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Federal action needed to tame airlines high-flying climate pollution
2014-11-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Some 24 million Americans will cram into airplanes for Thanksgiving travel this year. Theyll face flight delays, bag fees and hassles with reclining seats. And most will fly home in inefficient planes that spew far too much climate-damaging carbon pollution. Greenhouse emissions from aviation are rising rapidly, even as scientists explain that were running out of time to avoid disastrous global warming effects, from dangerous temperature increases to food-supply disruptions. But the airline...
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Pollution Update 11-20-14
2014-11-20 16:08:40| Waste Management - Topix.net
Christopher John Bartels has been cited for violations once again by Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.
AWWA President To Congress: Pollution Reduction Key To Cyanotoxins Prevention
2014-11-20 05:41:08| pollutiononline Home Page
In testimony today before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, American Water Works Association President John Donahue stressed that the solution to keeping drinking water safe from cyanotoxins begins with reducing nutrient pollution.
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Q&A: A call for local science to tackle air pollution
2014-11-17 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SciDevNet: According to the WHO, bad air quality was responsible for 7 million deaths in 2012. In this interview Paulo Saldiva, dean of the department of pathology at the University of So Paulo, explains that there are no measures to protect people against air pollution, and so public health policies are vital to avoid serious consequences, particularly in large cities. He says the science needed to address the risks of air pollution is in place, but that poor countries lack the resources to implement it with...
EPA Reducing Air Pollution From Diesel Buses In Puerto Rico; Grant Provides More Than $208,000 To The Puerto Rico Metropolitan Bus Authority
2014-11-17 04:37:40| pollutiononline Home Page
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is supporting local efforts to reduce air pollution in the greater metropolitan area of San Juan, Puerto Rico by providing more than $208,000 for the Puerto Rico Metropolitan Bus Authority to retrofit 17 transit buses with diesel emission reduction devices
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