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Haze, dengue, floods are issues of future environmental challenges
2013-12-28 06:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Channel News Asia: This year's record high PSI levels during the haze, the dengue epidemic and more intense rains are "amber lights", or early warning signs, of the need to be better prepared for future environmental challenges. Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, said this in an interview with Channel NewsAsia. His ministry plans to get tough on transboundary haze by taking to task, companies which contribute to the haze. Planned measures include the tabling of an Act to hold...
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Southeast Asia agrees to adopt haze monitoring system
2013-10-09 09:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Southeast Asian nations agreed on Wednesday to adopt a new system to improve monitoring of smog caused by fires, an attempt to make plantation companies more accountable following the region's worst air pollution crisis in 16 years. Thick haze, mostly from land-clearing fires in Indonesia, blanketed Singapore and swathes of neighboring Malaysia earlier this year, stoking diplomatic tensions as air pollution climbed to the most hazardous levels since a similar crisis in 1997. The 10-member Association...
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Wildfires from Eastern Washington bring smoke and haze to the area
2013-08-01 03:15:44| Waste Management - Topix.net
Despite the fact that fires continue to burn in our region, our air quality is most being impacted by the wildfires that are burning farther away.
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Fires burning again in Sumatra triggering haze alerts in Malaysia
2013-07-23 07:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Deforested areas and degraded peatlands are again burning on the island of Sumatra, triggering haze alerts in nearby Malaysia, despite last week's commitment by regional authorities to address the ongoing fire problem in Indonesia, reports the Agence France-Presse. On Monday, Malaysia's Department of Environment reported three areas were suffering from unhealthy air quality. "Unhealthy" corresponds to an Air Pollutant Index reading of 100-200. Figures assembled by the World Resources Institute...
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Fire Alerts Spike in Indonesia as Risk of Haze Crisis Returns
2013-07-23 00:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
World Resources Institute: Fires are flaring up once more on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Media reports in the region indicate that the resulting smog has already reached unhealthy levels over parts of Indonesia and Malaysia. New fire alert data from NASA, which builds on WRIs previous analysis, show a total of 198 high-confidence fire alerts during the period of July 20-22, almost half of which were inside of logging, palm oil, and pulpwood concessions. The number of fire alerts shows a dramatic upward spike from...
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