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| California passes new auto emission rules |
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| Times of India , Saturday, January 28, 2012 |
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SAN FRANCISCO: Seeking to influence other states and Washington, California air regulatorspassed sweeping auto emission standards Friday that include a mandate to have 1.4 million electric and hybri ...More
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| Choking The Life Force of Our Cities (N) |
| Shaheena Khan |
| The Pioneer (Dehradun) , Wednesday, January 25, 2012 |
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Air pollution has reached alarming levels as far as Delhi is concerned. It does not require an environmental expert to say that. Chimneys spewing out black-grey smoke and releasing pungent-stench, in ...More
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| PPCB finds rainwater in Golden Temple not acidic |
| TNN |
| Times of India , Wednesday, January 04, 2012 |
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CHANDIGARH: The Punjab government on Tuesday informed Punjab and Haryana high court that it had found four industrial units causing pollution in and around historical Golden Temple in Amritsar. Howeve ...More
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| Polluted Punjab (k) |
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| The Tribune (Chandigarh) , Saturday, December 31, 2011 |
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It is, indeed, unfortunate that Punjab has been poisoned by the people who live off its land, and whose livelihood depends on industries that are located in the state. The intensively farmed state has ...More
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| In Land of Rivers, Black Flows The Water (N) |
| Sarbjit Dhaliwal |
| The Tribune (Chandigarh) , Friday, December 30, 2011 |
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27 December 2011
The Planning Commission, which is keen to include environmental performance as a parameter in the criteria for the allocation of Central assistance, devised a model last year to buil ...More
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| Ozone Paradox (N) |
| Basudeo Prasad |
| The Tribune (Chandigarh) , Friday, December 23, 2011 |
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IN the air pollution abatement, Ozone does represent an amazing paradox, exhibiting an apparently contradictory nature. An ordinary but awaken person has popular misinformation that ozone is toxic in ...More
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| Protecting Taj Mahal (k) |
| Anuradha Dutt |
| The Pioneer (Dehradun) , Friday, December 23, 2011 |
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Is Haryana’s diversion of much of the Yamuna waters at the Hathnikund barrage to blame for the drying up of the Yamuna downstream during the non-monsoon months? And is this phenomenon endangering the ...More
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| EU agency: air pollution costs exceed $134 billion |
| AP |
| Times of India , Friday, November 25, 2011 |
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark: The European Environment Agency says air pollution cost Europe more than (euro) 100 billion ($134 billion) in 2009 including by making workers sick and damaging crops.
In a re ...More
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| PPCB begins training of firemen at brick-kilns |
| Umesh Dewan / Tribune News Service |
| The Tribune , Thursday, November 24, 2011 |
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Patiala, November 23
The Punjab Pollution Control Board has started giving training to firemen working at various brick-kilns operational in the state. As many as 500 firemen were given training duri ...More
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| Polluting industrial units raided |
| Our Correspondent |
| The Tribune , Thursday, November 24, 2011 |
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Dera Bassi, November 23
A team of the Pollution Control Board today raided several industrial units here.
KS Pannu, Chairman, PPCB, said on a tip-off, the team raided an industrial unit, Monarch T ...More
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| ‘Careless’ PCB to blame for pollution in Bermo |
| SURESH NIKHAR | BERMO |
| The Pioneer , Tuesday, November 22, 2011 |
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Air pollution caused by the thermal power stations, coal mines and chemical industries in Bermo sub-division has triggered grave concern.
Bermo is located as one of the most polluted areas of Jhark ...More
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| Celebrities pressure China over pollution gauge |
| AFP |
| Times of India , Wednesday, November 09, 2011 |
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BEIJING: Several Chinese celebrities have joined an online campaign aimed at pressuring the government into improving the way it measures air pollution, as residents increasingly worry about their hea ...More
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| Beijing accuses US embassy of pollution 'hype': Report |
| AFP |
| Times of India , Friday, November 04, 2011 |
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BEIJING: Environmental authorities in Beijing have accused the US embassy of "hype" after its widely-publicised measurements of air quality in the Chinese capital sparked concern, state media said Fri ...More
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| Air pollution threatens State Capital |
| DR NITISH PRIYADARSHI |
| The Pioneer , Thursday, November 03, 2011 |
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We are already seeing the effects of air pollution in Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand. It has also affected the climate. From last several years Ranchi is facing extremes of the climate. In year 2005 ...More
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| When Government’s Eco Claims Went Up in Smoke (N) |
| Umesh Dewan & Gurdeep Singh Mann |
| The Tribune (Chandigarh) , Thursday, November 03, 2011 |
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Tall claims of the state government’s concern about the environment and earnest efforts to bring down the air pollution level in the state were exposed at the inaugural function of the second edition ...More
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| When government’s eco claims went up in smoke |
| Umesh Dewan & Gurdeep Singh Mann /Tribune News Service |
| The Tribune , Thursday, November 03, 2011 |
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Patiala/Bathinda, Nov 2
Tall claims of the state government’s concern about the environment and earnest efforts to bring down the air pollution level in the state were exposed at the inaugural functi ...More
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| ‘Air pollution increased four times this year’ |
| PNS | DEHRADUN |
| The Pioneer , Friday, October 28, 2011 |
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On the day of Diwali, smoke emission, resulting from fire crackers and vehicles adding to air pollution was observed four times the standard in Dehradun. This was disclosed by officials of Uttarakhand ...More
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