Air Pollution Alerts - July 25th, 2009

News & Information; Every Sunday (Last on July 19, 2009)

I am away on vacation till September 5th, 2009 (next post).

About, June 26th, 2009
Kerosene Coal Oil and the Shell Oil Company.

Book, July 26th, 2009
The Fire Dogs of Climate Change.

The Nation, July 25th, 2009
Air pollution costs Tk 134 b a year in capital alone - Dhaka, Bangladesh.

AFP, July 24th, 2009
Hong Kong proposes new air quality targets.

Cycling Botswana, July 24th, 2009
Climate Change in Botswana: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions through implementation of non-motorized transport options.

Belfer Center, July 24th, 2009
Realistic Costs of Carbon Capture.

Times of India, July 24th, 2009
Transport strike leaves commuters in the lurch in Kolkata.

Times of India, July 24th, 2009
15 year old vehicles to be banned.

New York Times, July 24th, 2009
An Amazon Culture Withers as Food Dries Up.

Reuters, July 24th, 2009
Singapore keeps top spot in expat survey.

Science Blog, July 24th, 2009
Improved air quality during Beijing Olympics could inform pollution-curbing policies.

Energy Tribune, July 23rd, 2009
Kirk R. Smith – Why the Rural Poor Need Propane and Butane.

Science News, July 23rd, 2009
Pollution and Health Reform.

Examiner, July 23rd, 2009
Clean Energy 101: Can fossil fuels become clean energy?

Xinhua Net, July 22nd, 2009
Chinese city prepares for Asian Games.

Reuters, July 21st, 2009
Parent stress, air pollution up kids' asthma risk.

New York Times, July 21st, 2009
Video: Tata Nano Passes European Crash Test.

Windsor Star, July 21st, 2009
Windsor tests new way to measure air quality.

Times of India, July 21st, 2009
JNNURM Officials to focus on one project at a time in India.

Care, July 21st, 2009
Our Kids' Brains...and Air Pollution.

Foreign Policy, July 20th, 2009
A spot of trouble in the subcontinent.

Mother Nature Network, July 20th, 2009
Are small particulates a big deal?

Guardian, July 20th, 2009
IPCC chief: Benefits of tackling climate change will balance cost of action.

Manila Bulletin, July 20th, 2009
Stepping up pollution control and security measures at Pandacan oil depots.

Dawn (Pakistan), July 20th, 2009
Urban transport policy finalised for Pakistan.

ICTSD, July 20th, 2009
Innovation and Technology Transfer to Address Climate Change.

Wall Street Journal, July 20th, 2009
India and Climate Change.

Climate Progress, July 20th, 2009
Making buses cool again.

Times of India, July 19th, 2009
Price hurdles for LPG switch.

Columbus Dispatch, July 19th, 2009
Looking closely at the climate bill.

Times of India, July 19th, 2009
Choking Callousness: City drives into smog.

Times of Malta, July 19th, 2009
Plan A for better air.

RV.net, July 18th, 2009
Forget CO2: Aerosols are the Global Warming Culprit.

Beijing Minds, July 18th, 2009
Cornell’s Max Zhang Studies Air-Quality In Beijing During Olympics.

Hedon, July 17th, 2009
Commercialization of Improved Cookstoves for Reduced Indoor Air Pollution in Urban Slums of Northwest Bangladesh.

RFF, July 17th, 2009
The Role of Technology Policies in Climate Mitigation.

The Australian, July 15th, 2009
Al Gore and friends create climate of McCarthyism.

Times of India, July 4th, 2009
Cooking fires weakening Indian monsoon.