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Chevron Fights Amazon Pollution Verdict in U.S. Court
2013-10-16 00:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Two years after they were awarded 18 billion dollars by an Ecuadorian court for environmental damage caused by Chevron in the Amazonian rainforest, a group of indigenous villagers and their U.S. lawyer went on trial Tuesday in New York, accused by the oil company of bribery and racketeering. Chevron was found liable in 2011 for an ecological catastrophe caused by pollution released in the 1970s and 1980s by Texaco, which Chevron acquired in 2001 and for which they agreed to assume legal obligations....
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Wood fires and diesel cars pose pollution threat: EU watchdog
2013-10-15 09:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Air pollution is dangerously high across many parts of Europe, resulting in premature deaths, ill health and huge economic losses linked to reduced crop yields, Europe's environmental watchdog said on Tuesday. While emissions of some pollutants have declined sharply in Europe in recent decades, more diesel cars and a rise in wood burning by households as a cheap alternative to gas mean other types of harmful pollution are receding more slowly. European regulators are expected to propose a tightening...
Values to remain low for land in Whirlpool pollution area
2013-10-15 03:49:58| Appliances - Topix.net
Even though Whirlpool Vice President of Communications and Public Affairs Jeff Noel told the Fort Smith Board of Directors last week that the area above a plume of trichloroethylene is not a health risk and residents were safe , Sebastian County Assessor Becky Yandell is not prepared to reverse course on lowering property values in the area.
Study links air pollution and traffic with low birthweight
2013-10-15 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Babies born to mothers who live in areas with air pollution and dense traffic are more likely to have a low birthweight and smaller head circumference, according to a large European study. The researchers, who included a team from the UK, found that babies were smaller even in areas with relatively low levels of air pollution, well below the limits considered acceptable in European Union guidance. For every increase of 5 micrograms per cubic metre in exposure to fine particulate matter during...
China offers rewards to six regions to fight air pollution
2013-10-14 11:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China said on Monday it would give rewards amounting to 5 billion yuan ($816.91 million) for curbing air pollution in six regions where the problem is serious, underscoring government concern about a source of public anger. The Finance Ministry said the regions eligible for the rewards were Beijing and its neighboring city of Tianjin, the provinces of Hebei, Shanxi and Shandong, as well as the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The awards would be made at the end of the year and would be determined...
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