Full Coverage: Pollution
May 2008
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13.05.2008
WASHINGTON, May 13 (OneWorld) - What single silver bullet is simultaneously reducing air pollution and oil dependency, rolling back urban congestion, and fighting obesity?
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [Governance] [Health] [Climate change] [Transport] Image: A Kenyan man on a bicycle in traffic. © Worldwatch Institute
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13.05.2008
Allaying the fears of adverse environmental impact, Tata Power says its proposed 1,000 MW thermal power unit in eastern India will use the latest technology to keep the air, water and noise pollution well below the statutory limits. The company also intends to offer fair price to landowners.
more...Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Environment] [Corporations] |
08.05.2008
Climate change is happening faster than predicted and the world could be as much as seven degrees hotter by the end of the century, an Australian scientist says.
more...From: Sydney Morning Herald Related topics/regions: [Australia] [Climate change] Image: Hot planet
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08.05.2008
The natural caves of Meghalaya's Jaintia hills are a rich repository of climate change taking place over a million years. Indiscriminate coal mining and unsuitable extraction techniques are now imperiling the biodiversity of this archaeological heritage.
more...Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Biodiversity] [Climate change] Image: Coal miners inside a cave / Photo credit: Fraser Simpson / Down to Earth
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08.05.2008
A study by the world's leading experts has revealed that airlines are pumping 20 per cent more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than estimates suggest.
more...From: The Independent Related topics/regions: [Climate change] [Transport] Image: The aviation industry is exempt from the Kyoto protocol
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06.05.2008
Kuluttajajärjestöt vaativat hallituksilta tiukempaa kontrollia, jotta myrkyllisiä ainesosia sisältävän elektronisen jätteen dumppaaminen kehitysmaihin saadaan kuriin.
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06.05.2008
Policymakers should not succumb to pumping vast amounts of taxpayers money into the elusive promise of carbon capture and storage, concludes Greenpeace in a new report.
more...From: Greenpeace International Related topics/regions: [Climate change] [Credit and investment] [Energy] Image: Coal-fired power stations are the largest single source of CO2 emissions
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05.05.2008
The American Petroleum Institute has just begun running a feel-good commercial that argues "America's future" lies in drilling out domestic reserves of oil and natural gas.
more...From: Gristmill Related topics/regions: [United States] [Climate change] [Corporations] [Consumption] [Energy] Image: Sunset industry? Not according to the API © Friends of the Earth International
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01.05.2008
In the United States, even the people with the lowest usage of energy are still producing, on average, more than double the global per-capita average, an MIT class has estimated.
more...From: Science Daily Related topics/regions: [United States] [Climate change] [Consumption] [Transport] [Energy] Image: How big is your footprint? © Jeffrey Allen
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