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Clean Air and Climate Change: Two Books to Get You Going

2016-01-03 05:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Huffington Post: A couple of years ago, my extended family gathered for Thanksgiving in Los Angeles. Looking across a splendid vista over the city, my 40-something nephew asked me, "Is it true that 40 years ago you couldn't see the hills on the other side?" Progress, I thought, that he really had no idea how smoggy it used to be. And that's a source of satisfaction for one who spent his career working to clean the air. But progress brings a new burden: to tell the history of how the air got cleaned up. And to...

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India readies plan to clean Delhi's air, but won't focus on vehicles

2015-12-23 22:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: India is devising a plan to combat smog in the capital New Delhi, the world's most polluted city, two senior officials said, but the government is stopping short of targeting the powerful transport industry. Instead, the plan will call for enforcing bans on what some environmentalists regard as relatively minor sources of pollution, including burning of garbage and construction dust. The World Health Organisation said last year that 13 of the world's 20 most polluted cities were in India, with...

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N.R. Murphy brings clean air to schools across Canada

2015-12-17 22:44:24| Canadian Plastics Headlines

N.R. Murphy has been meeting the dust collection needs of many industries for more than 70 years. The education sector is one of the industries it serves. The post N.R. Murphy brings clean air to schools across Canada appeared first on Canadian Plastics.

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