Wednesday, May 01, 2013

Air Pollution News & Alerts - May 1st, 2013



Resource UK, May 1st, 2013
UK in breach of EU air quality laws.

Huffington Post, May 1st, 2013
Air Quality Awareness Week.

UB Post, April 30th, 2013
Inspections measure car exhaust emissions.

NRDC Switchboard, April 29th, 2013
Air Quality in Latin America: High Levels of Pollution Require Strong Government Action.

This is Beijing, April 27th, 2013
Air pollution monitored with 'eyes' in sky.

International News, April 27th, 2013
A case for public transport.

China Dialogue, April 25th, 2013
A Beijing view of London’s air pollution.

Air Quality News, April 25th, 2013
Defra publishes annual UK air quality statistics.

AQMA, April 25th, 2013
Relative roles of emissions and meteorology in the diurnal pattern of urban PM10: Analysis of the daylight saving time effect.

Science Daily, April 24th, 2013
A Simple Solution to Air Pollution from Wood-Burning Cookstoves.

Bloomberg, April 24th, 2013
U.N. to Issue Guidelines for Reporting Black Carbon Emissions for Global Inventory.

Times of India, April 24th, 2013
How air pollution may cause heart disease.

Parent Herald, April 24th, 2013
Air Pollution in China Forces Kids Indoors.

Patriot News, April 24th, 2013
Truck traffic, power plants continue to hurt Harrisburg region air quality.

Bangkok Post, April 23rd, 2013
Govt clean air push targets crematoriums.

ACP Discussion, April 23rd, 2013
Global and regional temperature-change potentials for near-term climate forcers.

Atlantic Wire, April 23rd, 2013
Beijing Residents May Not Be Able to Escape China's Bad Air.

NDTV, April 23rd, 2013
Smog is altering childhood in China's cities.

Smithsonian, April 23rd, 2013
Heart Attacks May Be Linked to Air Pollution.

Balkan News, April 23rd, 2013
“everyone in the world will have access to electricity” - World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim.

Motherboard, April 22nd, 2013
Reducing Black Carbon and Other Short-Lived Climate Pollutants Could Reduce Sea Level Rise by a Third.

WRI Insights, April 22nd, 2013
5 Keys to Sustainable Development in Indian Cities.

Press Bureau of Information, April 22nd, 2013
Impact of CNG and LPG on Air Pollution.

Vietnam Net, April 22nd, 2013
Bicycles will help reduce pollution, but will make traffic jam more serious.

Egypt Independent, April 21st, 2013
Air pollution indoors and outdoors high, threaten health and environment.

OpEdNews.com, April 19th, 2013
Living with More Pollution: Why Race and Place Still Matter.

Air Quality News, April 19th, 2013
Low Emission Zones ‘part of answer to air pollution’.

Switchboard, April 19th, 2013
It's More Important Than Ever for China to Develop Sustainably.

Auto Car, April 19th, 2013
Smog on the Yangtze.

Times of India, April 19th, 2013
Traffic pollution can give you a heart attack.

China.Org, April 18th, 2013
New air pollution law to set limits for emissions.

Indian Express, April 17th, 2013
Rising Ozone levels choking Bangalore.

Global Times, April 17th, 2013
Expats reconsider living in Beijing over growing pollution.

Indian Express, April 17th, 2013
India lacks strong auto fuel policy.

Deccan Herald, April 16th, 2013
Children falling victims to air pollution in City.

Climate Spectator, April 16th, 2013
Europe's toxic air: clearer but not clean.

Knowledge@Wharton, April 15th, 2013
The Economics of China's Pollution Problem.

Hydrocarbons21, April 15th, 2013
Cutting HFCs and other SLCPs could reduce the rate of sea-level rise by 18%.

Economic Times, April 15th, 2013
Policy soon to end ambiguity on auto emission.

India Express, April 15th, 2013
A Japanese solution for curbing air pollution in India.

Xinhua Net, April 15th, 2013
Smoking, air pollution major health threats in China.

Times of India, April 14th, 2013
Two-wheelers are biggest pollutants in Bangalore.

Wall Street Journal, April 12th, 2013
Why Leave Job in Beijing? To Breathe.

WRI insights, April 11th, 2013
Connecting Sustainable Transport to Urban Development in India.

Global Post, April 11th, 2013
Poor fuel quality major cause of air pollution.

Bangkok Post, April 11th, 2013
Bangkok must break the mould to become world class.

Los Angeles Times, April 10th, 2013
China pollution may hold silver lining for California.

Times of India, April 10th, 2013
Childhood cancers result of air pollution.

The Daily Shift, April 10th, 2013
An Taisce blames air pollution for thousands of premature deaths.

Yahoo News, April 10th, 2013
Now, a Japanese solution for curbing air pollution in India.

China Daily, April 8th, 2013
Beijing to charge people for soot emissions.

New York Times, April 8th, 2013
Air Pollution Tied to Birth Defects.

Vietnam Net, April 8th, 2013
Urban areas getting dirtier.

Power Engineering, April 8th, 2013
Stricter air pollution standards to drive shift from coal to natural gas for power generation.

Forbes, April 8th, 2013
How Much Do Health Impacts From Fossil Fuel Electricity Cost The U.S. Economy?

UN News, April 8th, 2013
Dangers of air pollution worse than previously thought, UN health agency warns.

India Press Information Bureau, April 8th, 2013
Steps to Reduce Air Pollution in the Country.

The Guardian, April 7th, 2013
Pollutionwatch: When temperatures drop, pollution levels can soar.

Hindustan Times, April 6th, 2013
Deforestation cost govt Rs. 2000 cr.

The Energy Collective, April 6th, 2013
Air Pollution in China: The Kids Aren't Alright.

China Dialogue, April 5th, 2013
Beijing won’t meet WHO air pollution standards until 2030s.

Washington Post, April 5th, 2013
Beijing residents rethink life in the big smoke.

Air Quality News, April 5th, 2013
Air policy review one of four ‘key’ EU priorities.

Christian Science Monitor, April 4th, 2013
Beijing is booming, but talent is leaving due to bad air.

Atlantic Wire, April 3rd, 2013
China's Deadly Air Pollution Is Already Up 30 Percent This Year.

Global Cement, April 3rd, 2013
Shanghai to halt cement production when air pollution bad.

Huffington Post, April 1st, 2013
The Air We Breathe: China, Pollution and the EPA As it Awaits a New Director.

Global Times, April 1st, 2013
City to issue air pollution alerts.

New York Times, April 1st, 2013
Air Pollution Linked to 1.2 Million Premature Deaths in China.

Indoor Air Pollution Updates, March 29th, 2013
WASHplus Weekly – Health Impacts of Household Air Pollution.

New York Times, March 29th, 2013
Cost of Environmental Damage in China Growing Rapidly Amid Industrialization.

The Guardian, March 28th, 2013
Malawi warms to sustainable stoves.

Times of India, March 28th, 2013
Air pollution turning Charminar black.

Indian Express, March 27th, 2013
On the anvil: A daily health advisory based on air pollution.

The Hindu, March 27th, 2013
The past & present of Indian environmentalism.

The Globe and Mail, March 26th, 2013
Use of coal power costs $300-million a year in health expenses.

The Global Urbanist, March 26th, 2013
The horrendous costs to human health of motorised transportation in (Indian) cities.

The World Bank, March 25th, 2013
India's Air Pollution Woes.

Vietnam Net, March 23rd, 2013
The smoky streets in Hanoi.

Times of India, March 23rd, 2013
A rot is brewing in the air in Bangalore.

NY Times, March 22nd, 2013
India’s Coal Power Plants Kill Tens of Thousands Every Year.

NY Times, March 21st, 2013
As Pollution Worsens in China, Solutions Succumb to Infighting.

The Atlantic, March 21st, 2013
Carbon Copy: Why China's Air-Pollution Problem Isn't Unique.

Oil Price, March 21st, 2013
The Time has Arrived for China to Take Responsibility for the Environment.

Cringlish, March 16th, 2013
Alternative Energy to Improve China's Air Quality.

Times of India, March 8th, 2013
India can cut vehicular emission through robust inspection and maintenance of on-road vehicles.

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