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Singapore air pollution hits worst level on record
2013-06-22 03:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Singapores Pollutant Standards Index hit the highest level on record Friday as "haze" driven by fires burning across plantations, peatlands, and forest areas continued to rage across Sumatra. The air pollution gauge touched a record 400 at 11 am local time on Friday, according to the National Environment Agency's website. The level is considered "very unhealthy" with people advised to "minimize all outdoor exposure" and wear masks when outside. Singapores Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong expressed...
EPA abandons investigation into fracking pollution
2013-06-21 21:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: The EPA is dropping its only investigation that has found evidence of water contamination from fracking. Following a three-year study of groundwater pollution around Pavilion, Wyo., the EPA concluded in a draft report in 2011 that fracking chemicals were a likely cause. The finding was obviously controversial -- frackers would like us to believe that injecting poisonous chemicals into the ground couldnt possibly poison water. Critics of the research found fault with the EPAs methodology and...
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Singapore Engulfed in Smoke Pollution From Illegal Fires
2013-06-21 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Billowing smoke from illegal fires on the Indonesian island of Sumatra has engulfed Singapore this week, pushing air pollution to record levelsfor three consecutive days. The smoke, which is captured in a new NASA satellite image, has created an acrid blanket of smog across the region and historic levels of air pollution. According to government officials, Singapore's air pollution index reached 401 on Friday, a level considered hazardous for breathing. Before this week, the previous high was 226....
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Air pollution in Indonesia and Singapore in pictures
2013-06-21 14:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Fires in peat swamp forests on Indonesia's Sumatra island have created massive plumes of smog that have drifted over Singapore and Malaysia. Singaporeans have been urged to stay indoors and officials have said Jakarta must do more to stop plantation owners and farmers staring fires to clear land cheaply
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Singapore air pollution hits record high
2013-06-21 12:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Air pollution in Singapore has soared to a record high for a third consecutive day, as Indonesia prepares to send planes and helicopters to battle the fires blamed for hazardous levels of smoky haze in three countries. The blazes in peat swamp forests on Indonesia's Sumatra island have sent massive plumes of smog across the sea to neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia, both of which are growing impatient with Indonesia's response to the problem that occurs nearly every year. Singapore is suffering...
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