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Connecticut still has the worst air pollution in the Northeast
2016-07-03 11:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
WiltonBulletin: Fairfield County is the 24th most ozone-polluted county in the United States, according to the American Lung Associations 2016 State of the Air report. Although this is an improvement from last year, when the county ranked 19th most ozone-polluted in the nation, it still has the worst air pollution in the entire Northeast. Nonetheless, Wilton resident and American Lung Association of the Northeast Chair Jonathon Rosen said he was shocked to see Fairfield Countys failing grades and learn that...
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To Fight Pollution, Paris Imposes Weekday Ban On Old Cars
2016-07-01 22:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Paris was at the forefront of public bike-sharing schemes, and it now has electric car-sharing schemes and is something of a laboratory for mobility. As of today, motorists with cars built before 1997, and motorcycles built before 2000, will no longer be able to drive them in the city during daylight hours on weekdays. Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo says keeping old cars out of the city will help lower pollution levels. But not everyone is happy about it. Marc Vernhet makes his living driving tourists...
Europe Must Tackle Air Pollution Public Health Crisis
2016-07-01 19:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Friends of the Earth has welcomed air pollution targets for Europe, including the UK, which were revealed today. However, the environment-focused charity notes that national governments, including Britains, have watered down proposals and must now work together in order to save lives. The National Emissions Ceiling Directive, which puts limits on the emissions of harmful pollutants, is an essential piece of the jigsaw in tackling the UKs dangerous air pollution which claims the lives of 40,000...
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Air Pollution In China, India Shortens Life By Two Years, Study Finds
2016-07-01 18:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: Air pollution reduces life expectancy in the worlds two most populous countries by around two years by 25 months in China and 23 months in India, according to a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA). China has undergone a process of rapid industrialization and urbanization over the past two and a half decades, with demand for energy increasing almost three and a half times since 1990. Almost all the increase was met by fossil fuels, with coal, the dirtiest form of fossil fuel, generating...
Children at nearly 90 London secondary schools exposed to dangerous air pollution
2016-07-01 13:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Children at nearly 90 secondary schools in London breathe illegal and dangerous levels of air pollution, a report for the mayor reveals. Former mayor Boris Johnson was accused in May of burying a report that showed hundreds of primary schools were in areas that breached EU pollution limits in 2010, prompting calls for greater action to clean up the capitals air. But new research looking for the first time at which secondary schools in the capital are exposed to illegal levels of the toxic...
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