Tag Archives: Air Pollution

Paris pollution levels dropped during March’s car ban

EMERGENCY measures to fight March’s spike in pollution in Paris had a small but measurable effect, air-quality monitors in the capital have said. In a report published yesterday Airparif, the NGO that monitors air quality, revealed that the registration plate-based … Continue reading →

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Air quality watch issued for Lompoc area

An air quality watch was issued today as high winds have to potential to whip ash and soot particles produced by the Miguelito Canyon fire south of Lompoc into the air. The advisory will be in effect as long as … Continue reading →

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Beijing just handed out the city’s largest-ever fine for air pollution—to a US joint venture

Beijing officials have struggled to clean up the oppressively polluted capital city’s air by limiting cars, curbing production in nearby provinces, and promising tough new quotas and fines for offenders. City authorities announced their biggest fine yet today, a 300,000 yuan ($48,092) … Continue reading →

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Air quality at ‘closed’ bus stands on pollution radar

The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has undertaken a study to assess the air quality at bus stands in and around Bangalore. The Board is conducting the study to assess the levels of pollutants, especially carbon monoxide and carbon … Continue reading →

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Kenya : Let Nema explain cause of air pollution in city

The air in Nairobi is polluted. Not as bad in some China cities, says the World Health Organisation, but all indications are that it could get worse as more people move to the city and more industries are set up … Continue reading →

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Traffic pollution seen as a major contributor to new asthma cases

By the time you’ve finished reading this sentence, you’ve likely taken two breaths and inhaled about two litres of air. In a day, the average person will breathe in about 20,000 litres. Consider the amount of pollution that air contains … Continue reading →

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Air quality problems in Sheffield and Derbyshire exposed

People in Sheffield and Chesterfield are being exposed to unsafe levels of potentially deadly air pollution, a new report claims. They are among nine urban areas in the UK named by the World Health Organisation for breaching safe levels of … Continue reading →

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WHO study tags Baguio air as ‘most polluted’ in PH

Local government officials led by Mayor Mauricio Domogan here have called for a review in the recent findings of the World Health Organization (WHO) that Baguio City’s air quality is more polluted compared to Manila and Cebu cities. This as … Continue reading →

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