Air Pollution News

12:33 PM EST
2/10/2012 Report: Air pollution kills thousands in Bangladesh capitalAir pollution in the Bangladesh capital annually kills thousands of urban poor and millions more suffer from respiratory diseases, a burden on the country's inadequate health budget, says a newly-released report.

Source:AHN Topics:Environmental Issue, Environmental Pollution, Air Pollution, Health, Government Health Care, Medicare, Politics, Government, Government Departments

7:26 AM EST
1/5/2012 China opposes EU scheme on carbon tax for airlines flying in EuropeLess than a week after the European Union extended the Emissions Trading System (ETS) for another year to cut carbon emissions from power stations and industrial plants, Chinese airlines on Thursday said it would not pay any charges to the bloc.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Transport, Air Transport, Environmental Issue, Environmental Pollution, Air Pollution, Politics, Diplomacy

1:57 PM EST
11/16/2011 Bangladesh indicts Islamist leader, spy agency boss in gunrunningA court in Bangladesh on Tuesday accused nearly a dozen suspects, including the chief of an Islamist party, former influential ministers, spy agency bosses and a fugitive Indian guerrilla leader after the police seizure of a record number of weapons.

Source:AHN Topics:Unrest, Conflicts And War, Guerrilla Activity, Bioterrorism, Crime, Law And Justice, Politics

8:09 AM EDT
10/27/2011 Australia one of world's big carbon emission contributorsAustralia has been found to be a major contributor to the global environment’s rapid deterioration.

Source:AHN Topics:Environmental Issue, Environmental Pollution, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Renewable Energy

7:09 AM EDT
10/7/2011 EU carbon cap on airlines legalEuropean Court of Justice Advocate General Juliane Kokott said on Thursday that the European Union proposed cap on airlines, which applies even to North American carriers, is legal.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Transport, Air Transport, Crime, Law And Justice, International Law, International Court Or Tribunal, Environmental Issue, Environmental Pollution, Air Pollution

7:13 PM EDT
8/30/2011 Funeral home introduces cremation alternative with machine that dissolves bodyA funeral home in St. Petersburg, Florida is introducing non-toxic alternative to cremation with the installation of a machine that dissolves human remains in a solution of water and potassium hydroxide.

Source:AHN Topics:Human Interest, Curiosity, Science And Technology, Technology, Environmental Issue, Environmental Pollution, Air Pollution

7:24 AM EDT
7/4/2011 Washington targets average 56.2 miles per gallon for new American cars by 2025The U.S. federal government is proposing new regulations that would require American vehicle manufacturers to produce cars that would have an average 56.2 miles per gallon by 2025. That would mean fuel efficiency would go up almost 5 percent yearly from 2017 to 2025.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Government, National Government, Environmental Issue, Environmental Pollution, Air Pollution, Economy, Business And Finance, Manufacturing And Engineering, Automotive Equipment

7:20 AM EDT
7/4/2011 Foreign airlines challenge EU emission regulationsThe European Court of Justice will hear on Tuesday arguments for and against the European Union’s expanded Emissions Trading System scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, 2012.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, International Law, International Court Or Tribunal, Environmental Issue, Environmental Pollution, Air Pollution, Economy, Business And Finance, Transport, Air Transport

3:49 PM EDT
6/5/2011 Arizona wildfire burns 250,000 acresMore than a thousand firefighters supported by helicopters and planes struggled to contain a raging wildfire that has burned 250,000 acres in east-central Arizona on Sunday.

Source:AHN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Fire, Environmental Issue, Environmental Pollution, Air Pollution

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