Category: Pollution

UN sees new peril in Asia’s huge brown cloud cover

BEIJING – Thick brown clouds of soot, particles and chemicals stretching from the Persian Gulf to Asia threaten health

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California dirty air kills more than car crashes

FRESNO, Calif. – Lowering air pollution in Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley would save more lives annually

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Japan CO2 hits record

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan's greenhouse gas emissions rose to a record high in the year to March, putting the

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Pollution trial opens in Ivory Coast

ABIDJAN (AFP) - The trial opened in Ivory Coast on Monday of 12 people charged with involvement in a

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Pollution increases 3 percent

WASHINGTON - The world pumped up its pollution of the chief man-made global warming gas last year, setting a

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Hundreds of ducks die after landing in oil sands in Canada

FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta - Canada's government was investigating an oil sands company after hundreds of ducks that landed on

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Pittsburgh surpasses Los Angeles as nation’s sootiest city

LOS ANGELES - A city outside California has for the first time been named the sootiest in the nation,

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Mercury found in birds in U.S. rivers

WASHINGTON - Mercury contamination in rivers can spread to nearby birds, even ones that don't eat fish or other

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A thirsty planet looks for solutions to water shortage

PARIS (AFP) - A world without fresh water would be a world bereft of humans, and yet one in

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China has become the world’s worst polluter

China is now the world's biggest carbon emitter ahead of the US, a soon-to-be-published report says. Report courtesy of

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