Latest News about Air Pollution and Its Effects

Domino’s Delivers Pizza in a Zap (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Asia News)
Tuesday May 08th 2007, 9:08 pm

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Climate Registry is launched without Kentucky and Indiana.
Tuesday May 08th 2007, 9:00 pm

Thirty-one states, but not Kentucky or Indiana, have agreed to participate in a voluntary program that allows uniform tracking of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Utah joins green machine.
Tuesday May 08th 2007, 9:00 pm

Utah is joining 30 other states in a new effort to get a handle on the pollution blamed for climate change. [News Source]

Opposition targets oilsands.
Tuesday May 08th 2007, 8:00 pm

The Conservative government fended off accusations from politicians on Tuesday of favouritism for the Alberta oilpatch, while some industry groups defended the new federal environmental regulations that allow the oilsands sector to increase pollution linked to smog over the next decade. [News Source]

Bangalore in 2020: 40 degrees and rising.
Tuesday May 08th 2007, 8:00 pm

For a city which is among the 10 most-polluted in India and Asia, second only to Delhi in vehicle population, Bangalore -- with its rising mercury level -- is a contributor to the global warming phenomenon. [News Source]

Pollution charge zone for lorries set to win go-ahead.
Tuesday May 08th 2007, 8:00 pm

Ken Livingstone is today expected to give the green light to a scheme that will charge polluting buses and lorries about £200 a day to enter Greater London. [News Source]

Clean power that reaps a whirlwind.
Tuesday May 08th 2007, 8:00 pm

Wind-power generators are part of a growing dispute over a United Nations program that is the centerpiece of international efforts to help developing countries combat global warming. [News Source]

Pollution threatens river’s health.
Tuesday May 08th 2007, 8:00 pm

New data on contamination in the Lower Columbia River show concentrations of pesticides, industrial compounds and flame retardants between Portland and Longview, Wash., that rival those in Seattle's Puget Sound. [News Source]

Trends & Innovations - Tuesday (Investor’s Business Daily via Yahoo! Finance)
Tuesday May 08th 2007, 7:00 pm

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New Toronto air quality scale to assess health risk (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News)
Tuesday May 08th 2007, 4:45 pm

As many towns and cities across southern Ontario faced their first smog advisories of the year, the City of Toronto revealed it's changing the way it measures air pollution. [News Source]

Fuel-Tech 1Q Earnings Tumble (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Tuesday May 08th 2007, 9:18 am

Engineering company Fuel-Tech Inc., which specializes in combustion systems for utility and industrial applications, said Tuesday its first-quarter profit fell sharply, as it wound down two projects in China and a number of its utility customers performed plant maintenance. [News Source]