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Chinese insurer offers Beijing residents cover against smog
2014-03-18 12:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A state-owned Chinese insurer will offer residents of Beijing insurance cover against health risks caused by air pollution, promising to pay out 1,500 yuan ($240) to policy holders hospitalized by smog. The policy, available for 10-50 year olds, will also pay out 300 yuan ($48.56) when the city's official smog index exceeds 300 for five consecutive days, a level considered "hazardous", according to a notice posted on the People's Insurance Company of China (PICC) website (www.epicc.com.cn). Beijing's...
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France curbs Paris car drivers to combat dangerous smog
2014-03-16 12:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: France will introduce driving restrictions in Paris on Monday to tackle dangerous pollution levels, the first such ban for twenty years as politicians try to get rid of health-threatening smog days before municipal elections. Paris is more prone to smog than other European capitals because of France's diesel subsidies and its high number of private car drivers. A week-long spell of unseasonably warm, sunny weather has recently exacerbated the problem. Under the scheme, drivers may only use...
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VIDEO: Panasonic's Chinese smog premium
2014-03-14 03:58:36| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
As Japanese electronics firm Panasonic offers staff moving to China a payment to help cope with the country's notorious smog, Theo Leggett examines if more firms will follow.
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EPA Slashing Sulfur in Gas by 2/3 to Reduce Smog
2014-03-10 17:59:22| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
EPA has decided that the amount of sulfur in gas is to be at California levels nationally, or reduced by two-thirds. Low-sulfur fuel to be available nationally by January 2017. GET MORE DETAILSThe Article EPA Slashing Sulfur in Gas by 2/3 to Reduce Smog appeared first on Automotive Digest.
Palm oil corporations blamed as smog chokes Indonesia
2014-03-07 09:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Fires in Indonesia are destroying large areas of forest on land owned by lumber and palm oil companies, casting further attention on western companies that buy commodities from the affected regions. The fires, which have been burning since late February, have emitted a blanket of smog, which has triggered respiratory problems in more than 30,000 people, according to local reports. Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesperson at Indonesias National Disaster Management Agency, said that causes of pneumonia,...
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