Thursday November 23rd 2006, 10:00 pm
If environmentalists really cared about global warming, they would stop demonstrating against nuclear power stations, motorways and airport expansion and start demanding serious government commitments to energy research.
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Give us non-polluting energy — starting now.
It may sound like a joke.
Thursday November 23rd 2006, 8:00 pm
Along with the encouraging rhetoric that came out of the yearly United Nations conference on climate change was a shocking proposal to spew more pollution into the air to combat global warming through "geoengineering".
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Ban Yellowstone’s snowmobiles.
Thursday November 23rd 2006, 8:00 pm
Despite some improvements in emissions, snowmobiles continue to pollute the park's air and disturb its quiet.
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Why baby formula and tap water don’t mix.
Thursday November 23rd 2006, 8:00 pm
The American Dental Association says this prevents tooth decay, but this month an advisory was added to their website. Do not mix fluoridated water with your baby's formula.
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EPA pressed to tighten ozone limits.
Thursday November 23rd 2006, 8:00 pm
Environmental organizations, health advocates and the Environmental Protection Agency's own scientists are urging the EPA to tighten federal limits on ozone in America's air.
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Proposed Ontario labelling law would target carcinogens.
Thursday November 23rd 2006, 8:00 pm
Ontario should take the lead in getting cancer-causing chemicals in consumer products off the shelves, the province's NDP environment critic said Thursday.
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Uruguay/Argentina pulp mills controversy deepens.
Thursday November 23rd 2006, 8:00 pm
The ever increasing controversy between Uruguay and Argentina over the construction of pulp mills and pickets blocking routes reached a new peak Thursday.
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ITO, Chandi Chowk have high air pollutants.
Thursday November 23rd 2006, 8:00 pm
New Delhi, India's busy traffic intersection ITO and the historic Chandni Chowk have air pollutants higher than standards, Minister of State for Forest and Environment Namo Narain Meena said on Friday.
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Companies deny having chartered Barge Ras.
Thursday November 23rd 2006, 8:00 pm
P & I Club and the International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds said it did not charter the sunken Barge Ras, which carried 59,649 sack of oil debris from oil-spilled areas in Guimaras, Philippines.
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Marsa ‘worse’ than Delimara.
Thursday November 23rd 2006, 8:00 pm
Data published yesterday by the European Union show that air pollution from the power station in Marsa, Malta is much worse than that from Delimara.
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UK’s Brown to target air travellers, big cars.
Thursday November 23rd 2006, 8:00 pm
Plane passengers and people who drive petrol-thirsty cars will face a hike in taxes under finance minister Gordon Brown's pre-budget report, the Financial Times said on Friday, citing details of the plan.
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