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Industry lobbyists weakened Europe air pollution rules, say Greenpeace
2015-03-05 07:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: New limits on air pollution in Europe have been watered down because governments are allowing some of the worst polluters to help draw up the rules, according to a Greenpeace investigation. The Guardian has also learned that despite UK claims to the contrary, energy industry representatives repeatedly and forcefully pushed for weaker pollution limits at meetings in Brussels. As a result of ongoing lobbying, the proposed European Union standards on toxic emissions from coal plants will be less...
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Under The Dome Chinese Documentary On Air Pollution Spurs Govt Action?
2015-03-05 01:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Clean Technica: A recent, widely seen documentary on air pollution in China by the name of Under the Dome appears to have had a strangely pronounced effect on the Chinese government. Rather than stifle those involved, or brush the matter aside, some higher ups have even praised the documentary. Is a sea change coming? Has it already occurred? While the Chinese government has made some moves towards addressing the issue of air pollution (electric vehicle incentives, clean energy development, etc), the scale...
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Well: Childrens Lung Health Improves as Air Pollution Is Reduced, Study Says
2015-03-04 23:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: For the first time, researchers have shown that reducing air pollution leads to improved respiratory function in children ages 11 to 15, a critical period of lung development. Scientists have long known that air pollution is linked to smaller lung capacity and compromised breathing in children. But it had not been clear whether, and to what extent, a reduction in air pollution over the years might prevent these problems. Environmentalists have maintained that federal emission standards are not...
Air pollution will kill thousands in Europe, EEA warns
2015-03-03 06:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Hundreds of thousands of Europeans will suffer a premature death in the next two decades as the result of governments failure to act on air pollution, Europes environmental watchdog has warned. In 2011, the latest year for which figures have been reliably collated, more than 400,000 are estimated to have died prematurely as a result of breathing toxic fumes, despite recent improvements in some countries The UK has been one of the worst offenders, with government figures showing that European...
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Viral China pollution film is brave, personal & powerful
2015-03-02 14:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A documentary about Chinas shockingly high levels of air pollution that has gone viral within China is being compared to Al Gores An Inconvenient Truth and Rachel Carsons Silent Spring. The self-funded documentary, Under the Dome, by former state television presenter Chai Jing, takes a stark look at Chinas air pollution woes by combining personal narrative, striking imagery, on-the-the ground interviews with scientific evidence. One of Chinas most prominent environmentalists, Ma Jun, likened...
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