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Indonesia's forest fires feed 'brown cloud' of pollution choking Asia's cities
2014-03-22 15:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: High above the vast Indonesian island of Sumatra, satellites identify hundreds of plumes of smoke drifting over the oil palm plantations and rainforests. They look harmless as the monsoon winds sweep them north and east towards Singapore, Malaysia and deep into Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. But at ground level, south-east Asian cities have been choking for weeks, wreathed in an acrid, stinking blanket of half-burned vegetation mixed with industrial pollution, car exhaust fumes and ash. From Palangkarya...
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Has air pollution made Kathmandu unliveable?
2014-03-21 12:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Ajays 63-year-old frame strains with each breath. He is lying on an emergency-room stretcher in one of Kathmandus large hospitals and he appears exhausted. Behind the oxygen mask, his eyes have the panicked, haunted look of a man who cant breathe. He has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, an umbrella term for emphysema and chronic bronchitis. It is killing him. COPD is most often associated with smokers, but Ajay, like many seeking help at Kathmandu emergency rooms, has never smoked....
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SAES Releases Underwater Acoustic Pollution: Sources and Biological Impact Study
2014-03-21 12:38:00| Naval Technology
Humans perceive the underwater noise in a limited way, which has led him to make an abusive use of some systems that perturb the underwater environment.
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Invisible cities and flammable rivers: Chinas pollution problem
2014-03-21 10:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Disregard for pollution law from China, the worlds largest greenhouse gas emitter, is having destructive effects on the countrys rivers and land not to mention its citizens and its long-term prosperity. China relies heavily on coal-fired power plants to provide energy to its cities and businesses. This, combined with heavy traffic, has led to alarming levels of air pollution in major Chinese cities, including Beijing, Shijiazhuang, Xingtai, Harbin and Shanghai. The concentration of smog...
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Chinese cities open up green car markets as government battles pollution
2014-03-21 02:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Three of China's biggest cities are helping consumers pay for a range of electric cars, heeding calls to encourage the sale of green vehicles that the government sees helping tackle pollution. China's smoggy skies topped the agenda at the annual parliamentary session this year, while Premier Li Keqiang in January demonstrated the importance of green cars by visiting a factory of BYD Co Ltd, maker of the e6 pure electric car. The government wants to put 10 times more e-cars on the road by next...
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