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Beijing Raises Pollution Alert as Smog Smothers Capital
2014-02-22 11:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Beijing raised its pollution alert a notch higher Friday, in a bid to improve air quality levels. The capital issued a rare "orange" alert, the second-highest level possible. The Chinese capital expects heavy smog to linger in the city for the next three days. Young children and the elderly have been asked to stay indoors. Beijing currently has a four-tier alert system, which uses blue, yellow, orange and red to indicate the levels of air pollution, according to Xinhua's earlier report. The...
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Canada doubles funding to increase marine pollution surveillance fleet
2014-02-21 12:22:00| Ship Technology
The Canadian Government has doubled spending to increase the number of flights to conduct aerial surveillance operations for pollution from ships off coasts.
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EU launches legal fight against UK air pollution levels
2014-02-21 10:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The European commission has launched official legal proceedings against the UK after it failed to cut pollution, which exceeds legal limits in 16 zones across the country. The UK unsuccessfully attempted to reduce the amount of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in its cities by 2010, as requested by the EU, and now faces legal action. As already noted by the UK Supreme Court last year pollution levels are too high in areas such as Greater London, the south-east, the north-east and Greater Manchester....
European Commission Launches Legal Action Against the UK for "Excessive" Air Pollution Levels
2014-02-21 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The UK faces fines of up to 300m a year and embarrassing court appearances after the European commission launched legal proceedings against it for failing to reduce "excessive" levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) air pollution from traffic, despite 15 years of warnings and several extensions and postponements granted to the government. Other European countries have also failed to meet the air quality directive that should have been adopted in 2008 but the EU environment commissioner, Janez Potocnik,...
Quick Facts: Answers To Your Air Pollution Problems
2014-02-20 17:08:35| pollutiononline News Articles
SOLVAir Solutions’ Quick Facts is a short, snappy Q&A focusing briefly on air pollution problems and ideas to help resolve them. Quick Facts reflects SOLVAir Solutions’ experience and proficiency in helping plants implement the right air pollution control technology, effectively and cost effectively, in order to reach regulatory compliance.
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