WASHINGTON, DC, April 29, 2009 (ENS) Six out of every 10 Americans – 186.1 million people – live in areas where air pollution endangers lives, according to the 10th annual American Lung Association State of the Air report released today. Some of the biggest sources of air pollution – dirty power plants, dirty diesel engines [...]
Posts from ‘April, 2009’
Lower Tolls Expected To Mean More Traffic On HK-Macau-Zhuhai Bridge
Fanny W. Y. Fung Apr 25, 2009 The government has revised its projection on traffic flow for the future Hong Kong-Macau-Zhuhai bridge, with estimates showing that 40 per cent more vehicles will use the link than previously forecast. Secretary for Transport and Housing Eva Cheng said a revision was made because the tolls could be [...]
Pollution In Chinese Cities ‘Extremely Severe’
1 day ago AFP BEIJING (AFP) — Air pollution in China’s cities remains very serious, state media on Thursday quoted a minister as saying, amid an ongoing battle to clean up the skies in the world’s largest coal-consuming nation. “There is the potential for serious air pollution incidents to happen, and the air environment situation [...]
Objections To Sludge Incinerator Overriden – Officials Seek Funding For Tuen Mun Project
Agnes Lam, SCMP – Apr 23, 2009 The government will press ahead with plans for a sludge incinerator in Tuen Mun despite strong opposition from the district council and residents. About 80 residents holding banners and chanting slogans greeted Secretary for the Environment Edward Yau Tang-wah yesterday outside the Tuen Mun Government Offices, as he [...]
Delta Air Quality ‘Making Huge Gains’ – Officials Claim Success In Anti-pollution Drive
Cheung Chi-fai, SCMP – Apr 23, 2009 Environmental officials have claimed “huge” success in efforts to improve air quality in the Pearl River Delta, although they admit plummeting industrial production could have had something to do with it. They say that after completion of major sulfur-reduction projects in Guangdong and a switch to cleaner industrial [...]
California approves emissions reductions
McClatchy Newspapers, By KEVIN YAMAMURA 23th April, 2009 California became the first state in the nation Thursday to mandate carbon-based reductions in transportation fuels in an attempt to cut the state’s overall greenhouse gas emissions. The California Air Resources Board approved a phased-in reduction starting in 2011, with a goal of shrinking carbon impacts 10 [...]
EPA Applies Clean Air Act To Greenhouse Gas Emissions
By John Timmer – Ars Technica | Last updated April 17, 2009 Two years after a Supreme Court decision ordering the EPA to decide how to approach greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act, the Agency has finally issued proposed findings that the gasses endanger public health, and that emissions from automobiles contribute to [...]
Zim Shows Off Environmentally Friendly Ship
The Chronicle Herald.ca By TOM PETERS Business Reporter – 9 Apr 2009 The world’s shipping lines are under international pressure to help protect the oceans from pollution. Zim Container Line is one of several major carriers that is taking the challenge seriously. Zim, a customer at the Port of Halifax since 1972, bought one of [...]
Government To Help Firms Take Advantage Of Green Opportunities
Cheung Chi-fai, SCMP – Apr 08, 2009 The government will organise seminars for local professionals in environmental services this month, to help them explore emerging markets locally and across the border, Environment Secretary Edward Yau Tang-wah said. Mr Yau said the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement had enabled such servicing companies to own and operate businesses [...]
Pollution Link with Birth Weight
BBC News – 8 April 2009 Exposure to traffic pollution could affect the development of babies in the womb, US researchers have warned. They found the higher a mother’s level of exposure in early and late pregnancy, the more likely it was that the baby would not grow properly. The study, published in the Journal [...]