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Polluted land owners in Ohio end suit against Whirlpool
2015-08-08 22:20:47| Appliances - Topix.net
The owners of contaminated land in northern Ohio near where dozens of children were sickened with cancer have settled their lawsuit against Whirlpool Corp. The move was made after Whirlpool agreed to clean up contaminated soil at the site outside Clyde where the company operates a washing machine factory. The lawsuit had accused the company of dumping potentially cancer-causing waste from the plant at the site that later became a company park.
China's air less polluted first half 2015: Greenpeace
2015-07-22 10:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China saw levels of two common air pollutants improve modestly in the first half of 2015, environmental group Greenpeace East Asia said on Wednesday. Average levels of PM2.5 - particulate matter with a diameter of 2.5 micrometers that can penetrate deep into the lungs - fell 16 percent in the first six months from a year ago, the group said, adding that sulfur dioxide levels also fell 18 percent. "The fall in coal consumption is the principal reason for recent improvements in air quality,"...
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Delhi's polluted air, by the people who live there
2015-06-25 08:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: For three years Mohammad Yunus, his wife Babli, five children and a handful of relatives have made their home on a patch of concrete in the middle of an eight-lane motorway, near a stretch of road named after Mahatma Gandhi. As lorries, buses and motorcycles roar past on either side of the familys cramped bit of south Delhi pavement, and a modern, concrete flyover carries several more lanes of traffic overhead, their evening routine unfolds. A young woman in a pink dress squats to kindle a fire...
Chile declares environmental emergency over polluted Santiago air
2015-06-22 03:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Chilean authorities declared an environmental emergency for the Santiago metropolitan region for Monday, forcing more than 900 industries to temporarily shut down and about 40 percent of the capital's 1.7 million cars off the roads. "We're currently facing unusual conditions, with one of the driest Junes in over 40 years as well as really bad air circulation conditions in the Santiago valley in recent days, which boosts the concentration of contamination," the Environment Ministry said in a statement....
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India to measure air quality in world's most polluted capital
2015-04-06 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: India's prime minister suggested Monday the country's "age-old traditions" could be used to ease its choking smog, as he launched a new air quality index for the world's most polluted capital. Narendra Modi proposed making every Sunday "bicycle day" and switching off street lights during a full moon, amid growing public concern over the impact of air pollution on the health of India's 1.2 billion people. "There can be green solutions in our age-old traditions," he said in a speech at a conference...
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