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BBC News reports here: Australia unveils plans to slap a tax on carbon emissions for the country’s worst polluters, in one of the biggest economic reforms in years. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; BBC News reports here: Small lasers capable of igniting a fuel/air mixture more efficiently, resulting in less pollution, are demonstrated at a conference in the United States. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; BBC News reports here: Air pollution is damaging 60% of Europe’s prime wildlife sites in meadows, forests and heaths, according to a new report. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; AFP reports here at Yahoo News: BEIJING – Thick smog blanketing Beijing went “beyond” measurable pollution levels on Monday, the US embassy said, as a Chinese official warned people to stay indoors and avoid outdoor activities. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; Pollution: AFP reports here at Yahoo News: BEIJING – China has adopted a plan to tackle heavy-metal pollution, according to state media, after more than 30 major poisoning incidents since 2009. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; BBC News reports here: A court in Ecuador fines US oil giant Chevron $8.6bn (£5.3bn) for polluting much of the country’s Amazon region. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; Fumes from an illegal battery factory are suspected in a lead poisoning incident in China. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; Time.com reports here at Yahoo News: It got little publicity at the time, but almost two years before Deepwater Horizon, an accident imperiled a Caspian Sea platform. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; AFP reports here at Yahoo News: HONG KONG – About 25 percent of Hong Kong’s population wants to leave the city to escape its notoriously polluted air, which has been described as a health crisis, said a survey released Monday. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; USA’s Dirtiest Cities, Forbes.com reports here: California’s got seven of them. Will voters finally help clean the Golden State’s brown air? USA’s Ten Dirtiest Cities are: var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; |
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