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China sets national coal use target tackle air pollution
2013-09-12 04:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China will aim to cut total coal consumption to below 65 percent of total primary energy use by 2017 as part of a comprehensive new plan to tackle air pollution, the government said on Thursday. China will also stop approving new thermal power plants in key industrial areas such as the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in the north and the Yangtze and Pearl River delta regions in the east and southeast. In a notice posted on its official website (www.gov.cn), the Chinese government said it would...
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US EPA fines Shell for Arctic pollution violations
2013-09-10 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Shell Gulf of Mexico and Shell Offshore have agreed to pay fines of $1.1m imposed by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), for violations of the Clean Air Act by vessels used to drill two oil-exploration wells in Arctic waters off Alaska last
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Study finds road traffic pollution increases risk of death for non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis patients
2013-09-09 13:30:27| Green Car Congress
Chronic Exposure to Air Pollution Linked with Heart Disease, Lung Cancer
2013-09-07 13:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Researchers have found that long-time exposure to ozone, a greenhouse gas prevalent in urban areas, can raise the risk of cardiovascular disease. The study was conducted by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley and colleagues who also found a strong association between nitrogen dioxide and an increased risk of death from lung cancer. This isn't the first study to link health complications withrising levels of air pollution; a related study had found that annually two million...
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What we're seeing now: Air pollution and climate change
2013-09-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Climate: You'll find no shortage of air pollution stories on our sister site, Environmental Health News. But the link between air pollution and climate change is infrequently reported. There's little excuse for that any more. Start with the World Bank. On Tuesday Reuters correspondent Alister Doyle reported that the international aid organization planned "aggressive action" to help developing nations curb soot and other air pollutants blamed both for climate change and human health ailments. Then The...
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