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Underlying causes of Delhis air pollution problems
2015-11-01 22:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: A new study "Air Pollution Challenges for developing megacities like Delhi" published today in Atmospheric Environment has described how Delhi suffers a toxic blend of geography, growth, poor energy sources and unfavourable weather that perpetuates and propagates its dangerously high levels of air pollution. A team of researchers led by the University of Surrey assessed how Delhi's landscape, weather, energy consumption culture, and growing urban population combines to elevate concentrations of...
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India's choked capital starts 'pollution toll' for trucks
2015-11-01 20:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Delhi on Sunday introduced a toll for all trucks and commercial vehicles in an attempt to improve air quality in the world's most polluted capital ahead of Diwali celebrations. Trucks are banned from entering the Indian capital during the day, but every night after 8pm more than 50,000 pour in, according to the Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). The independent centre says lorries account for nearly a third of the pollution in Delhi, adding to a toxic mix of industrial fumes...
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Scientists build smartphone sensors that can detect NO2 air pollution
2015-10-29 15:39:15| Extremetech
A team of researchers from RMIT Universitys Centre for Advanced Electronics and Sensors have come up with a breakthrough method that equips smartphones with special sensors to detect the amount of nitrogen oxide present in the air.
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Pollution Update 10-29-15
2015-10-29 08:59:09| Waste Management - Topix.net
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality recently fined Central Point-based LTM, Incorporated $159,144 for polluting a tributary of the Middle Fork of the Coquille River with sediment; grading and stockpiling earthen material without a Clean Water Act permit; and placing wastes where they are likely to escape into waters of the state.
Water Pollution Concerns Surround CAFOs
2015-10-28 22:29:52| National Farmers Union
By Sara Kangas, government relations intern, National Farmers Union Over the past seventy years, intensive livestock operations like animal feeding operations (AFOs) have caused a shift in the culture of American farming. Influenced by scientific and technological advancements and increased efficiency practices, AFOs can now produce larger animals in a faster time span than ever before.
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