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EPA Reducing Air Pollution From Old Diesel Engines; Grants Provide $1.18M To Protect People Drom Harmful Air Pollution
2015-03-23 05:56:47| pollutiononline Home Page
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is supporting local efforts to reduce air pollution in the New York City metropolitan area by providing a total of $1.18M to help two organizations replace old, dirty diesel engines on boats with less polluting models
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Pollution Levels Linked To Stroke-Related Narrowing Of Arteries
2015-03-23 05:50:11| pollutiononline Home Page
Air pollution has been linked to a dangerous narrowing of neck arteries that occurs prior to strokes, according to researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center
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Exide Fined $820,000 for Muncie Pollution
2015-03-20 14:26:00| Waste Age
<a href="http://www.thestarpress.com/">The Star Press</a> Exide Technologies has agreed to pay an $820,000 civil penalty to settle a lawsuit accusing it of violating the Clean Air Act at its Muncie lead smelter, which recycles millions of lead-acid automotive, truck and other batteries. read more
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United Kingdom: Toxic smog and air pollution trigger health alert
2015-03-19 15:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Professor Sir Malcolm Green, the founder of the British Lung Foundation, says people with lung and heart problems may need to take greater care due to a health alert triggered by a cloud of toxic smog along with air pollution from Europe. This week, local pollution is combining with a cloud of smog that has moved over from Europe, where milder weather has also caused traffic pollution to build up, causing levels to soar above average. People with lung and heart problems are advised to minimise...
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EU needs China to fight pollution and climate change
2015-03-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EU Observer: Chinese prime minister Li Keqiang's recent vow to combat pollution is among the most important developments in China for the EU, Ellis Mathews, head of the China division at the European External Action Service, has said. Speaking at an event organised by the EU-Asia Centre in Brussels, Mathews was taking stock of EU-China relations, after the annual session of the National People's Congress in China, earlier this month. In a significant speech on 5 March at the session, China's PM Li called...
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