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Air Pollution Linked to 1.2 Million Chinese Deaths in 2010, Study Says
2013-04-02 19:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Air pollution contributed to the premature deaths of more than 1.2 million people in China in 2010, or about 40 percent of early deaths worldwide caused by dirty air, according to a newly released analysis. The findings, based on data from a study on the distribution and causes of death globally, categorized ambient particulate matter pollution as the fourth-leading factor in premature deaths in China, behind dietary risks, high blood pressure, and smoking. Worldwide, air pollution was the seventh-leading...
Air Pollution Linked to 1.2 Million Deaths in China
2013-04-02 01:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Outdoor air pollution contributed to 1.2 million premature deaths in China in 2010, nearly 40 percent of the global total, according to a new summary of data from a scientific study on leading causes of death worldwide. Figured another way, the researchers said, Chinas toll from pollution was the loss of 25 million healthy years of life from the population. The data on which the analysis is based was first presented in the ambitious 2010 Global Burden of Disease Study, which was published in December...
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San Onofre submits draft linked to restart bid
2013-04-01 23:39:03| Energy - Topix.net
The operator of the shuttered San Onfore nuclear power plant submitted a draft plan to federal regulators Monday that could help pave the way to restart one of the twin reactors by summer.
Wastewater Injection Linked to Oklahomas Largest Earthquake
2013-03-28 22:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: The rising number of earthquakes in normally calm parts of Arkansas, Texas, Ohio and Colorado are linked to the underground injection of wastewater, finds a new study in the journal "Geology." As an example, the study authors point to the magnitude 5.7 earthquake near Prague, Oklahoma on November 6, 2011. The largest quake ever recorded in Oklahoma, this quake is also the largest ever linked to wastewater injection. The quake destroyed 14 homes in the Shawnee-Sparks area, buckled a federal highway...
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Bill to curb food waste linked to climate change passes Iowa Senate
2013-03-28 01:29:04| Waste Management - Topix.net
The Iowa Senate approved a bill Wednesday proposed by three young students from Iowa City that is aimed at reducing methane gas linked to climate change by curbing food waste sent to landfills.
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