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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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These countries have deadliest air pollution. (Surprisingly, Georgia is No. 1.)
2016-06-28 09:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vox: Every year, air pollution kills about 6.5 million people worldwide -- linked to everything from lung cancer to heart disease to strokes. Its an honest-to-goodness public health crisis. So the International Energy Agency just put out a huge report on how pollution got so bad and what we might do about it. Heres a striking chart showing where air pollution is deadliest, with countries ranked by deaths per 100,000 people. This includes deaths linked to sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx),...
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Air pollution seen costing trillions to save millions, IEA says
2016-06-27 02:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Malaymail Online: Air pollution will continue rising in the next decades unless nations around the world invest trillions in cleaner energy and emissions controls, the International Energy Agency said. The Paris-based agency is calling for governments to adopt a strategy to cut pollutants by half, a plan that would add about 7 per cent to the total energy investment needed through 2040, according to a report today. That includes US$4.8 trillion (RM19.8 trillion) for advanced pollution control and accelerating the...
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Air pollution to kill millions more without change of energy policy: IEA
2016-06-27 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A woman wearing a protective mask makes her way in a business district on a heavily polluted day in Beijing, China January 3, 2016. Premature deaths from air pollution will continue to rise to 2040 unless changes are made to the way the world uses and produces energy, the International Energy Agency said on Monday. Around 6.5 million deaths globally are attributed each year to poor air quality inside and outside, making it the world's fourth-largest threat to human health, behind high blood...
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Supreme Court rejects case challenging key White House air pollution regulation
2016-06-14 15:06:44| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: The Supreme Court on Monday left intact a key Obama administration environmental regulation, refusing to take up an appeal from 20 states to block rules that limit the emissions of mercury and other harmful pollutants that are byproducts of burning coal. The high courts decision leaves in place a lower-court ruling that found that the regulations, put in place several years ago by the Environmental Protection Agency, could remain in effect while the agency revised the way it had calculated the...
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