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VIDEO: Indonesia smog: No solution in sight
2013-07-18 06:16:48| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Smog caused by fires in Indonesia has been blighting the region, but political leaders have struggled to find a solution.
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Upside of heat wave: Smog levels are lower
2013-07-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sacramento Bee: It may seem like a small comfort after seven consecutive days of triple-digit temperatures, but residents of the Sacramento region are breathing easier this summer than they did during California's last major heat wave. A combination of preferable weather conditions and federal, state and local efforts to reduce ozone emissions have paid off for people who care about their respiratory systems. Ten years ago, during a similar week of blazing temperatures, "our air quality would have been a lot...
Indonesia president apologizes for Southeast Asia smog
2013-06-25 02:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Indonesia's president has apologized for the raging forest fires that have blanketed its neighbors Singapore and Malaysia with thick smog in Southeast Asia's worst air pollution crisis in 16 years. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Indonesia was doing everything it could to contain the fires on the island of Sumatra, including the deployment of military aircraft to waterbomb the blazes, and has earmarked around 200 billion rupiah ($20 million) to handle the disaster. The week-long environmental...
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Singapore threatens legal action against local firms blamed for smog from Sumatra
2013-06-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Singapore said yesterday that it would pursue local firms found to be involved in starting forest fires in Sumatra, Indonesia, as Greenpeace said the blazes were on palm oil plantations owned by Indonesian, Malaysian and Singaporean companies. Smog has engulfed the city state, with air pollution reaching a record high on Friday, although the level had dropped to "moderate" by yesterday afternoon. Foreign Minister K. Shanmugam said Singapore would investigate possible legal action against domestic...
Indonesia fights fires, faces ire as smog blankets Singapore
2013-06-22 06:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Air quality in Singapore improved significantly to "moderate" pollution levels on Saturday, as Indonesian planes waterbombed raging forest fires and investigators scrambled to determine the cause of one of Southeast Asia's worst air pollution crises. Indonesia's environment minister said eight domestic firms were suspected of being responsible for the blazes on Sumatra island that blanketed neighboring Singapore in record levels of hazardous smog. The parent companies of the Indonesian firms included...
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