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Mayor failure clean up London air pollution 'risks children's health'
2015-01-08 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: London mayor Boris Johnson is risking childrens health by blocking action to clean up Londons poor air quality, the citys former deputy mayor has claimed. Nicky Gavron said the mayor had failed to deliver on his promise of an electric car revolution and is not cleaning up buses quickly enough. London has been in breach of EU pollution limits since 2010, and is not expected to reach safe levels for another 15 years, despite the threat of fines from the EU. Until we have political leadership...
Air pollution will scar health of London's children
2015-01-08 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: In the 14 years I have been representing Londoners at City Hall, the problem of air pollution has rarely been off the top of the political agenda. Of all the environmental challenges the capital currently faces, air pollution is by far the most deadly. In the year 2000, when city government was restored, we knew that exposure to air pollution was associated with serious health conditions like asthma. Fourteen years and a great deal of scientific research later, we now know that diesel exhaust...
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China's largest coal power plant violating air pollution levels every week
2014-12-18 06:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Chinas largest coal-fired power plant has been violating national emission standards for chemicals that cause dangerous fine particulate matter pollution, official figures show. The Waigaoqiao coal-fired power plant located in Shanghai has been violating Chinas national standards for nitrogen oxides every week since new standards came into force in July, according to analysis of publicly available government data by researchers at Greenpeace East Asia. The data shows that phase two of the...
Airpol, Inc. Offers Exceptional Air Pollution Control Services To International Clients
2014-12-01 05:30:10| pollutiononline Home Page
When it comes to being responsible stewards for the environment, AirPol, Inc. takes its role very seriously. For the past 45 years, they have been helping global companies meet air pollution control standards with their systems which include the Venturi scrubber and wet scrubber, more specifically, the acid gas absorber
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India court slams Delhi's worsening air pollution
2014-11-27 10:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Indias environment court has slammed the government over the capitals horrendous air pollution, which it said was getting worse every day, and ordered a string of measures to bring it down. The National Green Tribunal directed all vehicles older than 15 years be taken off New Delhi roads, pollution checks undertaken for all state-run buses and air purifiers installed at the citys busy markets. Environmentalists welcomed the decision, saying policymakers were failing to heed the emergency...
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