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Complaints about air pollution in China's capital double in five months
2014-06-14 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Complaints about air pollution in the Chinese capital of Beijing more than doubled in the first five months of 2014, the city environment authority said, a sign of rising public anger about the cost of rapid economic growth. The Beijing Municipal Environmental Bureau revealed late on Friday that 12,599 formal complaints about smog were lodged by members of the public from January to May, 124 percent higher than the same period of last year. Beijing, routinely shrouded in hazardous smog, has been...
EU: 11 countries breach of air pollution limits in 2012
2014-06-13 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: France, Germany and Ireland were among 11 member states to exceed air pollution limits in 2012, the European Environment Agency (EEA) has confirmed. In an update to provisional figures initially released in March, the EEA examined four different pollutants: sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), ammonia (NH3) and non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOC). It found that in addition to France, Germany and Ireland, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Spain...
Air Pollution App Seeks to Shame China's Most Polluting Factories
2014-06-10 18:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: A new smartphone app seeks to shine a spotlight on major Chinese polluters by letting users see in real-time which factories are violating air pollution emissions limits. The app, developed by Beijing-based Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE), uses data from some 15,000 factories throughout China that are now required to report emissions to local officials and the Environment Ministry on an hourly basis. The government made all the data public at the beginning of this year, but now,...
Heavy Air Traffic LAX Increasing Particulate Pollution in LA, Study
2014-05-31 12:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Heavy air traffic at LAX is contributing to pollution woes in Los Angeles. Los Angeles is no stranger to pollution. The city recently topped the list of cities that have the worst ozone pollution in the U.S. Poor air quality with high levels of tiny particulate matter can lead to cardiovascular diseases. An estimated 9,000 people in California prematurely die due to particulate air pollution. A new study from Keck School of Medicine and the University of Southern California suspected that...
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Rules to cut carbon emissions also reduce air pollution harmful to people, environment
2014-05-27 21:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Setting strong standards for climate-changing carbon emissions from power plants would provide an added bonus -- reductions in other air pollutants that can make people sick; damage forests, crops, and lakes; and harm fish and wildlife. This, according to a first-of-its-kind study released today by scientists at Syracuse University and Harvard who mapped the potential environmental and human health benefits of power plant carbon standards. The authors of the new study, "Co-benefits of Carbon Standards:...
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