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ANALYSIS: China law changes tighten up on textile pollution
2014-06-16 14:14:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Sweeping changes approved this year to China's national Environmental Protection Law could push consolidation in the textile and clothing industry as compliance costs rise.
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Solution To Carbon Pollution Is In Built Environment
2014-06-16 10:25:21| pollutiononline Home Page
President Obama’s recent executive mandate creating a cleaner carbon environment is a reasonable first step in addressing the health and safety of our natural environment
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environment
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carbon
Idaho taking over water pollution permitting from feds - Sun, 15 Jun 2014 PST
2014-06-15 11:41:59| Waste Management - Topix.net
Despite Idaho's vaunted distaste for the federal government, it's one of just four states where getting a permit for dumping pollutants into waterways requires dealing with the federal Environmental Protection Agency instead of the state.
Complaints about air pollution in China's capital double in five months
2014-06-14 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Complaints about air pollution in the Chinese capital of Beijing more than doubled in the first five months of 2014, the city environment authority said, a sign of rising public anger about the cost of rapid economic growth. The Beijing Municipal Environmental Bureau revealed late on Friday that 12,599 formal complaints about smog were lodged by members of the public from January to May, 124 percent higher than the same period of last year. Beijing, routinely shrouded in hazardous smog, has been...
Lebanon: Drought and construction reveal extent of Baalbek river pollution
2014-06-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Star: "One of Lebanon's most significant tourist sites is now a source of repulsive odors,' Mohammad sighs. Lost in thought as he looks down at the Ras al-Ain River, which flows through downtown Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley, he forgets to take the order of a customer at the King restaurant where he works. The water has long been polluted, Mohammad says. "Houses and restaurant owners have been dumping all their waste in the stream. ... This has been happening for years now.' "The river became a dumpster....
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river
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lebanon
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