| Pollution blamed for Hong Kong's loss of appeal to expats http://www.earthtimes.org/a... Air Pollution Articles Earthtimes - Hong Kong - Air pollution is causing expatriates to shun Hong Kong in favour of other cities such as Singapore, a media report said Monday. A lack of places at international schools and the city's redevelopment of unique historical buildings with ... |
| SB County may sue EPA over air pollution http://www.lompocrecord.com... Air Pollution Articles Lompoc Record - Santa Barbara County air regulators may join in lawsuits against the federal Environmental Protection Agency for its alleged failure to regulate pollution from thousands of cargo ships passing through the Santa Barbara Channel. The county Air ... |
| Space Sensors Shed New Light On Air Quality http://www.terradaily.com/r... Air Pollution Articles Terra Daily - Air pollution is becoming one of the biggest dangers for the future of the planet, causing premature deaths of humans and damaging flora and fauna. With their vantage point from space, satellites are the only way to carry out effective global ... |
| County Air Pollution Control District plans to sue EPA http://www.santamariatimes.... Air Pollution Articles Santa Maria Times - The Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District (APCD) announced today its intent to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over what it called the EPA’s failure to regulate pollution from large ship engines, as required under the ... |
| Living green in Manhattan: no toilet paper, no elevator http://blogs.zdnet.com/gree... Air Pollution Articles ZDNet Blogs - Another recent NoImpactMan post talks about the difficulty of getting average Americans to really take global warming seriously, “The biggest marketing problem in history,” he calls it. “Tell people that air pollution causes asthma in one in ... |
| SafeHome Filters Offers Tips for Healthier Home Air This Winter http://www.forbes.com/busin... Air Pollution Articles Forbes - Closing up a home for winter weather can make allergies and asthma worse, due to sealing in aggravating indoor air pollutants. Indoor air pollution poses a greater health risk than air pollution found outdoors. Dangerous gases such as formaldehyde ... |
| Environmental pollution increases crime rate? http://blogs.zdnet.com/gree... Air Pollution Articles ZDNet Blogs - Posted by Harry Fuller @ 8:06 am Categories: Blogroll , fossil fuel , research , federal government , air pollution , cars & traffic ... Is there a link between pollution and higher crime rates? An article published in The Journal of Economic Analysis ... |
| Beijing's air looks too dirty for Olympics http://www.washingtontimes.... Air Pollution Articles The Washington Times - With less than 10 months to go before the 2008 Olympics, air pollution emerged as one of Beijing's biggest headaches. A report by the United Nations Environment Program criticized Beijing's cleanup as slow, noting some pollution exceeded World Health ... |
| State orders Sparrows Point mill to cut grit http://www.baltimoresun.com... Air Pollution Articles Baltimore Sun - Though the steel giant went bankrupt in 2001, succeeding owners have been bound by the consent decree. In August, the MDE and Maryland's attorney general reached an agreement with ISG-Mittal Steel to correct unrelated air pollution violations and ... |
| Children kept indoors as Beijing fog turns to smog http://www.reuters.com/arti... Air Pollution Articles Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing's weather office warned children and the elderly to stay indoors on Friday as heavy fog blanketed the host city of the 2008 Olympics, exacerbating its chronic air pollution, Chinese state media reported. Fog caused severe ... |