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Smog slowly subsides across UK, but city air pollution remains
2014-04-06 13:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The high levels of pollution have subsided across many parts of the UK, after the most vulnerable were told to stay indoors and avoid heavy exercise for the best part of a week. Concerns were raised on Tuesday after a combination of events including wind, warming temperatures, dust from a Saharan sandstorm and transport emissions triggered extremely high levels of air pollution. Cleaner air from the Atlantic has forced the smog to subside. The event led to a 14% rise in 999 calls made to the...
UK smog: David Cameron accused misunderstanding air pollution crisis
2014-04-03 21:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: David Cameron has come under withering attack from the European Commission, accused of failing to get to grips with the levels of air pollution in Britain after he labelled the smog afflicting parts of the country a "naturally occurring weather phenomenon". As ambulance services in London reported a 14% spike in 999 calls due to breathing problems and forecasters predicted the poor conditions would subside by the weekend, Cameron urged people to take heed of warnings from the Met Office and public...
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Smog expert: Worsening Saharan dust storms become annual Spring fixture as climate changes
2014-04-03 13:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The Saharan dust storms thickening Britains smog and coating cars from Cornwall to Aberdeen will become increasingly strong in the coming years as a nasty mixture of drought, development and intensive farming in North Africa pushes up air pollution, a leading dust expert warned yesterday. The rapid population growth in Western Sahel countries such as Chad, Niger, Mali and Mauritani in the past 20 to 30 years has prompted a surge in agriculture which has greatly increased the amount of dust, Dr...
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Smog alert: 'very high' air pollution levels spread across England - live
2014-04-03 10:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: David Cameron has dismissed the smog alert as a "naturally occurring weather phenomenon". He made the remark in his interview to BBC1's Breakfast, when he also revealed he skipped his morning run. PA quoted the prime minister saying: It is unpleasant, and you can feel it in the air. The advice I would give to people is listen very carefully to what the Met Office is saying about the weather. Public Health England's website, you can look at that. Or just go to gov.uk, which is the Government's...
United Kingdom: Diesel, not just dust, has helped create this smog
2014-04-03 08:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: No one doubts that the Saharan dust in the smog affecting parts of the UK is to blame for the layer of grime now sitting on cars but experts agree that the more dangerous element for people's health is the increasingly noxious pollution belching out of our vehicles and industrial plants. Air pollution from vehicles, factories and homes is now so bad, regularly, in Britain that when it is exacerbated by a storm in the Sahara 2,500 miles away, or by high pressure over northern Europe, it can leave...
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