Category Archives: World News

Air pollution: UK environment ministers face court action within weeks 

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

Law firm ClientEarth says it will seek urgent court action because of the risk to people’s lives from dangerous emissions UK environment ministers will be taken to court within weeks to make them speed up plans to reduce dangerous urban … Continue reading →

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Air pollution at this level for 10 more years will put a generation at risk 

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

The courts must be involved: the quality of air our children breathe is too important to be decided in secret by ministers and the motor trade When I was eight years old, I used to hold my breath when I … Continue reading →

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Mumbai’s air swings between ‘poor’ and ‘severe’ 

Posted on January 12, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

Mumbai’s air quality differs in different pockets because of variable topography, wind movement and factors such as vehicular density, industries, biomass burning, bakeries, construction, garbage dump sites On Sunday, Mumbaikars woke up to poor air quality. At 10 a.m., the … Continue reading →

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Drivers May Pay for Next Step in Fight Against Air Pollution

Posted on January 12, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

Some U.S. drivers may soon see a new expense at the gas pump: the cost of taking the global-warming fight on the road. New York and four other states are exploring ways to put a price on the air pollution … Continue reading →

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Coughing much? Hong Kong suffers bigger rise in poisonous ozone pollution than industrial Guangdong 

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

But environmental campaigners say pollution cannot be solely blamed on mainland sources Hong Kong has seen a bigger rise in poisonous ozone pollution than industrial Guangdong – but pollutants from the mainland are not solely to blame, environmental campaigners say. … Continue reading →

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Diesel fumes ‘biggest health catastrophe since Black Death’ as London exceeds yearly air pollution levels 

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

Diesel exhaust fumes are causing the biggest health catastrophe since the Black Death, a campaign group has claimed, as new figures show air pollution limits for the whole year have been breached in just eight days in London. European Union … Continue reading →

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London takes just one week to breach annual air pollution limits 

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

Parts of the capital have already breached EU hourly limits for nitrogen dioxide pollution which causes thousands of premature deaths each year London has already breached annual pollution limits just one week into 2016, and only weeks after the government … Continue reading →

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Beijing imposed $28 million in pollution fines last year 

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

Beijing’s environmental watchdog levied fines totalling about 183 million yuan ($27.76 million) for violations of pollution laws in the Chinese capital last year, the state news agency Xinhua said on Friday. The agency did not offer a comparative full-year figure, … Continue reading →

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