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World Bank targets air pollution in climate battle
2013-09-03 10:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The World Bank said on Tuesday it was planning "aggressive action" to help developing nations cut emissions of soot and other air pollutants blamed for causing climate change, in a shift also meant to protect human health and aid crop growth. Of its funding to poor nations, almost 8 percent - $18 billion from 2007-12 - goes to sectors such as energy, farming, waste and transport that have a potential to cut emissions, a bank report said. The bank said it would shift policy to insist that such...
Pollution, Not Rising Temperatures, May Have Melted Alpine Glaciers
2013-09-03 09:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Glaciers in the Alps of Europe pose a scientific mystery. They started melting rapidly back in the 1860s. In a span of about 50 years, some of the biggest glaciers had retreated more than half a mile. But nobody could explain the glacier's rapid decline. Now, a new study from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory uncovers a possible clue to why the glaciers melted before temperatures started rising: Soot from the Industrial Revolution could have heated up the ice. Scientists trying to understand...
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Air Pollution Kills 200,000 People in the US Every Year, Study Shows
2013-09-02 17:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Air pollution is behind nearly 200,000 early deaths every year in the United States, according to a new study by researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. According to Steven Barrett, an assistant professor of aeronautics and astronautics and the study's lead author, those who die from air pollution-related causes do so on average 10 years earlier than they otherwise might have. Published in the journal Atmospheric Environment, the report utilizes emissions data from the Environmental...
Beijing issues new measures aimed at curbing air pollution
2013-09-02 11:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Beijing unveiled yet another slew of measures on Monday to curb a choking pollution problem, including limiting the number of new vehicles on the roads and closing or upgrading the facilities of 1,200 companies. China's smoggy capital has tried everything from shutting factories to a massive subway building program as it battles a severe air pollution problem, but with little apparent effect. The latest measures are part of a broader plan to reduce the Chinese capital's density of harmful particles...
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Texas to assess air pollution near Houston freeway as part of a federal requirement
2013-08-30 08:12:47| Waste Management - Topix.net
Texas environmental officials will start measuring air pollution next year near a Houston freeway as part of a federal requirement to monitor the health risks of living near major roadways.
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