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Alliance AutoGas launches 5300-mile, 12-city Coast-to-Coast Clean Air Ride with converted F-150
2016-04-28 10:56:08| Green Car Congress
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National Parks Facing Stronger Air Pollution Regs
2016-04-27 13:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing stronger air pollution rules at national parks, but climate activists and conservationists say it may be too little, too late for the great outdoors. The views at national parks, and the air tourists breathe, are often distorted by air pollution, the EPA said. "The regional haze program helps to protect clear views in national parks, such as Grand Canyon National Park, and wilderness areas, such as the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge,...
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Alert! America's Most Polluted Cities Revealed in 2016 State of Air Report
2016-04-27 13:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: According to the American Lung Association (ALA), more than half of the American population resides in "unhealthy hot spots." Are you one of them? In its annual "State of the Air" report for 2016, ALA rounds out the cities with the most polluted air by considering two types of air pollution: ozone and particle pollution, measured in short-term spikes and year-long average. Of the total American population, there is an estimated number of 166 million Americans at risk of premature death, the report...
MPs: UK air pollution is a 'public health emergency'
2016-04-27 01:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Air pollution in the UK is a public health emergency, according to a cross-party committee of MPs, who say the government needs to do much more including introducing a scrappage scheme for old, dirty diesel vehicles. The governments own data shows air pollution causes 40,000-50,000 early deaths a year and ministers were forced to produce a new action plan after losing a supreme court case in 2015. But the MPs heavily critical report, published on Wednesday, says even more action is required...
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More urgent action needed on air pollution in Britain-MPs
2016-04-27 01:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A government plan to tackle air pollution in five major cities in Britain by 2020 will not be enough and more urgent action needs to be taken, lawmakers said on Wednesday. Britain has some of the highest levels in Europe of the pollutant nitrogen dioxide, which is produced by diesel vehicles, and has already breached EU limits. Last year, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said it would introduce so-called clean air zones in areas of Birmingham, Leeds, Nottingham,...
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