers …

Recent advances in simultaneous removal of SO2 and NOx from exhaust gases: Removal process, mechanism and kinetics

R Chen, T Zhang, Y Guo, J Wang, J Wei… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
SO 2 and NO x, major gaseous pollutants in exhaust gas, can exert adverse effects on
human health and environmental disaster. Therefore, numerous desulfurization (de-SO 2) …

Electrocatalytic Synthesis of Essential Amino Acids from Nitric Oxide Using Atomically Dispersed Fe on N‐doped Carbon

J Xian, S Li, H Su, P Liao, S Wang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
How to transfer industrial exhaust gases of nitrogen oxides into high‐values product is
significantly important and challenging. Herein, we demonstrate an innovative method for …

Pathways of China's PM2.5 air quality 2015–2060 in the context of carbon neutrality

J Cheng, D Tong, Q Zhang, Y Liu, Y Lei… - National Science …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Clean air policies in China have substantially reduced particulate matter (PM2. 5) air
pollution in recent years, primarily by curbing end-of-pipe emissions. However, reaching the …

Committed emissions from existing energy infrastructure jeopardize 1.5 C climate target

D Tong, Q Zhang, Y Zheng, K Caldeira, C Shearer… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Net anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) must approach zero by mid-century
(2050) in order to stabilize the global mean temperature at the level targeted by international …

[HTML][HTML] A plant-by-plant strategy for high-ambition coal power phaseout in China

RY Cui, N Hultman, D Cui, H McJeon, S Yu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
More than half of current coal power capacity is in China. A key strategy for meeting China's
2060 carbon neutrality goal and the global 1.5° C climate goal is to rapidly shift away from …

Air pollution reduction and climate co-benefits in China's industries

H Qian, S Xu, J Cao, F Ren, W Wei, J Meng… - Nature Sustainability, 2021 - nature.com
Air pollution reduction policies can simultaneously mitigate CO2 emissions in the industrial
sector, but the extent of these co-benefits is understudied. We analyse the potential co …

[HTML][HTML] Contribution of prioritized urban nature-based solutions allocation to carbon neutrality

H Pan, J Page, R Shi, C Cong, Z Cai, S Barthel… - Nature Climate …, 2023 - nature.com
Nature-based solutions (NBS) are essential for carbon-neutral cities, yet how to effectively
allocate them remains a question. Carbon neutrality requires city-led climate action plans …

[HTML][HTML] Toxic potency-adjusted control of air pollution for solid fuel combustion

D Wu, H Zheng, Q Li, L Jin, R Lyu, X Ding, Y Huo… - Nature Energy, 2022 - nature.com
The combustion of solid fuels, including coal and biomass, is a main anthropogenic source
of atmospheric particulate matter (PM). The hidden costs have been underestimated due to …

Substantial emission reductions from Chinese power plants after the introduction of ultra-low emissions standards

L Tang, J Qu, Z Mi, X Bo, X Chang, LD Anadon… - Nature Energy, 2019 - nature.com
In 2014, China introduced an ultra-low emissions (ULE) standards policy for renovating coal-
fired power-generating units to limit SO2, NO x and particulate matter (PM) emissions to 35 …