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China Air Pollution About Three Times Higher than Safe Particulate Level
2013-08-01 15:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: Beijing registered air pollution levels that are at least three times higher than the "safe" level advised by the World Health Organization. The latest figures on the particulate matter in air were released by the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP). The report included data from 74 cities. The agency said that the concentration of PM2.5 particulates in 74 cities was about 76 micrograms per cubic meter for the first six months. According to the WHO this concentration should not be over 25...
Pollution Update 8-1-13
2013-08-01 12:31:02| Waste Management - Topix.net
Comments to Oregon Department of Environmental Quality regarding industrial stormwater pollution control plans for two B & R Auto Wrecking facilities are due by 5 pm on August 9. Visit goo.gl/ScwdH to see stormwater plans, and goo.gl/iMDQb to comment.
State regulator questions timeframe for Myrtle Beach pollution cleanup
2013-08-01 00:50:47| Semiconductors - Topix.net
Carol Minsk – a hydro geologist with the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control and the project manager for the AVX cleanup – said tests showing trichloroethylene levels of 708,000 parts per billion in groundwater at the site of a proposed condominium project would make it difficult for AVX to achieve its goal of cleaning ... (more)
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Pollution could cause sea levels to rise and inundate 1,400 American cities
2013-07-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ABC: A research paper published this week by a respected scientific journal paints a grim portrait of the future of America's coastal cities-- especially here in Florida. The group "Climate Central" of Princeton, New Jersey provides an interactive map that shows the consequences of rising sea levels caused by global warming. Click on either Tampa or St. Petersburg and you can how much of your neighborhood will be underwater from up to ten feet of sea level increase. Most of you reading this will be...
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Appeals court upholds stricter pollution controls on Pennsylvania coal plant
2013-07-31 14:37:17| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Star-Ledger: A federal appeals court has upheld the EPA`s demands for a Pennsylvania coal power plant to reduce its sulfur dioxide emissions, which blow over the border into New Jersey. Residents of Knowlton, the tiny Warren County town just across the river from the plant, have said that the power plant has been releasing ash and soot that`s collected on their windowsills for decades. NRG Energy, which has owned and operated the Portland energy plant since last year, said today that the plant had already...
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