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China pledges $275 billion over 5 years to cut record air pollution
2013-08-19 15:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Last week China announced it was going to spend over a quarter of a trillion dollars ($275 billion) to fight rampant and life-threatening pollution in its urban centers over the next five years. Recent decades of unparalleled economic growth has taken a drastic environmental toll in China, including record air pollution levels in Beijing. The announcement follows other news, including that the Chinese government has recently scrapped a massive 2,000 megawatt coal plant project near the cities of...
Bringing Back the Night: The Fight Against Light Pollution
2013-08-19 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Last month, France -- including the City of Light -- grew darker late at night as one of the worlds most comprehensive lighting ordinances went into effect. From 1 a.m. to 7 a.m., shop lights are being turned off, and lights inside office buildings must be extinguished within an hour of workers leaving the premises. The lighting on Frances building facades cannot be turned on before sunset. Over the next two years, regulations restricting lighting on billboards will go into effect. These rules...
Public meeting set on Clinch River pollution study
2013-08-19 09:06:41| Waste Management - Topix.net
A public meeting is scheduled in Norton this week on a pollution study of the Clinch River and several tributaries.
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Mountaintop Mining Pollution Has Distinct Chemical Signatures
2013-08-19 04:54:06| pollutiononline News Articles
Three elements commonly found at elevated levels in an Appalachian river polluted by runoff from mountaintop coal mining have distinctive chemistries that can be traced back to their source, according to a Duke University-led study
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Hot weather in Europe exacerbating ozone pollution
2013-08-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Malta Independent: Unusually high temperatures this summer may be contributing to poor air quality in many European cities, the European Environment Agency (EEA) said this week, and thresholds to protect health from ground-level ozone have been exceeded across Europe in recent weeks, according to preliminary data reported to the EEA. Ozone pollution has serious effects on health, especially for older people and children, or those with asthma and other respiratory problems. Reducing ozone pollution in the air depends...
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