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Illegal air pollution will blight many UK cities for at least five years
2015-12-17 14:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Dozens of UK cities including London, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Cardiff and Edinburgh will still be in breach of EU limits on air pollution for at least the next five years, despite an air quality action plan issued by the government on Thursday. The plan is a response to a supreme court ruling in April on the governments failure to meet European limits of harmful NOx gases, which are mostly caused by diesel traffic and blamed for nearly 9,500 premature deaths each year in London alone. But...
New Delhi's Driving Restrictions Put Air Pollution Problem into Focus
2015-12-11 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inside Climate News: On Sunday night in Indias smoggy capital, Husain Akbars 6-month-old daughter, Inaara, woke up with labored breathing. Terrified, he and his wife raced the baby to a hospital, where she was treated. Delhis terrible air believed by some to be the worst in the world caused the scary episode, the doctor said. Akbar later penned a heartfelt message on his Facebook page, asking friends to take seriously the governments emergency air quality control measures, announced last week. When your baby...
A view of Paris from a hot air balloon: putting pollution on the climate agenda
2015-12-10 12:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The air quality is officially good, 400ft above Paris in a balloon at rush hour. From that height you can see the ring road and many of the citys 37 bridges blocked with traffic, the commuting trains coming in, and on the first cold day of winter water vapour rising from several power stations as thousands of central heating systems fire up . A yellowish haze has formed on the horizon as air pressure builds, but the pollution from Pariss transport, construction sites and power stations is...
World leaders urged cut air pollution to save lives poor countries
2015-12-03 14:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: World governments have been urged to tackle air pollution in poorer countries by greening cities, reducing traffic and adopting better diets, and told that this will also rein in climate change, which global health specialists estimate will cause at least 250,000 additional deaths a year by 2030. It makes complete sense to tackle air pollution and climate change together, said Maria Neira, director of the World Health Organisations (WHO) department of public health. The solutions are the same....
China air pollution reaches almost 50 times WHO-recommended level
2015-11-09 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Chinese state media has criticised the response of local officials in north-eastern China, where air pollution has reached almost 50 times above the recommended levels. Levels of PM2.5, the tiny airborne particles considered most harmful to health, reached 1,157 micrograms per cubic metre in Liaoning province's Shenyang on Sunday, data from the city's environmental protection bureau showed. The level that is considered safe by the World Health Organisation (WHO) is 25 micrograms. "As far...
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