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Air pollution to kill millions more without change of energy policy: IEA

2016-06-27 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: A woman wearing a protective mask makes her way in a business district on a heavily polluted day in Beijing, China January 3, 2016. Premature deaths from air pollution will continue to rise to 2040 unless changes are made to the way the world uses and produces energy, the International Energy Agency said on Monday. Around 6.5 million deaths globally are attributed each year to poor air quality inside and outside, making it the world's fourth-largest threat to human health, behind high blood...

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Indias Unprecedented Plan To Bring Millions Out Of Poverty And Power Them With Clean Energy

2016-06-26 00:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ThinkProgress: Three years ago, Tarabhai Lakshmi Koli, 43, her construction worker husband, and their two grown sons, moved into their first real house in Siddapurwadi, a rural remote hamlet of 500 households in southern India, about 370 miles from Bangalore. But it lacked one important necessity: electricity. For Koli and many others who live in distant areas of India, reliable energy often has been an unattainable luxury. Living without power makes it difficult to cook, to work, to read and study, and to stay...

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