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Southeast Asia burns up the ranks of global polluters
2016-01-14 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: As Southeast Asian economies boomed last decade, so did their pollution. The region's emissions of carbon dioxide grew more rapidly between 1990 and 2010 than any other part of the world, with the Asian Development Bank warning the associated global warming could trigger floods, water shortages and economic losses. Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels surged 227 percent in Southeast Asia in the 20-year period, compared with 181 percent in South Asia and 12 percent in North America, the...
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House Resolution Against Clean Water Protections Puts Polluters Before People
2016-01-14 04:53:09| pollutiononline Home Page
House Republicans recently passed legislation attacking clean water protections. Today’s action—a resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act –-blocks the Clean Water Rule, the Obama administration’s landmark action adopted last year.
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See the biggest Bay Area polluters on the EPA's toxic release...
2015-12-10 20:23:44| Waste Management - Topix.net
Note: U.S. Pipe has the most toxic releases of any non-refinery in the Bay Area, but nearly all of them are off-site. The Environmental Protection Agency keeps track of companies that produce the most toxic waste across the country, the legacy of an industrial accident caused by an American company overseas.
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China says to start claiming compensation from polluters
2015-12-04 02:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Chinese government plans to begin claiming compensation from polluting companies and individuals, particularly those who damage state property, over the next two years, China's cabinet has said. The State Council said on its website late on Thursday it would trial the policy in a few provinces before rolling it out nationwide in 2018. The plan would cover air, water and soil pollution, as well as damage to plants and animals. China already allows government-registered environmental organizations...
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World's leading polluters have racked up $10 trillion carbon debt
2015-09-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: The countries most responsible for global warming owe the rest of the world a tremendous debt, with the author of a new study published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change putting the figure at $10 trillion. The author came up with that number by calculating how much CO2 each country emitted per capita since 1960, generally recognized as the onset of the worst of human-caused global warming. Countries with high per capita emissions carry a carbon debt while countries with lower per capita...
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