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Public anger over pollution is being taken seriously
2013-05-17 02:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Pollution and its health effects are a leading cause of unrest in China as the countrys rapid economic rise is accompanied by often appalling environmental side-effects. The air in most cities is regularly barely breathable and most of Chinas rivers are poisoned. Pollution is the single biggest source of complaint among young people, and most environmental protests are carried out by educated, middle-class Chinese, worried about the danger to their families that environmental degradation can...
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Proposed Fracking Rules Anger Environmentalists, Annoy Industry
2013-05-16 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Journal: The Obama administration on Thursday unveiled a new proposal for its first major regulation of hydraulic fracturing on public lands, attempting to address at least a portion of the controversial drilling practice thats unlocked vast new supplies of U.S. oil and gas but has also raised fears about its environmental impact, particularly on local water supplies. The proposal is softer on energy producers than an initial draft floated by the Interior Departments Bureau of Land Management last year....
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China battery plant protest gives voice to rising anger over pollution
2013-05-11 13:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Hundreds of protesters gathered in the Chinese financial hub of Shanghai on Saturday to oppose plans for a lithium battery factory, highlighting growing social tension over pollution. Police stood by as residents marched peacefully along a busy street in the Songjiang district of the city, gathering at an intersection near the site of a Carrefour hypermarket, chanting and holding signs saying "No factory here, we love Songjiang." Many wore matching t-shirts with an image of a smoky factory...
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Anger Builds In Bangladesh
2013-05-03 03:36:00| Logistics - Topix.net
Rescue officials in Bangladesh said this Tuesday they had given up hope of finding more survivors from a garment factory complex that collapsed killing hundreds, as the government came under pressure to do more to enforce building safety standards.
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In China, public anger over secrecy on environment
2013-03-10 05:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: When China's environment ministry told attorney Dong Zhengwei he couldn't have access to two-year old data about soil pollution because it was a "state secret", it added to mounting public outrage over the worsening environment. Microbloggers, state media and even delegates to this week's session of the National People's Congress, the largely rubber-stamp parliament, were already critical of the government for poor air and water quality. Now they are also expressing disquiet over the scarcity...
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