Sunday, October 30, 2011

Air Pollution Alerts - October 30th, 2011






News & Information; Every Sunday
(Last on October 23rd, 2011)

China Daily, October 31st, 2011
Air quality suffers due to smog.

Financial Express, October 31st, 2011
Air pollution needs attention.

Mongolia News, October 30th, 2011
New Buses to Serve Public Transport in Ulaanbaatar.

Times of India, October 30th, 2011
Indore to be host of All India Mayors' Conference once again.

Indian Express, October 30th, 2011
Brand Metro.

Xinhua Net, October 30th, 2010
Dense fog shrouds north, central China.

The Economist, October 29th, 2011
Clean energy in California - On its own sunny path.

Los Angeles Times, October 29th, 2011
U.S. Embassy air quality data undercut China's own assessments.

The Grist Magazine, October 28th, 2011
This Daily Show investigation of science will make you lol-sob.

The Press Enterprise, October 28th, 2011
INLAND: Smog slightly worse in 2011.

Times of India, October 28th, 2011
Cracker pollution goes down, with push from nature.

Indian Express, October 28th, 2011
Air pollution dips this Diwali, overall worsens.

Outlook India, October 28th, 2011
Pollution Down This Diwali in Delhi But Noise Level Up.

The Hindu, October 28th, 2011
Delhi Govt. pats itself for lower air pollution on a ‘windy' Diwali.

Climate Spectator, October 28th, 2011
Clearing the haze in China.

Aid Netherlands, October 28th, 2011
South Africa: Transport unites communities, reduces carbon.

The Grist List, October 28th, 2011
Developing countries take the climate change bullet for the rest of us.

Fast Company, October 27th, 2011
Painting Your Roof White Doesn't Work.

NPR, October 27th, 2011
The Global Coal Trade's Complex Calculation.

The CityFix, October 27th, 2011
Striking a Balance in Transport for All Road Users.

Science Daily, October 27th, 2011
Global Warming Target to Stay Below 2 Degrees Requires More Action This Decade.

The Daily Star, October 27th, 2011
ADB to give $4.5b to Bangladesh in 5 years.

The Guardian, October 27th, 2011
White roofs are not a global warming silver bullet.

Xinhua Net, October 27th, 2011
China closes 7,000 enterprises for pollution violations in five years.

NRDC Switchboard, October 27th, 2011
NRDC joins UNEP to celebrate global elimination of leaded gasoline--A huge step forward for children's health.

Science Daily, October 26th, 2011
New Tool Clears the Air On Cloud Simulations.

The Guardian, October 26th, 2011
Map reveals stark divide in who caused climate change and who's being hit.

The Daily Star, October 26th, 2011
Waste management.

Renewable Energy Magazine, October 25th, 2011
Wake-up call for fossil fuels as true costs calculated.

Reuters, October 25th, 2011
Smog dims shine of India’s Diwali festival of lights.

PR Newswire, October 25th, 2011
China, Japan and USA Largest Markets for Air Treatment Systems.

BBC, October 25th, 2011
China 'won't follow US' on carbon emissions.

Science Daily, October 25th, 2011
Glaciers in Southwest China Feel the Brunt of Climate Change.

Science Tech, October 25th, 2011
China’s glaciers in ‘meltdown’ mode.

Center for American Progress, October 24th, 2011
China Pours Money into Smart Grid Technology.

Huffington Post, October 24th, 2011
China Should Play by the Rules, and America Should Play to Win.

China Daily, October 24th, 2011
China to cap non-renewable energy consumption.

Bloomberg Business Week, October 24th, 2011
China Qinhuangdao Coal Price Rises to Highest in Three Years.

Contra Costa Times, October 24th, 2011
Railroads cite voluntary steps to reduce diesel emissions.

Climate-L News, October 24th, 2011
WRI, UNEP Release Paper on Climate Regime Design.

Environmental Technology, October 24th, 2011
Helsinki metro project aimed at boosting air quality.

The Pioneer, October 24th, 2011
CNG: Eco-friendly, but road traffic has worsened.

Xinhua Net, October 23rd, 2011
China's coal consumption rises 10.3 pct in first three quarters.

China Daily, October 22nd, 2011
Heavy fog dampens Beijing's blue sky ambition.

China Daily, October 22nd, 2011
Polluting plant hasn't resumed.

Wall Street Journal, October 22nd, 2011
How Do You Get to 7 Billion People?

The Guardian, October 21st, 2011
Groundbreaking data tracks carbon emissions back to their source.

Xinhua Net, October 21st, 2011
City planners use expo to promote environmental awareness.

Xinhua Net, October 21st, 2011
Beijing heating goes solar.

People's Daily, October 21st, 2011
China plant in pollution scandal defies government ban on production.

India Together, October 10th, 2011
Radiation looms over power plans.

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Air Pollution Alerts - October 23rd, 2011






News & Information; Every Sunday
(Last on October 9th, 2011)

Times of India, October 23rd, 2011
City gets more Games-type air monitoring centres.

The New York Times, October 23rd, 2011
Cost of Subsidizing Fossil Fuels Is High, but Cutting Them Is Tough.

Xinhua Net, October 22nd, 2011
Heavy fog closes expressways, dampens Beijing's blue sky ambition.

IEDR, October 21st, 2011
The Study of Black Carbon and Other Pollutants in the Atmosphere.

Climate Watch, October 21st, 2011
Clearing the Air on Climate and Smog.

Info Mongolia, October 21st, 2011
People of Buriyatia to reduce air pollution in Ulaanbaatar.

Los Angeles Times, October 21st, 2011
'Too dirty to fail'?

BBC, October 21st, 2011
Global warming 'confirmed' by independent study.

The Guardian, October 20th, 2011
Will the High Speed 2 rail line reduce emissions?

Red Orbit, October 20th, 2011
NASA Takes A Look Back At A Decade Of Fires.

Science Daily, October 20th, 2011
Visual Tour of Earth's Fires.

Science Daily, October 20th, 2011
Space Weather Prediction Model Improves Forecasting.

Science Daily, October 20th, 2011
Significant Ozone Hole Remains Over Antarctica.

Science Daily, October 20th, 2011
Urban 'Heat Island' Effect Is a Small Part of Global Warming; White Roofs Don't Reduce It.

Times of India, October 20th, 2011
Indian cities can't do without a Metro.

NRDC Switchboard, October 20th, 2011
An Inside Look at a Cleaner Textile Mill in China.

The TIME, October 19th, 2011
How Chinese Babies Pay the Price for Chinese Pollution.

The Hindu, October 19th, 2011
Slowdown fears in India unwarranted, says German Consul.

Financial Express, October 19th, 2011
'Sweden to help rehabilitate climate change victims in BD'.

Working Knowledge, October 19th, 2011
Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future.

China Dialogue, October 19th, 2011
Clearing the haze.

Science Daily, October 19th, 2011
Pollutants Linked to 450 Percent Increase in Risk of Birth Defects in Rural China.

Science Daily, October 19th, 2011
NASA, Japan Release Improved Topographic Map of Earth.

Science Daily, October 19th, 2011
Technologies for the City of Tomorrow.

NPR, October 18th, 2011
Curbing Cooking Smoke That Kills More People Than Malaria.

World Bank, October 18th, 2011
Mongolia - Ulaanbaatar Clean Air Project : safeguards report.

Environmental Health News, October 18th, 2011
"Ultrafine" mistaken in an otherwise illuminating air pollution article.

Huffington Post, October 18th, 2011
Heating and Air Pollution in Santiago, Chile.

All Africa, October 18th, 2011
The Cookstove Conundrum - Old Ways Vs. New Habits, Better Health.

The Grist Magazine, October 18th, 2011
How billions without electricity will benefit from clean energy.

Mother Nature Network, October 17th, 2011
Mongolia's capital tries to shed its smog.

Yale 360, October 17th, 2011
A Once-Polluted Chinese City Is Turning from Gray to Green.

The Guardian, October 17th, 2011
How a smoggy Chinese city turned green.

The Reuters, October 17th, 2011
Mongolia's capital tries to shed its smog.

The Tribune Times, October 17th, 2011
We can't switch off coal power.

Kuwait Times, October 17th, 2011
Kuwait among 10 most polluted nations: WHO.

Science Daily, October 17th, 2011
Links in the Chain: Global Carbon Emissions and Consumption Difficult to Attribute.

Slate Magazine, October 16th, 2011
From Dung Power to Solar Power.

Times of India, October 16th, 2011
When damp coal left us in darkness.

NRDC Switchboard, October 16th, 2011
Air Pollution Can Make You Fat.

Science Daily, October 16th, 2011
Google Earth Typhoid Maps Reveal Secrets of Disease Outbreaks.

Economic Times, October 15th, 2011
Coal crunch may trip power plants including those of NTPC.

The Hindu, October 15th, 2011
Clean up the air.

Engineering News, October 14th, 2011
Stricter enforcement of ambient air quality standards for brick manufacturing.

Huffington Post, October 14th, 2011
What I Learned About China and the Environment from Cathay Pacific.

Science Daily, October 14th, 2011
Emissions of Atmospheric Compounds: New Scenarios for the IPCC.

SciDev.Net, October 12th, 2011
Indo-French satellite to boost climate insight.

Resource Investing News, October 12th, 2011
China to Lead in Electric Vehicle Market.

Parisar Pune, September 12th, 2011
India Transport Budget Analysis 2011-12.

The Hindu, October 11th, 2011
Highways take a toll on pedestrians.

UC Riverside, October 11th, 2011
Fighting Pollution to Slow Climate Change.

The Guardian, October 10th, 2011
Climate change not factored into companies' value, warns UN chief.

Global Times, September 29th, 2011
Lanzhou has worst air in nation.

One News Page, September 28th, 2011
Railways To Take Big Steps for Fourth Generation Development.

The Hindu, September 13th, 2011
Model footpaths planned on five roads.

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Air Pollution Alerts - October 9th, 2011






News & Information; Every Sunday
(Last on October 2nd, 2011)

World Bank, October, 2011
Greenhouse Gas Emission Mitigation in Road Construction and Rehabilitation: A Toolkit for Developing Countries.

The Hindu Business Line, October 9th, 2011
Challenges of mobility.

The Hindu, October 9th, 2011
Delhi Zoo safe for inmates.

Hindustan Times, October 9th, 2011
New BMC norms for your footpaths.

The City Fix, October 7th, 2011
Making Room for Delhi’s Bicycle Culture.

Waste Management World, October 7th, 2011
Jindal Group's upcoming waste-to-energy plant has Delhi fuming.

The Guardian, October 7th, 2011
Europe's greenhouse gas emissions rise.

The Guardian, October 6th, 2011
Airlines can be charged for carbon pollution, court rules.

The Guardian, October 5th, 2011
Melting Arctic ice clears the way for supertanker voyages.

The Live Mint, October 4th, 2011
Soot-monsoon link to be studied.

Climate-L, October 3rd, 2011
The urban dimension of climate change.

The Guardian, October 3rd, 2011
China to tighten air pollution standards.

Times of India, October 3rd, 2011
Set emission cut target date for all nations.

All Africa, October 1st, 2011
Uganda: WHO Warns of Increased Air Pollution Deaths.

The Hindu, September 30th, 2011
Do aerosols have an impact on Indian monsoon?

Biofuels Digest, September 27th, 2011
The Third Way: Advanced biofuels as a system of systems.

Brookings, August 2011
Energy and Green Growth: Recasting the Options, Re-envisioning Sustainability.

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Air Pollution Alerts - October 2nd, 2011






News & Information; Every Sunday
(Last on September 25th, 2011)

Economic Times, October 1st, 2011
Proper development strategy needed for Indian cities and towns.

Forbes, October 1st, 2011
Pollution Costs More Than What is Produced to Make the Pollution.

BBC, September 30th, 2011
Paris launches electric car-sharing scheme.

Grist Magazine, September 30th, 2011
How Central Park cools the entire planet?

Grist Magazine, September 30th, 2011
Is this the perfect urban bike?

Grist Magazine, September 29th, 2011
Economists: Every $1 of electricity from coal does $2 in damage to U.S.

CNN, September 29th, 2011
Making fuel out of thin air.

Grist Magazine, September 29th, 2011
China may emit more carbon per person than U.S. by 2017.

Grist Magazine, September 29th, 2011
EPA’s greenhouse report comes in for criticism; motorcycles are gross.

Press Information Bureau, September 29th, 2011
First ICIMOD-India Day Celebration tomorrow.

Scientific American, September 29th, 2011
Aerosol Particles Dry Out South Asian Monsoons.

Latin American Press, September 29th, 2011
Air quality lagging.

Atlantic Journal, September 29th, 2011
Bad summer for smog.

Independent News, September 29th, 2011
Paper factory scrutinised over pollution.

Scientific American, September 28th, 2011
China's City of the Future Rises on a Wasteland.

Science Daily, September 28th, 2011
Energy Efficiency in Building and Cities.

The Guardian, September 28th, 2011
Al Gore: clear proof that climate change causes extreme weather.

The Guardian, September 28th, 2011
Why do we need low-carbon energy – and how much is currently produced?

Asia News, September 28th, 2011
Asian cities and capitals are the most polluted in the world.

New Kerala, September 28th, 2011
Spending under JNURM encouraging private transport.

The Voice of Russian, September 27th, 2011
Air quality and health.

All Africa, September 27th, 2011
Africa: Clinton Marks Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves Anniversary.

The Hindu, September 27th, 2011
Indian cities experiencing ‘acute’ respiratory problems.

Environmental Technology, September 27th, 2011
When Combating Urban Air Pollution, Think Regionally.

The Globe and Mail, September 27th, 2011
Think China’s air is breathable? Think again.

Industrial Fuels and Power, September 27th, 2011
Vietnam’s power shift.

China TV, September 27th, 2011
Traffic restrictions for holiday.

Xinhua Net, September 26th, 2011
Two million die of air pollution each year: WHO.

NPR, September 26th, 2011
Avoiding Global Warming Stories.

World Streets, September 26th, 2011
Op-Ed, Cornie Huizenga: The transport sector as leader in the sustainability debate?

The Guardian, September 26th, 2011
Iran, India, Pakistan and Mongolia have most polluted cities in the world.

DNA India, September 26th, 2011
Indian cities victim of 'acute' respiratory problems.

The Atlantic, September 26th, 2011
Health and Climate Change: 7 Ways You Are Being Harmed.

Business Day, September 26th, 2011
Experts advocate improved city air quality.

Care2, September 26th, 2011
Few Americans Use Public Transport, Drive Alone Instead.

Xinhua Net, September 23rd, 2011
China to reevaluate, revise environmental quality standards in next five years.

The Guardian, September 22nd, 2011
Higher speed limit is the fast track to more fumes and funerals.

TIME, September 20th, 2011
Al Gore and the Alternate Realities of Climate Change.

Climate-L, September 7th, 2011
Asia Pacific Workshop Promotes Regional Distribution of CDM Projects.