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| Kolkata beats Delhi in pollution |
| Express News Service |
| The Indian Express , Friday, February 27, 2009 |
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Kolkata: Even as the state Government struggles to implement the blanket ban on two-stroke autos and 15-year-old vehicles along with the conversion of four-stroke autos into the LPG mode, environmenta ...More
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| Kolkata choked by air pollution: Study |
| IANS |
| The Economic Times , Friday, February 27, 2009 |
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KOLKATA: Even as the West Bengal government is engaged in frantic efforts to phase out old vehicles, green activists claim that Kolkata is fast heading towards disaster due to abnormally high air poll ...More
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| Oil refiners to pay $141m over pollution |
| REUTERS |
| Times of India , Thursday, February 12, 2009 |
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WASHINGTON: Two oil refiners in Wyoming and Kansas have agreed to pay a total of $141 million to settle air pollution violations, the US Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday.
Frontier O ...More
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| Technology purifies exhaust gas from diesel engines |
| IANS |
| The Economic Times , Tuesday, February 10, 2009 |
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LONDON: The bulk of Danish vehicles fleet runs on diesel, which is causing air pollution in urban areas, from carbon particles, nitrogen oxides and unburned hydrocarbons.
A new four-year project a ...More
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| Technology purifies exhaust gas from diesel engines |
| IANS |
| Times of India , Tuesday, February 10, 2009 |
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LONDON: The bulk of Danish vehicles fleet runs on diesel, which is causing air pollution in urban areas, from carbon particles, nitrogen oxides and unburned hydrocarbons.
A new four-year project a ...More
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| Pollution preferable to unemployment |
| AFP |
| The Economic Times , Monday, February 09, 2009 |
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COPSA MICA, Romania: For the residents of Copsa Mica, a tiny town in central Romania, the closure of its local smelting plant is a worse catastrophe than having a reputation as the most polluted place ...More
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| Pollution preferable to unemployment |
| AFP |
| Times of India , Monday, February 09, 2009 |
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COPSA MICA, Romania: For the residents of Copsa Mica, a tiny town in central Romania, the closure of its local smelting plant is a worse catastrophe than having a reputation as the most polluted place ...More
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| Obama reverses Bush effort in pollution case |
| AP |
| Times of India , Sunday, February 08, 2009 |
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WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama is abandoning a Bush administration appeal of an air pollution case, signaling that the US government will embrace tougher rules to cut mercury emissions from power ...More
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| `Brick kilns the biggest source of air pollution' |
| TNN |
| Times of India , Monday, February 02, 2009 |
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KANPUR: In addition to vehicular traffic and industrial units contributing to the atmospheric pollution in the city, 800 tonne of coal being burnt in 200 odd brick kilns of the city daily is perhaps t ...More
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| 'City's air pollution at an all time low' |
| TNN |
| Times of India , Saturday, January 31, 2009 |
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VADODARA: Substantial increase in CNG-operated vehicles plying in the city and daily cleaning work have reduced the pollution level of Vadodara city drastically in the last four years, according to Gu ...More
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| Some climate damage already irreversible |
| AP |
| The Economic Times , Tuesday, January 27, 2009 |
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WASHINGTON: Many damaging effects of climate change are already basically irreversible, a team of international researchers declared Monday, warning that even if carbon emissions can somehow be halted ...More
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| HK pollution levels 10 times clean air guidelines |
| AFP |
| The Economic Times , Saturday, January 24, 2009 |
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HONG KONG: Thick smog enveloped Hong Kong again on Friday, as scientists and campaigners said recent pollution had reached levels ten times above annual World Health Organisation guidelines for clean ...More
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| Seminar on global warming organised |
| TNN |
| Times of India , Friday, January 23, 2009 |
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THANE: With the issue of global warming affecting the planet, governments across the world have been trying their best to curb the issue. In an initiative to take the step further, the TMC, along with ...More
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| Sugar factory shut down for violating pollution norms |
| PTI |
| The Economic Times , Tuesday, January 20, 2009 |
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MUMBAI: A leading sugar factory in western Maharashtra has been closed down after Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) found it violated water and air pollution norms.
MPCB ordered closure o ...More
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| Weekday car pollution leads to lightning strikes |
| ANI |
| The Economic Times , Saturday, January 17, 2009 |
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LONDON: Fumes coming out of your car not only lead to pollution and global warming, but may also cause an increase in lightning strikes for miles around.
Owing to weekdays, the rush of road vehicl ...More
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| Green Haryana pins hope on electric autos |
| Sukhbir Siwach , TNN |
| Times of India , Thursday, January 15, 2009 |
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CHANDIGARH: Green revolution is about to get a new meaning in Haryana as the state readies to launch a major project to control vehicular pollution. As a priority, the state plans to phase out petrol ...More
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| Toxic toll on nervous system |
| SANJAY MANDAL |
| The Telegraph , Wednesday, January 14, 2009 |
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Vehicular emission is getting on our nerves, with crippling consequences.
After destroying the lungs and damaging the heart, foul fumes from the city’s transport fleet led by the katatel-powered au ...More
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| Talcher losing its green cover: Rani Park needs protection |
| Srikanta K Tripathy | Talcher |
| The Pioneer , Wednesday, January 14, 2009 |
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The sustained call to prevent alarming rise of pollution in the industry-and-mines-rich Talcher seems to fall into deaf ears. No doubt the State and the Central Governments are cornering crores of r ...More
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| Burning of plastics will be under the fiery scanner today |
| Special Correspondent |
| The Hindu , Tuesday, January 13, 2009 |
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CHENNAI: Police will initiate action against those burning plastic, tyre and other materials on Bhogi day.
An official release from the police said already the men in uniform had created awareness ...More
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| Cement plants create environmental hazard |
| Our Correspondent |
| The Tribune , Sunday, January 11, 2009 |
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Solan, January 10
With series of cement plants coming up in a close proximity at Darlaghat and its precincts the tourism industry is facing the brunt of pollution.
Since the cement plants emplo ...More
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