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Brussels moves to limit coal lobby's influence on pollution standards
2015-05-28 17:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: European countries must not allow industry experts in their national delegations to lobby for weaker coal standards, the European commissions top environment official has said. The move follows revelations by the Guardian that big energy lobbyists included in British delegations to Brussels mounted a sustained and aggressive drive for weaker limits on toxic pollutants that are responsible for over 20,000 deaths a year in the UK alone. The new instruction by the commissions director-general...
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Texas eased pollution rules on coal plants, environmentalists say
2015-05-28 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: The State of Texas conspired with the coal industry to illegally exempt 19 coal-fired power plants from federal air quality standards. Thats according to a coalition of Texas citizen groups who on Wednesday filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The coalition of community and public interest groups, represented by the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group, has called on the EPA to overturn the states decision to exempt those...
Bellingham waterfront pollution cleanup to begin this summer
2015-05-22 15:29:14| Paper - Topix.net
The Bellingham Herald reports that the Port of Bellingham Commission approved a contract for cleaning up the Whatcom Waterway Tuesday. American Construction Company of Tacoma will do the work.
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New Research Finds Fine Particulate Air Pollution Associated With Increased Risk Of Childhood Autism
2015-05-22 06:40:07| pollutiononline Home Page
Exposure to fine particulate air pollution during pregnancy through the first two years of a child’s life may be associated with an increased risk of the child developing autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a condition that affects one in 68 children, according to aUniversity of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Healthinvestigation of children in southwestern Pennsylvania
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The Floow Appointed To Help Drive Down' UK Air Pollution
2015-05-22 06:34:31| pollutiononline Home Page
Yorkshire based telematics organisation The Floow have been appointed by the University of Sheffield in coordination with the European Space Agency to provide insight into air pollution in South Yorkshire
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