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NASA Selects Instruments To Study Air Pollution, Tropical Cyclones
2016-03-14 05:26:55| pollutiononline News Articles
NASA has selected two proposals for new Earth science investigations that will put new instruments in low-Earth orbit to track harmful particulate air pollutants and study the development of tropical cyclones
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Blueair Air Pollution Snapshot Shows Air Pollution In Los Angeles And New York Worse Than In Beijing
2016-03-14 03:18:03| pollutiononline News Articles
Levels of air pollution inLos AngelesandNew York Citywere higher at times the past week than inBeijing, according to a snapshot survey in early March conducted by Blueair, a global leader in indoor air purification systems
Delhi's air pollution is a classic case of environmental injustice
2016-03-09 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The news that India is introducing a new tax on car sales to help combat severe air pollution and congestion problems has unsurprisingly been decried by the countrys car industry. The chair of Indias largest car manufacturer, Maruti Suzuki, says the tax is going to hurt the industry, and will impact growth and affect job creation. Following the announcement, shares in Maruti Suzuki traded more than 5% lower. But others have celebrated the move, recognising that business as usual cannot...
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Government told to take action on air pollution or face legal challenge
2016-03-01 10:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Press Association: The government must take steps to tackle air pollution within days or face further legal action, it has been warned. Environmental law firm ClientEarth has sent a final warning letter to environment secretary, Liz Truss, giving her 10 days to act or face action in the high court. The group, which won a ruling against the government in the supreme court over its failures on air pollution last year, says the environment departments (Defra) recently published plans to cut pollutants fall woefully...
The country with the worst air pollution is not the one youre thinking of
2016-02-27 19:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Its a never-ending debate in Asia -- whose air quality is worse, Chinas or Indias? A new study by Greenpeace released Monday is trying to answer that question. Analysts looked at NASA satellite images and found that measurements of particulate matter -- the microscopic particles that invade your lungs and can cause cancer and heart disease -- improved impressively in China over the past few years while air quality in India has worsened, with 2015 ranking as Indias most polluted year on record....
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