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Haze on El Paso skyline caused by dust
2014-03-20 03:05:44| Waste Management - Topix.net
A rare dust event that moved in overnight is responsible for the current haze hovering over El Paso, said Bryan Lambeth, a senior meteorologist for the Texas Commission for Environmental Quality .
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Indonesia's proposed peat law too weak protect peatlands, stop haze, says Greenpeace
2014-03-14 21:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: A new regulation aiming to protect peatlands is likely to fall short of its goals, failing to stop peat degradation, emissions, and fires that are driving the current haze crisis in Southeast Asia, asserts a new analysis from Greenpeace. The paper, published on Wednesday, argues that the new land regulation currently being discussed in parliament fails to take a holistic view of managing peatlands. For example, the regulation doesn't adequately protect shallow peat areas that may be connected...
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Fires in Indonesia at highest levels since 2013 haze emergency
2014-03-14 11:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: In early March 2014, forest and peat fires in Indonesia's Riau province, on the island of Sumatra, spiked to levels not seen since the previous Southeast Asian haze crisis of June 2013. Nearly 50,000 Indonesians are suffering respiratory ailments due to the haze, according to Indonesia's Disaster Management Agency. Dramatic satellite images of heavy smoke plumes show the large amount of pollutants being discharged to the atmosphere. The fires are extensive in areas with deep peat soils, suggesting...
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Indonesian province declares emergency due to haze
2014-02-27 07:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Indonesia's Riau province declared a state of emergency on Thursday as haze from raging forest fires, often deliberately set, disrupted flights and marine navigation and authorities reported a sharp rise in respiratory problems. The national disaster mitigation agency said the province of 5 million, a major palm oil growing region, had been experiencing haze for several weeks due to illegal land clearing and prolonged dry weather. "According to the data we have, the fires have gotten worse...
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Cooperative SO2 and NOx aerosol formation in haze pollution
2014-01-29 13:30:11| Green Car Congress
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