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Singapore Engulfed in Smoke Pollution From Illegal Fires
2013-06-21 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Billowing smoke from illegal fires on the Indonesian island of Sumatra has engulfed Singapore this week, pushing air pollution to record levelsfor three consecutive days. The smoke, which is captured in a new NASA satellite image, has created an acrid blanket of smog across the region and historic levels of air pollution. According to government officials, Singapore's air pollution index reached 401 on Friday, a level considered hazardous for breathing. Before this week, the previous high was 226....
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Air pollution in Indonesia and Singapore in pictures
2013-06-21 14:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Fires in peat swamp forests on Indonesia's Sumatra island have created massive plumes of smog that have drifted over Singapore and Malaysia. Singaporeans have been urged to stay indoors and officials have said Jakarta must do more to stop plantation owners and farmers staring fires to clear land cheaply
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Hold ron Indonesian fires worsen, Singapore smog sets record
2013-06-21 12:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Military planes water-bombed Indonesian forest fires that worsened on Friday and blanketed neighboring Singapore in record levels of hazardous smog for a third straight day in one of Southeast Asia's worst air-pollution crises. As Singaporeans donned face masks and pulled children from playgrounds and Malaysia closed schools in the south, the deliberately-lit fires grew bigger in some areas. Whipped up by winds, the blazes added to fears over health problems and diplomatic tension in Singapore,...
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Singapore air pollution hits record high
2013-06-21 12:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Air pollution in Singapore has soared to a record high for a third consecutive day, as Indonesia prepares to send planes and helicopters to battle the fires blamed for hazardous levels of smoky haze in three countries. The blazes in peat swamp forests on Indonesia's Sumatra island have sent massive plumes of smog across the sea to neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia, both of which are growing impatient with Indonesia's response to the problem that occurs nearly every year. Singapore is suffering...
Businesses hit as Singapore haze moves in
2013-06-21 11:53:00| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Businesses hurt as smog drives people indoors in Singapore
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