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US Court Rules in Favor of Chevron in Ecuador Pollution Case
2016-08-09 07:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telesur TV: A U.S. federal appeals court ruled Monday in favor of the oil giant Chevron in a case that dates back more than 20 years, blocking one of Ecuador's Indigenous community from collecting a judgement of nearly US$8.6 billion for environmental damage to the Amazon rain forest. The decision from the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan dismissed claims by the lawyer Steven Donziger on behalf of Ecuador's Lago Agrio region, that is most impacted by the dirty legacy of Chevron's Amazon drilling....
Pollution crackdown on China tin producers could spur imports, lift prices
2016-08-09 07:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China could ramp up imports of refined tin as a string of environmental inspections at smelters in the world's top producer of the metal curbs local output. Officials in eight provinces last month began inspecting metals producers including tin smelters, forcing some to shutter production while they look to comply with environmental standards, according to industry officials and analysts. The checks come as a crackdown on pollution spreads beyond steel in the country's mammoth metals processing...
Food Cart and Food Cart Pod Pollution Prevention Guidance
2016-08-05 23:44:41| PortlandOnline
Pollution prevention guidance for food carts PDF Document, 2,101kbCategory: Fact Sheets and Brochures
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Air pollution may shorten survival of patients with lung cancer
2016-08-05 10:55:59| Green Car Congress
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Methane Pollution Is About To See A Serious Cut From This Stinky Source
2016-07-19 20:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: Last Friday, the EPA announced new rules that will cut landfills` methane emissions by one third. The latest regulation is an update to rules last updated over 20 years ago. They are expected to reduce methane emissions by around 334,000 tons a year in 2025. That is equivalent to reducing 8.2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions. Methane is a greenhouse gas with a global warming potential over 25 times that of carbon dioxide, according to the EPA. But over a 20 year period, it can...
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