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Northern China's air pollution reduces life expectancy by 5.5 years
2013-07-08 21:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Air pollution causes people in northern China to live an average of 5.5 years shorter than their southern counterparts, according to a study released on Monday which claims to show in unprecedented detail the link between air pollution and life expectancy. High levels of air pollution in northern China much of it caused by an over-reliance on burning coal for heat will cause 500 million people to lose an aggregate 2.5 billion years from their lives, the authors predict in the study, published...
Energy Department Releases Draft Advanced Fosil Energy Solicitation To Support Reductions In Greenhouse Gas Pollution
2013-07-08 04:35:58| pollutiononline News Articles
As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, the U.S. Department of Energy announced a draft loan guarantee solicitation for innovative and advanced fossil energy projects and facilities that substantially reduce greenhouse gas and other air pollution
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Energy Department Releases Draft Advanced Fossil Energy Solicitation To Support Reductions In Greenhouse Gas Pollution
2013-07-08 04:35:58| pollutiononline News Articles
As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, the U.S. Department of Energy announced a draft loan guarantee solicitation for innovative and advanced fossil energy projects and facilities that substantially reduce greenhouse gas and other air pollution
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US should lead war on pollution
2013-07-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Carroll County Times: As some developing nations continue to accelerate industrialization and world pollution levels rise, it is more important than ever for our country to be a world leader in clean energy. As part of a plan to fight global warming, President Barack Obama recently proposed strict new Environmental Protection Agency regulations that opponents say would make it impossible to open a new coal plant in the U.S. Opponents argue that Obama has launched a war on coal, and they point out that the U.S. has...
Utah coal-fired power plant fined for excess pollution
2013-07-05 14:36:56| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salt Lake Tribune: A crackdown on polluted emissions from the Bonanza power plant near the Utah-Colorado border has resulted in a settlement between federal regulators and Utah-based Deseret Generation & Transmission Co-operative. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the settlement Tuesday, and now South Jordan-based Deseret Power will be required to pay $35,000 in penalties, install new controls during startup and shutdown, and cover the cost of replacing at least five fleet vehicles with natural...
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