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China's air pollution blamed for 8-year-old's lung-cancer
2013-11-07 13:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: An eight-year-old girl becomes China's 'youngest' lung-cancer patient as doctors say high levels of air pollution responsible for her condition Share Tweet this Email A pedestrian is picked out of gloom in his red jacket on a smoggy day in Jilin in China. Concern is growing over air quality in Chinese cities as the density of airborne particles is several times above World Health Organisation recommended limits. Photograph: Stringer/Reuters From cancer villages to lung-choking pollution, the impacts...
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Shell made false claims about Niger delta oil pollution, says Amnesty
2013-11-07 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Amnesty International accuses Shell of false claims about its environmental impact in the Niger delta, saying that the oil company cannot be trusted and that there are "serious discrepancies" between the evidence of pollution and what Shell claims. "[Its] claims about its environmental impact in the Niger delta are frequently untrue. Shell has claimed that the oil spill investigations are sound when they are not, that sites are cleaned up when they are not, and that the company is transparent...
Anaconda mine pollution deal brings Yerington residents $19.5M
2013-11-06 21:57:44| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Rural neighbors of an abandoned World War II-era copper mine that has leaked toxic chemicals in northern Nevada for decades have won up to a $19.5 million settlement from companies they accused of covering up the contamination.
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Anaconda mine pollution deal brings Yerington residents $19.5M
2013-11-06 21:55:14| Energy - Topix.net
Rural neighbors of an abandoned World War II-era copper mine that has leaked toxic chemicals in northern Nevada for decades have won up to a $19.5 million settlement from companies they accused of covering up the contamination.
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The pollution in China is so bad its keeping government from spying on people
2013-11-06 18:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: The Chinese government is trying to keep tabs on its citizens with at least 20 million cameras, installed across the country to watch people`s every move. Only problem with that plan: The smog in many Chinese cities is so thick that it`s keeping government agents from actually seeing what`s going on in front of the cameras` eyes. Quartz reports: [T]he haze is not simply fog, says Yang Aiping, a digital imaging expert Our preliminary research shows that the smog particles are quite different...
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