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UN hails success of 30-year-old air pollution pact
Geneva :: FL :: USA | about 1 hour ago
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Countries in the northern hemisphere have significantly cut air pollution thanks in part to a 1979 treaty, highlighting the potential for a broader climate change pact to be negotiated next month in Copenhagen, a U.N. body said Tuesday. Levels of sulfur...
Tags: acid rain, Geneva, Environment, Air pollution, Multi-effect Protocol, Climate change, Global warming, Chemical engineering, Smog, Pollution
Jakarta, the floods, the transportation and the dirties cities
Jakarta, the floods, the transportation and the dirties cities If you are a workers who live in Depok, Tanggerang, Bogor or Bekasi but should go to your offices or factory in Jakarta every day, maybe you are the unlucky...
Tags: Jakarta, the floods, the transportation and the dirties cities, Environment, air pollution, public spaces, Republic of Indonesia, ambient air, Indonesian Consumers Committee Watch, public transportation, dirties city, Depok, allnews, Air (band), Indonesia, Bekasi, Jakarta City, Disaster Accident
Spare the Air alert darkens fireplaces on Thanksgiving Day
Martínez :: Mexico | about 10 hours ago
Credibility The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued a "Spare the Air" alert for Thanksgiving Day, which means burning of firewood, pellets or manufactured fire logs will be illegal indoors and outdoors...Friday. "Cold, still weather will contribute...
Tags: Air, Mexico, Martínez, Heating ventilating and air conditioning, Air pollution, Environment, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, Bioenergy, Wood fuel, Air Quality Index, Wood, Disaster Accident, Air dispersion modeling
Scheme waste of time, say protesters
Auckland :: New Zealand | about 15 hours ago
Credibility A group calling themselves "Climate Realists" petitioned against the emissions trading scheme at Parliament yesterday. Petition organisers Neil and Esther Henderson from Gisborne, with support from Kiwi Party leader Larry Baldock, presented 10,000 signatures...
Tags: climate realists, Parliament and Parliament, climate change, emissions trading, trading scheme, Mr Henderson, New Zealand, Auckland, Environment, Air pollution, Greenwashing, Carbon finance, Sustainability, New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme
Minister says ETS simple - well pay more
Auckland :: New Zealand | about 15 hours ago
Credibility Maori Party will stand by ETS deal 25/11/2009 12:32:02 The Maori Party's co-vice president Te Orohi Paul is denying suggestions it could backtrack on its ETS support deal with National > Read More Frontage of chartered accountants' firm in Patea extensively...
Tags: Maori Party, emissions trading, trading scheme, ETS, says ets, minister says, Parliament, New Zealand, Auckland, Environment, Carbon finance, New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme, Greenwashing, Sustainability, Chartered Accountant, Patea, Politics, Energy policy of Australia, EU Allowances, Carbon credit, Air pollution, South Taranaki District, Mￄﾁori, Climate change in Australia, Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
Convictions slump worrying
Pretoria :: South Africa | about 16 hours ago
Credibility A slump in the number of convictions for environmental crimes, from 748 to 258, is worrying Minister for Water and Environmental Affairs Buyelwa Sonjica . Releasing the National Compliance Enforcement Report in Pretoria on Wednesday, she pointed out that...
Tags: South Africa, Pretoria, Air pollution, Environment, Environmental crime, Criminology, Climate change, Chemical engineering, Inspection, Law Crime, Air dispersion modeling, Pollution
Air district issues burn restriction reminder
Alameda :: CA :: USA | about 18 hours ago
Credibility The regulations mean no burning is allowed when a Spare the Air alert has been issued; violators face a fine after the first infraction. The rules are intended to curtail wintertime air pollution, to which wood smoke is the largest contributor and constitutes...
Tags: Alameda, Heating ventilating and air conditioning, Environment, Fuels, Air pollution, Bioenergy, Wood fuel, Disaster Accident, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, Fireplace, Stove, Pellet stove, Heaters, Air dispersion modeling
Can of words on ETS
Sydney :: Australia | about 20 hours ago
Credibility Article from: Terry McCrann November 25, 2009 11:00pm THE Business Council and the Minerals Council have responded very differently to the ETS deal between Malcolm Turnbull and Kevin Rudd. The response from the BCA shows that it has lost all claim to...
Tags: BCA, ETS, Copenhagen, Australia, Minerals Council, global deal, wall st, Graham Bradley, cut emissions, GST, Sydney, Air pollution, Greenwashing, Emissions trading, Carbon finance, Business Finance, Sustainability
State's Coalition united behind emissions trading
New York City :: NY :: USA | about 20 hours ago
Credibility S Coalition MPs have avoided the bitter split over global warming that has created chaos in the federal Liberal and National parties. State Liberal leader Ted Baillieu and National Party leader Peter Ryan yesterday said they were climate change believers...
Tags: climate change, Mr Brumby, VICTORIA'S Coalition, emissions trading, New York City, Environment, Air pollution, Individual and political action on climate change, Carbon finance, Global warming, Low-carbon economy, Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
Curbing global warming saves lives, studies say
New Delhi :: India | about 21 hours ago
Credibility Cutting global warming pollution would not only make the planet healthier, it would make people healthier, too, new research suggests. Slashing carbon dioxide emissions could save millions of lives, mostly by reducing preventable deaths from heart and...
Tags: climate change, carbon dioxide, medical journal, reduce carbon, Lancet, greenhouse gases, global warming, India, New Delhi, Environment, Carbon finance, Environmental science, Chemical engineering, Air pollution, Pollution, Black carbon, Action on climate change, Mitigation of global warming, Social Issues, California Air Resources Board, Kyoto Protocol, Livestock, Energy in the United States, Meat, Scientific opinion on climate change, Cycling, Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions, Climate Care, Air dispersion modeling, Active travel, Sustainable transport
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