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Fracking health project puts numbers to debate, suggests air pollution may be bigger concern
2013-08-25 11:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A project examining the local health impacts from natural gas drilling is providing some of the first preliminary numbers about people who may be affected, and the results challenge the industry position that no one suffers but also suggest the problems may not be as widespread as some critics claim. The Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project has been trying to help people who feel they've been sickened by natural gas drilling or processing for about 18 months in one county south...
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EPA orders air pollution controls for fracked gas wells
2013-08-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
McClatchy: Air pollution from thousands of natural gas wells that are fracked every year will be reduced under regulations that the Environmental Protection Agency issued on Wednesday. Its the first time the EPA has required air pollution controls at hydraulically fractured, or fracked, wells. The new rule targets smog-forming volatile organic compounds and air toxics that increase cancer risks. The same equipment also would trap methane, a potent heat-trapping gas in the atmosphere. President Barack Obama...
United Kingdom: Air pollution monitoring stations face closure as government looks to cut costs
2013-08-22 08:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Up to 600 stations for monitoring air pollution across England could be shut down under new government plans to save money by cutting regulations. Ministers want to remove obligations on local authorities to assess air quality in their areas, resulting in less monitoring. But environmental campaigners are accusing them of trying to hide one of the country's biggest public health problems. Government advisers have estimated that one type of pollutant miniscule particles from diesel engines,...
China Air Pollution About Three Times Higher than Safe Particulate Level
2013-08-01 15:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: Beijing registered air pollution levels that are at least three times higher than the "safe" level advised by the World Health Organization. The latest figures on the particulate matter in air were released by the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP). The report included data from 74 cities. The agency said that the concentration of PM2.5 particulates in 74 cities was about 76 micrograms per cubic meter for the first six months. According to the WHO this concentration should not be over 25...
Speed up air pollution reduction
2013-07-31 14:37:17| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Climate change is a global scourge that requires action by everyone. American efforts to protect the planet are particularly vital to prevent the worst impacts. What most people dont realize, however, is that these efforts will be implemented by the states -- and that could be a very good thing. President Obamas plan for addressing climate change calls for reducing carbon pollution 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020. The cornerstone is his directive to the Environmental Protection Agency to...
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