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WikiLeaks Reveals BP’s ‘Other’ Offshore Drilling Disaster

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.

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Quarter of Hong Kong people ‘want to move over bad air’

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.

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The USA’s Ten Dirtiest Cities

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:
1 Bakersfield, Calif.
2 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, Calif.
3 Fresno-Madera, Calif.
4 Visalia-Porterville, Calif.
5 Hanford-Corcoran, Calif.
6 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Ariz.
7 Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman, Ala.
8 Modesto, Calif.
9 Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Yuba City, Calif./Nev.
10 Pittsburgh-New Castle, Pennsylvania

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Urban pollution kills more than a million people annually

Air pollution can raise the risk of lung and heart problems. Urban pollution kills more than a million people annually, according to U.N. figures.

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Hungary fights deadly sludge leak

BBC News reports here: Emergency services in Hungary are trying to stop a torrent of toxic red sludge flowing into major waterways, including the River Danube.

and CNN reports:
4 dead after toxic mud floods villages in Hungary

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Australia’s PM launches new bid to price pollution

AFP reports here at Yahoo News: SYDNEY – Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard Monday launched a new push to charge for carbon pollution after being punished for a perceived failure to tackle environmental issues during recent elections.

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Balloon helps Parisians breathe easy

CNN reports here: Floating 150 meters above the Parc Andre Citroen, in Paris’s 15th arrondissement is the Air de Paris, a giant tethered helium balloon telling Parisians how good or bad the air quality is.

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China to get tough on pollution

Reuters reports here at Yahoo News: TIANJIN, China – China will introduce stricter rules to reduce industrial pollution, a senior economic planning official said on Tuesday.

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China closes factories as green deadline looms

AFP reports here at Yahoo News: BEIJING – China, facing the risk of embarrassment if it misses a looming environmental deadline, has ordered thousands of companies to close high-polluting plants as its leadership vies to retool economic growth.

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Oil will impact Gulf for years to come

AFP reports here at Yahoo News: NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana – As BP works to finally kill its runaway well and anxious coastal residents breathe a sigh of relief, experts warn it could take years — or even decades — for the Gulf of Mexico to recover.

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