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Enforcement seen key success China's new environmental markets
2014-03-27 06:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China's plan for a market in air pollution permits promises to help clean up its air cheaply, but the move could prove just as useless as previous environmental policies unless the government stamps out lax enforcement and spotty data. Smog regularly blankets the country's major urban centers and kills half a million people each year. The news of plans to launch a market within three years demonstrates China's growing will to tackle environmental problems through market-based tactics, rather...
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Air pollution, now worlds single largest environmental risk
2014-03-26 19:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: The World Health Organization today released mortality data from 2012 estimating that around 7 million people (one person in eight) died globally that year as a result of air pollution exposure. This finding more than doubles previous estimates and confirms that air pollution is now the worlds largest single environmental health risk. In particular, the new data reveal a stronger link between both indoor and outdoor air pollution exposure and cardiovascular diseases, such as strokes and ischaemic...
Coal Ash Spill Leaves Most North Carolina Voters Craving Stronger Environmental Leadership
2014-03-26 18:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: After polling North Carolina voters for three days, the Sierra Club and Hart Research Associates concluded that residents lack confidence in their state leaders after Duke Energys coal ash spill in February. Nearly three-quarters of voters say the incident makes them want stronger regulations and enforcement from future candidates, and the results show no difference along partisan lines. As Hart began conducting the survey on March 10, the Waterkeeper Alliance flew over the Duke Energy Cape...
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United Kingdom: Poll: three-quarters voters want more environmental policies
2014-03-26 09:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Almost three-quarters of UK voters feel that the major political parties need to focus more on the environment, renewable energy and efforts to cut carbon emissions, according to a new poll. The survey, commissioned by WWF-UK, also found that 47% of voters are willing to switch their political allegiance based on which party was offering the best environmental policies. Eighty-eight per cent of respondents said the government should be doing more to protect the UK against flooding and other...
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WHO Report: Indoor Air Pollution Is Greatest Environmental Health Risk
2014-03-26 01:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Seven million people die each year because of exposure to air pollution. That's one in eight deaths across the globe, making air pollution the single greatest environmental health risk on Earth. The estimate was reported this week by the World Health Organization; based on 2012 numbers, it is double the WHO's previous 2008 estimate. What's more shocking is that the air pollution is often in the victim's own home. More than half of those deaths are caused by indoor pollutants, which in the developing...
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