<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042</id><updated>2012-01-18T08:23:31.358+05:30</updated><category term='Air Pollution Forecasting'/><category term='CWG 2010'/><category term='Air Pollution in Delhi'/><category term='Air Pollution'/><category term='Air Pollution News'/><category term='Alerts'/><category term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category term='Pollution Impacts'/><category term='Climate Change'/><category term='Climate Change News'/><category term='Information'/><category term='Emissions Information'/><category term='Public Awareness'/><category term='News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution - News &amp; Alerts</title><subtitle type='html'>Most often lack of information becomes an excuse for inaction. Air pollution is a growing problem in the cities and this blog aims at disseminating the links to latest (and interesting) news clips and articles with information on air pollution. For more information, please visit http://www.urbanemissions.info</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>126</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-7600374968400599054</id><published>2012-01-15T08:22:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2012-01-18T08:23:31.374+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution News &amp; Alerts - January 15th, 2012</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2012/01/air-pollution-news-alerts-january-8th.html"&gt;Last on January 8th, 2012&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Times of India, January 15th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-toi/special-report/Country-on-wheels/articleshow/11494236.cms"&gt;Country on wheels: Indian auto sector is 7th largest in world&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The State Column, January 15th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thestatecolumn.com/science/in-fight-against-global-warming-nasa-scientists-call-for-reduction-of-black-carbon/#ixzz1jaOKcxAc"&gt;In fight against global warming, NASA calls for reduction of black carbon&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AFP, January 15th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gJgUBpTFWLtnrLg95UUs-treIhZA?docId=CNG.6d2b4e398b60e428cbfb646e78f9f629.281"&gt;China sets pace for smoggy Hong Kong: think-tank&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Financial Express, January 14th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=93780&amp;amp;date=2012-01-14"&gt;Making the city liveable&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Economist, January 14th, 2012&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.economist.com/node/21542826"&gt;Chinese air pollution - Clearing the air&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Info Mongolia, January 13th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.infomongolia.com/ct/ci/2954"&gt;Air pollution fees from the motor vehicles has been started to collect in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; SciDev.net, January 13th, 2012&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/greenhouse-gases/news/emissions-cuts-also-offer-quick-health-and-crop-benefits.html"&gt;Emissions cuts also offer quick health and crop benefits&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, January 13th, 2012&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120113204935.htm"&gt;Smart Targeting of Pollution Sources Could Save Lives and Climate&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, January 13th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2012/jan/13/methane-black-carbon-emission-climate-change-warming"&gt;How to tackle the climate, health and food crises, all at the same time&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China Daily, January 13th, 2012&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-01/13/content_14435609.htm"&gt;Capital begins hourly updates on air pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China Daily, January 13th, 2012&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-01/13/content_14435832.htm"&gt;Beijing to put clean-air plan into action&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Outcome Magazine, January 12th, 2012&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://outcomemag.com/bowing-to-pressure-beijing-begins-hourly-smog-data/"&gt;Bowing to pressure, Beijing begins hourly smog data&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Reuters, January 12th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/13/us-climate-investment-idUSTRE80C03S20120113"&gt;Investors say private sector must tackle climate change&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  National Post, January 12th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/01/12/blue-skying-in-beijing/"&gt;Blue-skying in Beijing&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, January 12th, 2012&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120112193442.htm"&gt;What Can Be Done to Slow Climate Change&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The World Bank, January 12th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/2012/01/12/green-transport-helps-build-low-carbon-cities-china"&gt;Green Transport Helps Build Low-carbon Cities in China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;   Triple Pundits, January 11th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.triplepundit.com/2012/01/air-pollution-south-asia-reaches-epic-levels/"&gt;Air Pollution in South Asia Reaches Epic Levels&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Telegraph, January 11th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatnews/9004912/Is-Hong-Kongs-pollution-driving-expats-away.html"&gt;Is Hong Kong's pollution driving expats away&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Guardian, January 11th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;          &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jan/11/children-china-urban-jungle-nature?newsfeed=true"&gt;How children in China's urban jungle are reconnecting with nature&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;    Economic Times, January 11th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-01-11/news/30616337_1_climate-change-rice-pilot-project"&gt;Climate change: India's informal economy neglected&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Xinhua Net, January 10th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2012-01/10/c_131352968.htm"&gt;PM2.5: a gauge easy to monitor but hard to control&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oil &amp;amp; Gas Journal, January 10th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ogj.com/articles/2012/01/eia-forecasts-oil-gas-demand-increases-through-2013.html"&gt;EIA forecasts oil, gas demand increases through 2013&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Times of India, January 10th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Bangalore-sets-benchmark-for-popularizing-public-buses/articleshow/11431639.cms"&gt;Bangalore sets benchmark for popularizing public buses&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Green Collective, January 10th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://theenergycollective.com/barbarafinamore/73873/blue-skies-2012-cutting-air-pollution-and-strengthening-information-transparen"&gt;Cutting Air Pollution &amp;amp; Strengthening Information Transparency in China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Globe and Mail, January 10th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/clearing-the-air-over-beijings-pollution/article2296622/"&gt;Clearing the air over Beijing’s pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Road.CC, January 10th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://road.cc/content/news/50074-sustrans-leads-calls-london-mayor-use-walking-and-cycling-fight-air-pollution"&gt;Sustrans leads calls for London mayor to use walking and cycling to fight air pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Biodiesel Magazine, January 10th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biodieselmagazine.com/articles/8262/company-advocates-for-the-use-of-biodiesel-at-power-plants"&gt;Company advocates for the use of biodiesel at power plants&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China.Org, January 10th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.china.org.cn/environment/2012-01/10/content_24367667.htm"&gt;Car plates may be cut to help air&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;India Today, January 9th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/delhi-petrol-pumps-spew-cancerous-fume/1/167833.html"&gt;Delhi petrol pumps spew cancerous fumes&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ends Europe, January 9th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.endseurope.com/27900/norway-sets-out-its-nordic-council-agenda"&gt;Norway sets out its Nordic council agenda&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Indian Express, January 2nd, 2012&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/iitb-centre-to-focus-on-challenges-of-climate-change/894625/0"&gt;IIT-B centre to focus on challenges of climate change&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-7600374968400599054?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/7600374968400599054/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2012/01/air-pollution-news-alerts-january-15th.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/7600374968400599054'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/7600374968400599054'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2012/01/air-pollution-news-alerts-january-15th.html' title='Air Pollution News &amp; Alerts - January 15th, 2012'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-5324841324361427178</id><published>2012-01-08T10:19:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2012-01-16T10:19:52.678+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution News &amp; Alerts - January 8th, 2012</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2012/01/air-pollution-new-alerts-january-1st.html"&gt;Last on January 1st, 2012&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brookings, January, 2012&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2012/0110_mongolia_campi.aspx"&gt;Mongolia’s Quest to Balance Human Development in its Booming Mineral-Based Economy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Daily, January 9th, 2012&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2012-01/09/content_14402652.htm"&gt;Beijing air gets 'better' but still short of target&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Reuters, January 8th, 2012&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/09/us-pollution-hong-kong-idUSTRE80803J20120109"&gt;Hong Kong air pollution at worst levels ever&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; UB Post, January 8th, 2012&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php/community/88888940-community-top/6763-waste-not-the-waste"&gt;Waste not the Waste&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deccan Herald, January 8th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/content/217536/fast-lane-corbusiers-chandigarh.html"&gt;Fast lane in Corbusier’s Chandigarh&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Hindu, January 8th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/article2780985.ece"&gt;India's blind love for cars&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;   The Telegraph, January 8th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8997627/China-The-rise-of-the-Precious-Snowflakes.html"&gt;China: The rise of the 'Precious Snowflakes'&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  India Today, January 8th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sheila-dikshit-bus-rapid-transit-expansion/1/167732.html"&gt;Bus Rapid Transit in Delhi is on Break until Relook&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Deccan Herald, January 8th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/content/217576/big-picture.html"&gt;The big picture&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Financial Express, January 7th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=92891&amp;amp;date=2012-01-07"&gt;A case of skewed priorities in Dkaka&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Evolution, January 7th, 2012&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://ev-olution.org/?p=30799"&gt;Peking University team develops  method for modeling historical global black carbon emissions from motor  vehicles with reduced uncertainty&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Wall Street Journal, January 6th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204331304577144494232450680.html"&gt;Beijing to Publish More Sensitive Air Data&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  BBC, January 6th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16438071"&gt;Pollution rise 'worsens' South Asia's winter smog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  India Today, January 6th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/pollution-chill-delhi-witnesses-rise-in-respiratory-diseases/1/167485.html"&gt;Delhi witnesses 30 per cent rise in respiratory diseases due to high pollution and chill&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  NY Times, January 6th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;                &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/07/world/asia/china-to-release-more-data-on-air-pollution-in-beijing.html"&gt;China to Release More Data on Air Pollution in Beijing&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Live Mint, January 6th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.livemint.com/2012/01/06162501/Green-cars-headline-auto-show.html"&gt;Green cars headline auto show, but India not ready&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Business Standard, January 6th, 2012&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/getting-urban-transporttrack/460844/"&gt;Getting urban transport on track&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Global Times, January 5th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.globaltimes.cn/NEWS/tabid/99/ID/690930/PM25-affordable-to-monitor.aspx"&gt;PM2.5 ‘affordable’ to monitor&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Shanghai Daily, January 4th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=491688&amp;amp;type=Metro"&gt;Shanghai agrees to pay for special air quality equipment&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;   China.Org, January 4th, 2012&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.china.org.cn/environment/2012-01/03/content_24312910.htm"&gt;New year in Shanghai starts with a gray day&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Philippine Information Agency, January 4th, 2012&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&amp;amp;t=1&amp;amp;id=70900"&gt;DENR cites clean air initiatives&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; MSNBC, January 4th, 2012&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/features/willelectric-car-be-closer-to-mass-market_644023.html"&gt;Will the electric car be closer to mass market&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; NY Times, January 4th, 2012&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/04/a-conversation-with-air-pollution-expert-dr-gunasekar/"&gt;A Conversation With: Air Pollution Expert Dr. Gunasekar&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; NPR, January 4th, 2012&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/2012/01/04/144641849/indonesian-economy-booms-its-infrastructure-groans"&gt;Indonesian Economy Booms, Its Infrastructure Groans&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; CNN Go, January 4th, 2012&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.cnngo.com/mumbai/life/pods-future-urban-transport-india-409090"&gt;India to get world's largest urban transport podcar system&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Xinhua Net, January 4th, 2012&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/indepth/2012-01/04/c_131341314.htm"&gt;Learn from EU energy "road map"&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Times of India, January 3rd, 2012&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Bajaj-unveils-small-car-RE60-promises-35-km-per-litre/articleshow/11351671.cms"&gt;Bajaj unveils small car RE60, promises 35 km per litre&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Guardian, January 3rd, 2012&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jan/03/china-unhealthy-air-pollution"&gt;China's city dwellers to breathe unhealthy air 'for another 20-30 years'&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CNN, January 3rd, 2012&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2012/01/03/sidner-india-pollution.cnn"&gt;India's capital is choking on its own success as pollution envelopes the city&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Financial Express, January 2nd, 2012&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=161396&amp;amp;date=2012-01-02"&gt;Utilising the urban underground space&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Clean Technica, January 2nd, 2012&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cleantechnica.com/2012/01/02/order-delays-air-pollution-cuts-save-34000-lives-year/"&gt;Last Minute Order Delays Air Pollution Cuts Which Could Save 34,000 people a year in US&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;January 2nd, 2012&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/article2767948.ece"&gt;How pollution mounts sweeping attack on city&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-5324841324361427178?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/5324841324361427178/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2012/01/air-pollution-news-alerts-january-8th.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/5324841324361427178'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/5324841324361427178'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2012/01/air-pollution-news-alerts-january-8th.html' title='Air Pollution News &amp; Alerts - January 8th, 2012'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-7305895746284315840</id><published>2012-01-01T10:37:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2012-01-05T10:37:43.075+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution News &amp; Alerts - January 1st, 2012</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/12/air-pollution-news-alerts-december-25th.html"&gt;Last on December 25th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DNA India, January 1st, 2012&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.dnaindia.com/india/slideshow_ahmedabad-2012-what-s-on-cards_1632140#top"&gt;Ahmedabad 2012: What's on cards&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  The Hindu, December 31st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/article2761450.ece"&gt;‘Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg regions seriously impacted by mining, power projects'&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UNEP, December 31st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://unep.org/newscentre/Default.aspx?DocumentID=2661&amp;amp;ArticleID=8998&amp;amp;l=en"&gt;UNEP's Year in Review 2011: January to June&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Daily, December 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-12/30/content_14358338.htm"&gt;City with worst air pollution vows change&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;br /&gt;Ghana Business News, December 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2011/12/30/new-bamboo-charcoal-technology-promises-to-jump-start-africas-bio-energy-sector/"&gt;New bamboo charcoal technology promises to jump-start Africa’s bio-energy sector&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eco Business, December 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eco-business.com/features/climate-change-endangers-millions-in-south-asia/"&gt;Climate change endangers millions in South Asia&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Economist, December 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.economist.com/blogs/theworldin2012/2011/12/top-economies-2012"&gt;From Macau to Laos, with China in between&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Times of India, December 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Diesel-generators-stone-quarries-brick-kilns-adding-to-pollution-level-says-study/articleshow/11286683.cms"&gt;Diesel generators, stone quarries, brick kilns adding to pollution level&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Economic Times, December 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/energy/oil-gas/euro-iii-fuel-to-be-phased-out-in-7-cities-from-march-31/articleshow/11288127.cms"&gt;Euro-III fuel to be phased out in 7 cities from March 31st, 2012&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Grist Magazine, December 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.grist.org/list/2011-12-29-how-india-is-winning-the-future-with-solar-energy"&gt;How India is winning the future with solar energy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; People's Daily Online, December 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90882/7691934.html"&gt;Air quality of major Chinese cities&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;   Co-Exist News, December 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.fastcoexist.com/1679045/chinas-massive-coal-habit-mapped"&gt;China’s Massive Coal Habit, Mapped&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Atlantic Wire, December 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2011/12/view-chinas-sooty-skies-airplane/46735/"&gt;A View of China's Sooty Skies from an Airplane&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Business Day, December 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=161731"&gt;Bill gives weather bureau sole mandate to issue air pollution warnings in South Africa&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Science Daily, December 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111228111727.htm"&gt;Weather Deserves Medal for Clean Air During 2008 Olympics&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, December 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/dec/28/uk-switch-low-carbon-energy"&gt;UK switch to low-carbon energy 'no dearer than doing nothing'&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Indian Express, December 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/mushrooming-brick-kilns-stone-quarries-major-air-polluters-in-city-says-study/892890/"&gt;Mushrooming brick kilns, stone quarries major air polluters in city&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Windsor Star, December 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.windsorstar.com/Smog+causes+havoc+China/5917360/story.html"&gt;Smog causes havoc in China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Canada Free Press, December 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/43565"&gt;India- ‘Green’ With Heavy Pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Green Car Reports, December 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;a href="http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1071119_can-chinas-power-industry-raise-interest-in-electric-cars"&gt;Can China's Power Industry Raise Interest In Electric Cars&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Deccan Chronicle, December 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/north/environmentalists-tax-diesel-cars-694"&gt;Environmentalists for tax on diesel cars in India&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Waste Management, December 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.waste-management-world.com/index/from-the-wires/wire-news-display/1570794073.html"&gt;Pakistan: Urban transport system in Rawalpindi soon&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; USA Today, December 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2011-12-26/beijing-smog-china/52234198/1?csp=34news"&gt;Some Chinese turn to U.S. Embassy for clarity in smog data&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; NPR, December 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/12/27/144324421/as-nuclear-plants-age-no-easy-energy-solutions"&gt;As Nuclear Plants Age, No Easy Energy Solutions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Shanghai Daily, December 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.asp?id=41688"&gt;Heavy air pollution in Mongolia causes flight delays, cancellations&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Telegraph, December 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8970444/Where-the-mornings-taste-grey-living-under-a-cloud-of-smog-in-Beijing.html"&gt;Where the mornings taste grey: living under a cloud of smog in Beijing&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mongolia News, December 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mad-mongolia.com/news/mongolia-news/612-new-taxis-in-ulaanbaatar-in-2011-8620/"&gt;612 new taxis in Ulaanbaatar in 2011&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Daily, December 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-12/26/content_14324334.htm"&gt;Daily report on PM 2.5 density soon in Shanghai&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Barrons, December 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://blogs.barrons.com/focusonfunds/2011/12/28/interested-in-china-how-bout-energy-etf-snp-ldk-yge-ptr-ceo"&gt;Too Big To (Totally) Fail: China’s Energy Sector Seen Rising In 2012&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;New York Times, December 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/23/world/asia/china-stricter-air-pollution-monitoring-standards-to-start-next-year.html"&gt;China: Stricter Air Pollution Monitoring Standards to Start Next Year, With Results Made Public in 2016&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Climate Progress, December 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/12/21/393761/video-30000-chinese-occupy-coal-plants/"&gt;30,000 Chinese ‘Occupy’ Highway to Protest Polluting Coal Plants&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pakistan Today, December 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/12/epa-lacks-stack-emission-testing-facility/"&gt;EPA lacks stack emission testing facility&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daily Times, December 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011%5C12%5C18%5Cstory_18-12-2011_pg11_2"&gt;Residents of capital exposed to worse air pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The International News, December 14th, 2011&lt;a href="http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=82133&amp;amp;Cat=4"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;/a&gt;‘Measures to improve traffic system under way’.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The International News, December 3rd, 2011&lt;a href="http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=80587&amp;amp;Cat=4"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a style="text-decoration:none"&gt;Solar energy to power city’s street lights in Karachi.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-7305895746284315840?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/7305895746284315840/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2012/01/air-pollution-news-alerts-january-1st.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/7305895746284315840'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/7305895746284315840'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2012/01/air-pollution-news-alerts-january-1st.html' title='Air Pollution News &amp; Alerts - January 1st, 2012'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-8267048464222368054</id><published>2011-12-25T19:40:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-12-28T19:41:02.376+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution News &amp; Alerts - December 25th, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/12/air-pollution-news-alerts-december-18th.html"&gt;Last on December 18th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UB Post, December 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=929&amp;amp;Itemid=0"&gt;Ulaanbaatar's Air Pollution - Threat to Health&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; The Financial Express, December 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.financialexpress.com/news/345-industries-continue-to-violate-pollution-norms/890971/0"&gt;345 industries continue to violate pollution norms in India&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Mongolia News, December 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;                                                                                                                                     &lt;a href="http://www.vom.mn/en/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;view=article&amp;amp;id=803:who-report-on-the-air-pollution-of-ulaanbaatar-&amp;amp;catid=37:press-review&amp;amp;Itemid=56"&gt;WHO report on the air pollution of Ulaanbaatar&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The World Bank, December 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/2011/12/22/study-identifies-best-options-to-improve-air-quality-in-ilaanbaatar"&gt;Study Identifies Best Options  to Improve Air Quality and Thus Reduce Health Impacts in Ulaanbaatar,  the Most Polluted City in the World in Wintertime&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Nigerian Tribune, December 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/community-news/33104-lamata-lasepa-set-to-tackle-vehicle-emission-in-lagos"&gt;LAMATA, LASEPA set to tackle vehicle emission in Lagos&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Xinhua net, December 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2011-12/21/c_131320014.htm"&gt;China sets pollution reduction targets for 2012&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Globe and Mail, December 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-news/air-pollution-hazardous-to-chinas-economic-health/article2279684/"&gt;Air pollution hazardous to China’s economic health&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The World Bank, December 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.worldbank.org/research/2011/12/15568629/air-quality-analysis-ulaanbaatar-improving-air-quality-reduce-health-impacts"&gt;Air quality analysis of Ulaanbaatar : improving air quality to reduce health impacts&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; TIME, December 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://globalspin.blogs.time.com/2011/12/21/in-defense-of-little-lungs-the-challenge-of-raising-kids-in-smoggy-beijing/#ixzz1hFAiCcGr"&gt;In Defense of Little Lungs: The Challenge of Raising Kids in Smoggy Beijing&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Down to Earth, December 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/delhi-go-greener"&gt;Delhi to go greener&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  New York Times, December 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;a href="http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/20/surprising-sources-of-delhis-air-pollution/"&gt;Surprising Sources of Delhi’s Air Pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;UNEP, December 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.unep.org/newscentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=2661&amp;amp;ArticleID=8994"&gt;China Launches US$265 million Ozone and Climate Change Project&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The City Fix, December 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://thecityfix.com/blog/indias-urban-future"&gt;India’s Urban Future&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, December 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;         &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111220133913.htm"&gt;Forest Health Versus Global Warming: Fuel Reduction Likely to Increase Carbon Emissions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Guardian, December 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/dec/20/eu-charge-airlines-carbon-emissions"&gt;EU set to charge international airlines for carbon emissions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IPS, December 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106261"&gt;Pollution Real if not Official in Beijing&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Bloomberg, December 19th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-19/epa-final-rule-for-coal-plants-deemed-unfortunate-by-industry.html"&gt;EPA Final Rule for Coal Plants Deemed ‘Unfortunate’ by Industry&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;China Daily, December 19th, 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;           &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-12/19/content_14284231.htm"&gt;City reaches annual 'blue sky days' target&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-8267048464222368054?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/8267048464222368054/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/12/air-pollution-news-alerts-december-25th.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/8267048464222368054'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/8267048464222368054'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/12/air-pollution-news-alerts-december-25th.html' title='Air Pollution News &amp; Alerts - December 25th, 2011'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-861417550628051880</id><published>2011-12-18T11:49:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-12-22T11:49:49.720+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution News &amp; Alerts - December 18th, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/12/air-pollution-news-alerts-december-11th.html"&gt;Last on December 11th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Washington Post, December 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/new-delhis-air-is-as-dirty-as-ever-despite-short-lived-gains-from-last-decades-reforms/2011/12/16/gIQAvjWgxO_story.html"&gt;New Delhi’s air is as dirty as ever, despite short-lived gains from last decade’s reforms&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Xinhua Net, December 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2011-12/17/c_131311796.htm"&gt;Shandong to make air-quality jargon simpler&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  NPR, December 16th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=143842355"&gt;Where There's Smoke, There's Sickness: Wood Smoke now a major Northwest air polluter&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China.Org, December 16th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.china.org.cn/video/2011-12/16/content_24166810.htm"&gt;Guangzhou to release PM 2.5 data ahead of schedule&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Bloomberg News, December 16th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-15/death-by-air-in-beijing-shows-china-s-heart-risk-from-worsening-pollution.html"&gt;Death-by-Air in Beijing Exposes Untold Heart Risk&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China Daily, December 16th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/usa/china/2011-12/16/content_14273691.htm"&gt;Industries top cause of pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, December 16th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/dec/16/energy-demand-supply"&gt;Energy debate must consider demand - not just supply&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, December 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/dec/15/climate-change-rainfall"&gt;How will climate change affect rainfall&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Wall Street Journal, December 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204026804577098554224386314.html"&gt;All the Hot Air in China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  EEA, December 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/homes-responsible-for-one-quarter?&amp;amp;utm_campaign=homes-responsible-for-one-quarter"&gt;Homes responsible for one quarter of European greenhouse emissions from energy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Berita Jakarta, December 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.beritajakarta.com/2008/en/newsview.aspx?idwil=0&amp;amp;id=21548"&gt;E. Jakarta Achieves Clean City Predicate&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Earth Justice, December 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://earthjustice.org/features/ourwork/erika-rosenthal-on-the-impacts-of-climate-change"&gt;Erika Rosenthal: On The Impacts Of Climate Change&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Manila Bulletin, December 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/344933/denr-pursues-clean-air-program"&gt;DENR pursues clean air program&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  OECD, December 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/environment/monitoring-and-evaluation-for-adaptation-lessons-from-development-co-operation-agencies_5kg20mj6c2bw-en"&gt;Monitoring and Evaluation for Adaptation: Lessons from Development Co-operation Agencies&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; OECD, December 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/environment/private-sector-engagement-in-adaptation-to-climate-change-approaches-to-managing-climate-risks_5kg221jkf1g7-en"&gt;Private Sector Engagement in Adaptation to Climate Change: Approaches to Managing Climate Risks&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mongolia News, December 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.mad-mongolia.com/news/mongolia-news/mayor-meets-with-prominent-american-lawyer-8511/"&gt;Ulaanbaatar's Mayor meets with prominent American lawyer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Mongolia News, December 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.mad-mongolia.com/news/mongolia-news/mongolia-focuses-on-bag-filters-to-reduce-air-pollution-8523/"&gt;Mongolia focuses on bag filters to reduce air pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; AEI, December 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.aei.org/papers/energy-and-the-environment/smoggy-with-a-chance-of-altruism-using-air-quality-forecasts-to-drive-behavioral-change/"&gt;Smoggy with a chance of altruism: using air quality forecasts to drive behavioral change&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Asian Times, December 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/ML14Ad01.html"&gt;China's toxic soup&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Mongolia News, December 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;                 &lt;a href="http://www.mad-mongolia.com/news/mongolia-news/mnt-34-billion-in-anti-pollution-money-goes-unspent-8491/"&gt;MNT 34 billion in anti-pollution money goes unspent&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;   The Daily Star, December 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=213988"&gt;Air pollution a health hazard&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  On Cars, December 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.oncars.in/Car-News-Detail/More-tax-on-petrol-private-vehicles-and-insurance/1523"&gt;More tax on petrol, private vehicles and insurance&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Times of India, December 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/11102174.cms"&gt;Public transport too slow for city growth&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  NRDC Switchboard, December 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/dbailey/note_to_planners_homes_next_to.html"&gt;Note to Planners: Homes next to Freeways, not a good idea&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  International Business Times, December 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/266682/20111214/china-s-demand-natural-gas-shoot-gets.htm"&gt;China’s Demand for Natural Gas to Soar with Environment Concern&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Scientific American, December 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-urban-brain"&gt;City Living Can Heighten Social Stress&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  NPR, December 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/12/13/143592187/epa-to-unveil-new-rules-for-power-plants"&gt;EPA To Unveil Stricter Rules For Power Plants&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;   NPR, December 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/12/13/143649188/in-brazil-oil-boom-brings-environmental-worries"&gt;In Brazil, Oil Boom Brings Environmental Worries&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;   CBS News, December 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57341838/pollution-from-china-alters-weather-in-u.s-west/"&gt;Pollution from China alters weather in U.S. West&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Washington Post, December 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/five-things-to-know-about-the-durban-climate-agreement/2011/12/12/gIQAfEJ3pO_blog.html"&gt;Five things to know about the Durban climate agreement&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, December 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/dec/12/durban-climate-change-conference-2011-southafrica"&gt;Durban climate conference agrees deal to do a deal – now comes the hard part&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Renewable Energy Focus, December 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.renewableenergyfocus.com/view/22589/uk-should-approach-bioenergy-with-caution/"&gt;UK should approach bioenergy with caution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Climate Progress, December 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/12/12/386401/beyond-durban-reduce-global-emissions/"&gt;Beyond Durban: There’s More than One Way to Reduce Global Emissions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wall Street Journal, December 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2011/12/12/beijing-environment-official-city-air-faces-%E2%80%98crisis%E2%80%99/?mod=google_news_blog"&gt;Beijing Environment Official: City Air Faces ‘Crisis’&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Dialogue, December 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/4691"&gt;Battle of the blue skies&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                Ghana Business News, December 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2011/12/12/securing-a-triple-win-with-health-and-climate-change/"&gt;Securing a triple win with health and climate change&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NPR, December 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/12/12/143603341/canada-exits-kyoto-climate-agreement"&gt;Canada Exits Kyoto Climate Agreement&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NPR, December 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/12/12/143587129/megacities-scars-on-the-earth-or-keys-to-growth"&gt;Megacities: Scars On The Earth, Or Keys To Growth&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Guardian, December 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/dec/12/durban-climate-deal-developing-world"&gt;The Durban climate deal failed to meet the needs of the developing world&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The New York Times, December 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/12/a-post-pollution-path-to-global-climate-and-energy-progress"&gt;A Post-Pollution Path to Global Climate and Energy Progress&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wall Street Journal, December 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB30001424052970204336104577094071514669022.html"&gt;Official Says Air Quality In Beijing Is at 'Crisis' Level&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daily Dutch News, December 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dutchdailynews.com/philips-supplies-healthy-cooking-stoves-and-solar-led-lighting-in-south-africa/"&gt;Philips supplies healthy cooking stoves and solar LED home lighting in South Africa&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MoNRE, November 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.monre.gov.vn/v35/default.aspx?tabid=675&amp;amp;CateID=58&amp;amp;ID=111039&amp;amp;Code=U9WK111039"&gt;Stubble burning a threat to human health&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-861417550628051880?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/861417550628051880/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/12/air-pollution-news-alerts-december-18th.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/861417550628051880'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/861417550628051880'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/12/air-pollution-news-alerts-december-18th.html' title='Air Pollution News &amp; Alerts - December 18th, 2011'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-5602603501096037336</id><published>2011-12-11T10:18:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-12-14T10:18:40.883+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution News &amp; Alerts - December 11th, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/12/air-pollution-news-alerts-december-4th.html"&gt;Last on December 4th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The News Today, December 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.newstoday.com.bd/index.php?option=details&amp;amp;news_id=46886&amp;amp;date=2011-12-12"&gt;Brickfields responsible for 40 pc air pollution in Dhaka&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;br /&gt; AFP, December 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ixVpj1ZoKJLEC800cxN0NBxZ3PVw?docId=CNG.acb42063ad5e79baa31320b1808c71cd.31"&gt;China minister defends Beijing Olympics legacy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The New York Times, December 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/11/us/air-quality-difficult-to-gauge-in-dustier-american-west.html"&gt;Quality of Air? That’s as Murky as Western Sky&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Xinhua Net, December 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2011-12/10/c_131299210.htm"&gt;Beijing planning to use cleaner petroleum, diesel to reduce pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Center for American Progress, December 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/12/multilateralism.html"&gt;There’s More than One Way to Reduce Global Emissions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Scientific Alliance, December 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/article/default.aspx?objid=86303"&gt;Climate change uncertainties&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; NPR, December 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/12/07/143302823/what-countries-are-doing-to-tackle-climate-change"&gt;What Countries Are Doing To Tackle Climate Change&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Asian Correspondent, December 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;        &lt;a href="http://asiancorrespondent.com/71377/hong-kong-pollution-shame/"&gt;Hong Kong’s pollution shame&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The National, December 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;a href="http://www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/asia-pacific/china-at-odds-with-us-over-hazardous-levels-of-smog"&gt;China at odds with US over 'hazardous' levels of smog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  China Daily, December 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/usa/china/2011-12/09/content_14242689.htm"&gt;China is fine with monitoring 'fine' particles&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; ERL News, December 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/yournews/48053"&gt;Saving millions of lives and protecting our climate through clean cooking options&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt; UW-Madison, December 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.news.wisc.edu/20116"&gt;For Midwesterners, more boxcars mean cleaner air&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Financial Express, December 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=158502&amp;amp;date=2011-12-08"&gt;Sustainable city and sustainable transport&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;         &lt;br /&gt;   Environmental Research Web, December 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;         &lt;a href="http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/48050"&gt;Urban areas grow faster than urban population&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;   The Guardian, December 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/08/delhi-congestion-charge-ease-gridlock"&gt;Delhi plans congestion charge to ease gridlock&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  New Scientist, December 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2011/12/durban-meeting-hears-short-ter.html"&gt;Durban meeting hears short-term plan to cool planet&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Council of Foreign Relations, December 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://blogs.cfr.org/asia/2011/12/07/the-growing-brouhaha-over-beijings-air-quality/"&gt;The Growing Brouhaha Over Beijing’s Air Quality&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; The Green Car, December 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.thegreencarwebsite.co.uk/blog/index.php/2011/12/07/greener-cars-not-the-solution-to-climate-change-and-health-threats/"&gt;Greener cars ‘not the solution’ to climate change and health threats&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Global Post, December 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/china/111207/beijing-air-pollution-health"&gt;Beijingers battle pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; BBC News, December 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16068926"&gt;China's pollution, a toxic issue&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Hindu, December 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/article2693880.ece"&gt;Draft plan to improve air quality in Chennai prepared&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Science Daily, December 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111206102527.htm"&gt;Global Carbon Project Annual Emissions Summary&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  BBC, December 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-16050069"&gt;Is Beijing's smog getting worse&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; All Africa, December 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;         &lt;a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201112070504.html"&gt;Ghana: Climate Change - An Issue for All&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Climate-L News, December 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/who-report-shows-health-and-climate-co-benefits-in-transport-sector/?utm_source=lists.iisd.ca&amp;amp;utm_medium=email&amp;amp;utm_campaign=Climate+Change+Daily+Feed+-+7+December+2011+-+Climate+Change+Policy+%26+Practice"&gt;WHO Report Shows Health and Climate Co-benefits in Transport Sector&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Center for American Progress, December 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/12/sp_durban.html"&gt;Solving Climate Change Will Help Temper Rising Health Care Costs&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Knowledge@Wharton, December 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/arabic/article.cfm?articleid=2751&amp;amp;language_id=1"&gt;A Bumpy Road Ahead for China's Electric Bikes&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; TIME, December 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://globalspin.blogs.time.com/2011/12/06/snow-falling-on-smog-is-there-any-hope-for-beijings-air"&gt;Snow Falling on Smog: Is There Any Hope for Beijing's Air&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China Daily, December 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-12/06/content_14217302.htm"&gt;Increased air quality standards to benefit lab equipment firms&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; BBC, December 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16051507"&gt;Welcome to the Beijing smog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Los Angeles Times, December 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;         &lt;a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2011/12/severe-beijing-smog-or-fog-leads-to-long-airport-delays-.html"&gt;Severe Beijing smog -- or fog? -- leads to long airport delays&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; IBN Live, December 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://ibnlive.in.com/news/fright-night-in-hong-kong/209245-60-121.html"&gt;Fright Night in Hong Kong&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Press Information Bureau, December 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=78167"&gt;Launch of the National Common Mobility Card in India&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New York Times, December 6th, 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/07/world/asia/beijing-journal-anger-grows-over-air-pollution-in-china.html"&gt;Outrage Grows Over Air Pollution and China’s Response&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voice of Mongolia, December 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://vom.mn/en/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;view=article&amp;amp;id=768:the-south-korean-government-will-grant-usd-300-million-loan-for-mongolias-health-sector-and-air-pollution-reduction-projects&amp;amp;catid=34:daily-news&amp;amp;Itemid=53"&gt;The South Korean government will grant USD 300 million loan for Mongolia’s health sector and air pollution reduction projects&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;   The Hindu, December 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/article2688610.ece"&gt;Falling air quality causing winter ailments in the Capital&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New Age, December 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://newagebd.com/newspaper1/frontpage/42446.html"&gt;Dhaka’s air pollution level alarmingly high&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scientific American, December 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=three-quarters-of-climate"&gt;Three-Quarters of Climate Change Is Man-Made&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Atlantic, December 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/12/china-air-quality-catastrophe-its-back/249479/"&gt;China Air-Quality Catastrophe—It's Back&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Financial Times, December 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/9fb2f778-1f4a-11e1-90aa-00144feabdc0,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F9fb2f778-1f4a-11e1-90aa-00144feabdc0.html&amp;amp;_i_referer=#axzz1fjKDTpxd"&gt;Flights grounded in China as smog worsens&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Dialogue, December 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/4661"&gt;Beijing’s hazardous blue sky&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, December 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111205191724.htm"&gt;Global Warming 'Not Slowing Down&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, December 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;           &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111205170053.htm"&gt;Dust Storms Affect Subsequent Emergency Hospital Admissions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Guardian, December 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/dec/05/china-eu-plans-kyoto-durban"&gt;China favours EU plans for Kyoto replacement – but with conditions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Guardian, December 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/dec/05/carbon-dioxide-emissions-biggest-jump"&gt;Carbon dioxide emissions show record jump&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Grist List, December 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.grist.org/list/2011-12-05-what-record-emissions-growth-really-shows-us"&gt;What record emissions growth really shows us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Global Times, December 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.globaltimes.cn/NEWS/tabid/99/ID/686905/First-snowfall-comes-but-air-pollution-remains.aspx"&gt;First snowfall comes, but air pollution remains&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Global Times, December 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.globaltimes.cn/NEWS/tabid/99/ID/686994/The-micro-particles-debate.aspx"&gt;The micro particles debate&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-5602603501096037336?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/5602603501096037336/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/12/air-pollution-news-alerts-december-11th.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/5602603501096037336'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/5602603501096037336'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/12/air-pollution-news-alerts-december-11th.html' title='Air Pollution News &amp; 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Alerts - December 4th, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/11/air-pollution-news-alerts-november-27th.html"&gt;Last on November 27th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nature, December 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nature.com/news/three-quarters-of-climate-change-is-man-made-1.9538"&gt;Three-quarters of climate change is man-made&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All Africa, December 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201112050835.html"&gt;Africa: Change Ways of Cooking to Save Climate - World Bank Warns&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NPR, December 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/12/04/143095299/whats-at-stake-in-south-africa-climate-talks"&gt;A User's Guide To The Climate Change Talks&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, November 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111130100013.htm"&gt;Gone With the Wind: Why the Fast Jet Stream Winds Cannot Contribute Much Renewable Energy After All&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Guardian, December 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/dec/04/durban-climate-talks-eu-india"&gt;Durban climate talks 'roadmap' held up by India&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Press Information Bureau, December 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=78139"&gt;Urban Mobility India 2011 to Address Ways to Achieve Sustainable Mobility&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Africa Science News, December 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.africasciencenews.org/en/index.php/entertainment/52-environment/239-new-bamboo-charcoal-technologies-promise-to-jump-start-africas-bioenergy-sector-"&gt;New Bamboo Charcoal Technologies Promise to Jump-start Africa’s Bioenergy Sector&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bloomberg Business Week, December 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45519116/ns/business-us_business/#.Ttl3YPK1v_Y"&gt;How to Fix World Transportation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;New York Times, December 2nd, 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/02/science/earth/dispute-over-new-air-pollution-rules-for-power-plants.html"&gt;New Air Quality Rules for Power Plants in Dispute&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3 News, December 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.3news.co.nz/Rome-limits-traffic-to-lower-pollution-levels/tabid/1160/articleID/235002/Default.aspx"&gt;Rome limits traffic to lower pollution levels&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Info Mongolia, December 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.infomongolia.com/ct/ci/2565/60/"&gt;The work plan for air pollution reduction was ratified&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    Moneylife, December 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.moneylife.in/article/is-metro-rail-not-the-answer-for-indias-urban-transportation-/21885.html"&gt;Is Metro Rail not &lt;span&gt;the answer&lt;/span&gt; for India’s &lt;span&gt;urban transportation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NRDC Switchboard, December 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/khenderson/higher_education_paves_a_way_f.html"&gt;Higher Education Paves a Way Forward on Climate Change&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Salon, December 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.salon.com/2011/12/01/are_freeways_doomed/singleton/"&gt;Are freeways doomed&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    China Daily, December 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-12/01/content_14197725.htm"&gt;Beijing sees fewer 'blue sky days'&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AFP, December 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j6KZ3p6-BUTawr10DSpMsQkNGqMA?docId=CNG.206dcf984f8f4bb862564c1ce34ec8a2.3f1"&gt;Smog sparks debate over Beijing air standards&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Market Watch, December 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/nasa-satellite-confirms-sharp-decline-in-pollution-from-us-coal-power-plants-2011-12-01"&gt;NASA Satellite Confirms Sharp Decline in Pollution From U.S. Coal Power Plants&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  China Dialogue, December 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/4654"&gt;A shadow climate regime&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;India Today, November 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/delhi-is-air-pollution-capital-too/1/162114.html"&gt;Delhi has the highest level of air pollutants&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Guardian, November 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/nov/30/europe-hardline-un-climate-talks"&gt;EU takes hardline stance at UN climate talks&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mongolia News, November 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mad-mongolia.com/news/mongolia-news/working-plan-on-air-pollution-approved-8164/"&gt;Working plan on air pollution approved&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NRDC Switchboard, November 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/amall/epas_proposal_for_cleaning_the.html"&gt;EPA's proposal for clearing the air of oil and gas pollution: a step forward, but not enough&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Daily, November 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/xinhua/2011-11-30/content_4532792.html"&gt;Mongolian government approves new measures to combat air pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Daily, November 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-11/29/content_14178159.htm"&gt;More blocked noses due to smog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Think Progress Green, November 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://thinkprogress.org/green/2011/11/29/377458/durban-dispatch-south-africas-globally-financed-coal-mega-plants/"&gt;Durban Dispatch: South Africa’s Globally Financed Coal Mega-Plants&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Los Angeles Times, November 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/11/brown-cloud-might-be-intensifying-storms-over-indian-ocean.html"&gt;Brown cloud might be intensifying storms over Indian Ocean&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NPR, November 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/11/29/142907053/as-kyoto-protocol-ends-an-uncertain-climate-future"&gt;What Will Become Of The Kyoto Climate Treaty&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; UB Post, November 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php/2011-07-24-01-47-35/88888945-opiniontop/6720-ulaanbaatar-and-london"&gt;Ulaanbaatar and London&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Daily, November 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-11/29/content_14178500.htm"&gt;Scientists highlight pollutant problem&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ECOFYS, November 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ecofys.com/en/publications/158/"&gt;UNEP Bridging the Emissions Gap&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wall Street Journal, November 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;        &lt;a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20111128-708131.html"&gt;Canada Won't Make Second Commitment To Kyoto - Environment Minister&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Climate Progress, November 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/11/28/374605/genetically-engineer-algae-to-increase-oil-yields/"&gt;Researchers Genetically Engineer Algae to Increase Oil Yields by Up to 50%: Should We Be Concerned&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Daily, November 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-11/27/content_14169070.htm"&gt;Green drivers&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Forbes, November 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/panosmourdoukoutas/2011/11/27/why-china-cannot-fight-pollution/"&gt;Why China Cannot Fight Pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Xinhua Net, November 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-11/25/c_131269594.htm"&gt;China gives new-energy vehicles official nod&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-708641182810837086?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/708641182810837086/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/12/air-pollution-news-alerts-december-4th.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/708641182810837086'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/708641182810837086'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/12/air-pollution-news-alerts-december-4th.html' title='Air Pollution News &amp; Alerts - December 4th, 2011'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-6281869758815929178</id><published>2011-11-27T09:06:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-11-29T09:07:11.893+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution News &amp; Alerts - November 27th, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/11/air-pollution-news-alerts-november-20th.html"&gt;Last on November 20th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Guardian, November 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/nov/27/wood-fires-fuel-climate-change"&gt;Wood fires fuel climate change – UN&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Climate-L News, November 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/ozone-copmop-does-not-address-hfcs-phase-down"&gt;Ozone COP/MOP Does Not Address HFCs Phase-Down&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BBC, November 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15858603"&gt;Climate sensitivity to CO2 probed&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, November 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111125161027.htm"&gt;Fifth of Global Energy Could Come from Biomass Without Damaging Food Production&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; EEA, November 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.eea.europa.eu/pressroom/newsreleases/industrial-air-pollution-cost-europe"&gt;Industrial air pollution cost Europe up to €169 billion in 2009&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Science Daily, November 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111124150827.htm"&gt;Climate Sensitivity to Carbon Dioxide More Limited Than Extreme Projections&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China Daily, November 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2011-11/24/content_14157199.htm"&gt;China punishes power plants for pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, November 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/nov/24/industrial-pollution-costs-uk-billions"&gt;Industrial pollution 'costs UK billions each year'&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; ABC News, November 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/eu-agency-air-pollution-costs-exceed-134-billion-15022907#.Ts8Yr_K1v_Y"&gt;EU Agency: Air Pollution Costs Exceed $134 Billion&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China.org, November 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.china.org.cn/environment/2011-11/24/content_23994343.htm"&gt;WWF to promote low-carbon innovation in China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Policy Shop, November 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.policyshop.net/home/2011/11/23/bad-energy-the-high-price-of-coal.html"&gt;Bad Energy: The High Price of Coal&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Huffington Post, November 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-anderson/the-foul-air-outside-my-w_b_1108634.html"&gt;The Foul Air Outside My Window&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mongolia News, November 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mad-mongolia.com/news/mongolia-news/ulaanbaatar-managing-officials-discuss-winter-preparation-8025/"&gt;Ulaanbaatar managing officials discuss winter preparation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UN-HABITAT, November 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unhabitat.org/pmss/listItemDetails.aspx?publicationID=3239"&gt;Cities and Climate Change Policy Note 2&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Sunday Independent, November 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.iol.co.za/sundayindependent/climate-cash-deals-are-killing-us-1.1183034"&gt;Climate cash deals are killing us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Times of India, November 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/opinion/edit-page/A-moveable-feast/articleshow/10806417.cms"&gt;A moveable feast&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, November 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111121142453.htm"&gt;Algae Biomass Increased by More Than 50 Percent&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, November 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111121114901.htm"&gt;Second-Generation Ethanol Processing Cost Prohibitive&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BBC, November 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15818659"&gt;Climate concerns as ‘ozone-friendly’ HFCs use grows&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; BBC, November 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15820162"&gt;No let up in greenhouse gas rise&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; NY Times, November 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/21/new-delhi-now-more-polluted-than-beijing/"&gt;New Delhi, Now More Polluted Than Beijing&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;br /&gt; Mongolia News, November 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;a href="http://www.mad-mongolia.com/news/mongolia-news/national-committee-reports-on-anti-pollution-efforts-7985/"&gt;National Committee reports on anti-pollution efforts&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Biofuels Digest, November 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2011/11/17/bioenergy-critical-success-factors/"&gt;Bioenergy Critical Success Factors&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-6281869758815929178?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/6281869758815929178/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/11/air-pollution-news-alerts-november-27th.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/6281869758815929178'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/6281869758815929178'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/11/air-pollution-news-alerts-november-27th.html' title='Air Pollution News &amp; Alerts - November 27th, 2011'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-176061886336431883</id><published>2011-11-20T19:06:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-11-21T19:07:17.881+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution News &amp; Alerts - November 20th, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/11/air-pollution-news-alerts-november-13th.html"&gt;Last on November 13th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Down to Earth, November, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/diesel-when-bad-policy-makes-toxic-hell"&gt;Diesel: when bad policy makes for toxic hell&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mongolia News, November 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.mad-mongolia.com/news/mongolia-news/nature-publishes-article-of-mongolian-scientist-7970/"&gt;"Nature" publishes article of Mongolia Scientist&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  China Daily, November 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-11/18/content_14115577.htm"&gt;Car owners return extra subsidies&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;NPR, November 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/11/18/142513520/climate-panel-more-extreme-weather-on-the-way"&gt;Climate Panel: More Extreme Weather On The Way&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  CNN, November 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2011/11/17/world/asia/china-beijing-air-pollution/index.html"&gt;China air pollution: 'Slightly polluted' or 'hazardous'&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Times of India, November 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Project-for-better-monsoon-forecast-to-be-launched-in-Jan-that-will-enable-better-forecast-of-monsoon-in-country-to-be-launched-in-January-2012/articleshow/10775845.cms"&gt;Project for better monsoon  forecast to be launched in Jan that will enable better forecast of  monsoon in country to be launched in January 2012&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Eur Activ, November 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.euractiv.com/specialreport-air-quality/air-pollution-hot-potato-london-olympics-news-509003"&gt;Air pollution 'hot potato' for London Olympics&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Pakistan Today, November 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/11/unnaturally-yours/"&gt;Unnaturally yours&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  IEW News, November 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.iewy.com/36563-iea-warns-of-irreversible-climate-change-in-5-years-if-fossil-fuel-infrastructure-remains-unchanged.html"&gt;IEA Warns of Irreversible Climate Change in 5 Years if Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Remains Unchanged&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; BBC, November 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-15768517"&gt;China morning round-up: US Asia policy under fire&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Triple Pundit, November 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.triplepundit.com/2011/11/beijings-epa-air-quality-fine/"&gt;Beijing’s EPA: The Air Quality is Just Fine&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Manila Bulletin, November 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;a href="http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/341672/denr-seeks-improved-air-quality"&gt;DENR seeks improved air quality&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; EurActiv, November 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;a href="http://www.euractiv.com/climate-environment/meps-push-strong-eu-role-climate-talks-news-509004"&gt;MEPs push for strong EU role in climate talks&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Xinhua Net, November 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-11/17/c_131251945.htm"&gt;Pollution measures for public feedback&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Nation, November 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/business/26612-fed-govt-backs-100m-lagos-transport-project.html"&gt;Fed Govt backs $100m Lagos transport project&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Times of India, November 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Delhi-four-times-more-polluted-than-Pune-on-Diwali-night/articleshow/10761173.cms"&gt;Delhi four times more polluted than Pune on Diwali night&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; China Human Rights, November 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.humanrights-china.org/en/messages/FF/t20111118_817067.htm"&gt;Air quality standards to cover PM2.5 by 2016&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Science Daily, November 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111117141157.htm"&gt;Nanoparticles Used as Additives in Diesel Fuels Can Travel from Lungs to Liver&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;   Science Daily, November 16th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111116162244.htm"&gt;Acid Pollution in Rain Decreased With Emissions, Long-Term Study Shows&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;   BBC, November 16th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15756235"&gt;UN warns Chinese pollution has dire health implications&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       Reuters, November 16th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/16/us-un-climate-china-idUSTRE7AF1JU20111116"&gt;Analysis: China climate role could be to corner U.S&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt; Io9, November 16th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://io9.com/5859705/why-the-uns-development-index-is-destroying-the-future"&gt;Why the U.N.’s Development Index is destroying the future&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Earth Justice, November 16th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://earthjustice.org/news/press/2011/35-700-deaths-could-be-prevented-annually-by-strong-soot-standards"&gt;35,700 Deaths Could Be Prevented Annually by Strong Soot Standards&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Progress Illinois, November 16th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://progressillinois.com/quick-hits/content/2011/11/16/new-epa-rules-target-coal-plant-emissions"&gt;New EPA Rules Target Coal Plant Emissions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Nature, November 16th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nature.com/news/time-to-stop-celebrating-the-polluters-1.9370"&gt;Time to stop celebrating the polluters&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Shanghai Daily, November 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=487456&amp;amp;type=Metro"&gt;Wind expected to clear air pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Xinhua Net, November 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-11/15/c_131248562.htm"&gt;China eyes green growth, vows to curb pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deccan Herald, November 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/content/205011/tata-hispano-unveils-its-hybrid.html"&gt;Tata Hispano unveils its hybrid CNG-Electric bus&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Euractiv, November 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.euractiv.com/specialreport-air-quality/bulgaria-killer-air-exposes-wider-eu-problems-news-508892?utm_"&gt;Bulgaria’s killer air exposes wider EU problems&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, November 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111113142747.htm"&gt;Climate Policies Can Help Resolve Energy Security and Air Pollution Challenges&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; NPR, November 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/11/11/142218650/air-pollution-bad-for-health-but-good-for-planet"&gt;Air Pollution: Bad For Health, But Good For Planet&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, November 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111110191948.htm"&gt;Woodsmoke from Cooking Fires Linked to Pneumonia, Cognitive Impacts&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Climate-L News, November 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/adb-approves-us100-million-for-low-carbon-growth-climate-resilience-in-indonesia"&gt;ADB Approves US$100 Million for Low Carbon Growth, Climate Resilience in Indonesia&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; CNN, September 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/21/world/americas/climate-study-warming-real/index.html"&gt;New climate study deals blow to skeptics&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-176061886336431883?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/176061886336431883/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/11/air-pollution-news-alerts-november-20th.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/176061886336431883'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/176061886336431883'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/11/air-pollution-news-alerts-november-20th.html' title='Air Pollution News &amp; Alerts - November 20th, 2011'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-2168243210675591497</id><published>2011-11-13T10:26:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-11-15T10:27:04.993+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution News &amp; Alerts - November 13th, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/11/air-pollution-alerts-november-6th-2011.html"&gt;Last on November 6th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Jerusalem Post,&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.jpost.com/Sci-Tech/Article.aspx?id=244871"&gt;OECD officials commend Israel on environment&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;The Financial Express, November 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=155801&amp;amp;date=2011-11-13"&gt;CNG-consuming assocs threaten to go on indefinite strike&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Atlantic, November 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/12/how-walmart-is-changing-china/8709/"&gt;How Walmart Is Changing China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Reuters, November 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/11/11/idINIndia-60462020111111"&gt;China official says air pollution rules too lax&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;   NPR, November 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/11/11/142218650/air-pollution-bad-for-health-but-good-for-planet"&gt;Air Pollution: Bad For Health, But Good For Planet&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Huffington Post, November 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ryan-schuchard/arctic-climate-change-business_b_1089154.html"&gt;The Arctic and Responsible Adaptation to Climate Change&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Telegraph UK, November 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8884604/China-concedes-it-underestimates-air-pollution-levels.html"&gt;China concedes it underestimates air pollution levels&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The City Fix, November 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://thecityfix.com/blog/embracing-the-opportunity-for-sustainable-urban-development-in-china/"&gt;Embracing the Opportunity for Sustainable Urban Development in China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Times of India, November 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/10-yrs-on-CNG-advantage-lost/articleshow/10660532.cms"&gt;10 yrs on, CNG advantage lost&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; People's Daily Online, November 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90780/7639983.html"&gt;Market blow away 'special air' rumors&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; New York Times, November 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/the-developing-world-leading-on-climate-change/"&gt;The Developing World, Leading on Climate Change&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; People's Daily Online, November 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/202936/7640046.html"&gt;Expert: Heavy fog different from air pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China Daily, November 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/metro/2011-11/09/content_14060636.htm"&gt;Beijing's air-quality center opens to public&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; TG Daily, November 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.tgdaily.com/health-features/59540-climate-disasters-costing-billions-in-health-costs"&gt;Climate disasters costing billions in health costs&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; NDTV, November 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/environment-ministry-gives-conditional-clearance-to-lavasa-148303"&gt;Environment Ministry gives conditional clearance to Lavasa&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; EBRD, November 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.ebrd.com/pages/news/press/2011/111108.shtml"&gt;EBRD, World Bank join forces to cut emissions from gas flaring in Russia and Central Asia&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Hindustan Times, November 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Toxic-Capital-air-killing-like-never-before/Article1-766139.aspx"&gt;Toxic Capital air killing like never before&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Shanghai Daily, November 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2011/11/08/Air%2Bin%2Bmany%2BChina%2Bcities%2Bremains%2Bhighly%2Bpolluted/"&gt;Air in many China cities remains highly polluted&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Global Times, November 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.globaltimes.cn/NEWS/tabid/99/ID/682908/Beijing-environmental-agency-shows-the-city-recorded-239-days-of-good-air.aspx"&gt;Beijing environmental agency shows the city recorded 239 days of good air&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Wall Street Journal, November 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203733504577024000381790904.html?mod=googlenews_wsj"&gt;The Hidden Toll of Traffic Jams&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; NRDC, November 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/tspencer/health_costs_from_extreme_weat.html"&gt;Health Costs from Extreme Weather Events $14 Billion, We're Workin' On It&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China.Org, November 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.china.org.cn/video/2011-11/08/content_23852635.htm"&gt;Beijing environmental authority responds to public scrutiny&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Tehelka, November 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.tehelka.com/story_main50.asp?filename=Ws081111pollution.asp"&gt;Blame pollution, truck overloading for haze in city&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China Dialogue, November 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/4617"&gt;US car fumes: a call to arms for China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Live Mint, November 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.livemint.com/2011/11/07233537/Soot-blamed-for-rising-cyclone.html?h=B"&gt;Soot blamed for rising cyclone strength, drop in rainfall&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Washington Times, November 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/nov/7/china-moves-haltingly-to-clean-up-environmental-me/"&gt;China moves, haltingly, to clean up environmental mess&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Railway Gazette, November 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/ambitious-plans-in-kathmandu.html"&gt;Ambitious plans in Kathmandu for Metrorail&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Inhabitat, November 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://inhabitat.com/ugandas-first-electric-car-is-built-by-students/"&gt;Uganda’s First Electric Car Built by Makerere Students&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Huffington Post, November 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-center-for-public-integrity/many-americans-left-behin_b_1079251.html"&gt;Many Americans left behind in the quest for cleaner air&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Daily, November 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-11/07/content_14052527.htm"&gt;Tighter air quality monitoring in Beijing&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;International Business Times, November 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/244322/20111107/china-urged-implement-stricter-air-monitoring-standards.htm"&gt;China Urged To Implement Stricter Air Monitoring Standards&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Daily, November 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/metro/2011-11/06/content_14045878.htm"&gt;Electric taxis to triple in Beijing next year&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;   Times of India, November 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-05/delhi/30363438_1_pollution-levels-air-pollution-nox"&gt;Haze in Delhi sets off air pollution alarm&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; CNTN, November 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://english.cntv.cn/program/china24/20111105/106339.shtml"&gt;Public scrutiny pushes air quality monitoring&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; C-Net, November 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-20129045-54/usda-awards-$44.6-million-for-biofuel-projects/"&gt;USDA awards $44.6 million for biofuel projects&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Hindu, November 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/economy/article2591876.ece"&gt;Bengal headed for a power crisis&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Speigel Online, October 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,794124,00.html"&gt;Chinese Scientists Warn of Significant Glacier Melt&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-2168243210675591497?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/2168243210675591497/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/11/air-pollution-news-alerts-november-13th.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/2168243210675591497'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/2168243210675591497'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/11/air-pollution-news-alerts-november-13th.html' title='Air Pollution News &amp; 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float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/10/air-pollution-alerts-october-30th-2011.html"&gt;Last on October 30th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Hindu, November 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2601780.ece"&gt;Gone in 50 seconds&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Hindu, November 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/article2604199.ece"&gt;Road ahead for urban renewal in India&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Hindu, November 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/article2601471.ece"&gt;Nuclear power is our gateway to a prosperous future, former President of India&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Bhutan Daily, November 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.kuenselonline.com/2011/?p=20365"&gt;It’s no surprise – the air is polluted&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; The Daily Star, November 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=209225"&gt;Can we save Dhaka city&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  Times of India, November 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Haze-in-city-sets-off-air-pollution-alarm/articleshow/10613555.cms"&gt;Haze in Delhi sets off air pollution alarm&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Times of India, November 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Vroom-boom-adds-pollutants-to-Lucknows-air/articleshow/10612243.cms"&gt;Vroom boom adds pollutants to Lucknow's air&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  The Guardian, November 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/nov/04/china-phase-out-incandescent-lightbulbs"&gt;China to phase out incandescent light bulbs&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The New York Times, November 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/05/world/asia/the-privileges-of-chinas-elite-include-purified-air.html"&gt;The Privileges of China’s Elite Include Purified Air&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Guardian, November 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/interactive/2011/nov/04/incandescent-lightbulb-phase-out-world"&gt;Incandescent lightbulb phase-outs around the world&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Week, November 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://theweek.com/article/index/221083/can-white-roofs-really-reduce-global-warming"&gt;Can white roofs really reduce global warming&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Hindustan Times, November 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/Auto/With-petrol-price-rise-majority-prefer-diesel-cars/Article1-764885.aspx"&gt;With petrol price rise, majority prefer diesel cars&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  AFP, November 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gymKgYeatAfD2_sz1zdtB4Z1udBA?docId=CNG.9d687b9275d9daa205bf2652fe9df048.5a1"&gt;Beijing accuses US embassy of pollution 'hype'&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, November 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/blog/2011/nov/03/how-cut-energy-bills-to-100-a-year"&gt;How I cut my energy bills to £100 a year&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, November 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111103120448.htm"&gt;Hybrid Power Plants Can Help Industry Go Green: Affordable Solar Option for Power Plants&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  CNN, November 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2011/11/01/world/asia/china-air/"&gt;U.S. readings challenge China's smog claims&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Mongolian Economy and Finance, November 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://mongoliaeconomy.blogspot.com/2011/11/standing-committee-discusses-air.html"&gt;Standing committee discusses air pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;   Science Daily, November 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111102161147.htm"&gt;Link Between Air Pollution and Cyclone Intensity in Arabian Sea: Disruption of Wind Shear Enables Stronger Storms&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, November 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/nov/02/pollution-powerful-cyclones"&gt;Pollution makes powerful cyclones more likely, claim scientists&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; India Today, November 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/air-pollution-noxious-gases-central-delhi/1/158333.html"&gt;Fumes, noxious gases choke Central Delhi&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; AFP, November 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gJ7NR3nm-Gd9ZbuSiYVwsZhK-HoA?docId=CNG.f7fee1d3e211a5423a39162aa46fc669.3c1"&gt;Beijing vows better pollution data after smog anger&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Mongolia News, November 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.mad-mongolia.com/news/mongolia-news/do-not-pollute-air-and-get-discount-7481/"&gt;Do Not Pollute Air and Get Discount&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, November 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2011/nov/02/human-development-report-renewable-energy"&gt;UN calls for universal access to renewable energy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; New York Times, November 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/02/climate-change-imperils-global-prosperity-u-n-warns/"&gt;Climate Change Imperils Global Prosperity, U.N. Warns&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Info Mongolia, November 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.infomongolia.com/ct/ci/2291/56/The%20Incentive%20Policy%20for%20Reducing%20the%20Air%20Pollution%20in%20Mongolia"&gt;The Incentive Policy for Reducing the Air Pollution in Mongolia&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China Daily, November 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/usa/china/2011-11/02/content_14019018.htm"&gt;Weather debate shrouded in fog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  BU News, November 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.bu.edu/today/2011/bu-urban-health-initiative/"&gt;Boston University Launches Urban Health Initiative&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Guardian, November 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/nov/01/climate-change-weather-ipcc"&gt;Wild weather worsening due to climate change, IPCC confirms&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Daily Times, September 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011%5C09%5C30%5Cstory_30-9-2011_pg12_7"&gt;Study on growth of 2-wheelers presented in Karachi&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-5876161174008807240?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/5876161174008807240/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/11/air-pollution-alerts-november-6th-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/5876161174008807240'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/5876161174008807240'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/11/air-pollution-alerts-november-6th-2011.html' title='Air Pollution Alerts - November 6th, 2011'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-5151440080276990403</id><published>2011-10-30T14:30:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-11-02T14:31:01.253+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution Alerts - October 30th, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/10/air-pollution-alerts-october-23rd-2011.html"&gt;Last on October 23rd, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;China Daily, October 31st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/usa/china/2011-10/31/content_14004299.htm"&gt;Air quality suffers due to smog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;   Financial Express, October 31st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=154669&amp;amp;date=2011-11-01"&gt;Air pollution needs attention&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Mongolia News, October 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.mad-mongolia.com/news/mongolia-news/new-buses-to-serve-public-transport-7359/"&gt;New Buses to Serve Public Transport in Ulaanbaatar&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Times of India, October 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/indore/Indore-to-be-host-of-All-India-Mayors-Conference-once-again/articleshow/10545337.cms"&gt;Indore to be host of All India Mayors' Conference once again&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Indian Express, October 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Brand-Metro/867321/"&gt;Brand Metro&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Xinhua Net, October 30th, 2010&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-10/30/c_131219847.htm"&gt;Dense fog shrouds north, central China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;     The Economist, October 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.economist.com/node/21534802"&gt;Clean energy in California - On its own sunny path&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Los Angeles Times, October 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china-air-quality-20111030,0,4899208.story"&gt;U.S. Embassy air quality data undercut China's own assessments&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Grist Magazine, October 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.grist.org/list/2011-10-27-this-daily-show-investigation-of-science-will-make-you-lolsob"&gt;This Daily Show investigation of science will make you lol-sob&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Press Enterprise, October 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.pe.com/local-news/topics/topics-environment-headlines/20111028-inland-smog-slightly-worse-in-2011.ece"&gt;INLAND: Smog slightly worse in 2011&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Times of India, October 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Cracker-pollution-goes-down-with-push-from-nature/articleshow/10514233.cms"&gt;Cracker pollution goes down, with push from nature&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Indian Express, October 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/air-pollution-dips-this-diwali-overall-worsens/866348/"&gt;Air pollution dips this Diwali, overall worsens&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Outlook India, October 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=739635"&gt;Pollution Down This Diwali in Delhi But Noise Level Up&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Hindu, October 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/article2576202.ece"&gt;Delhi Govt. pats itself for lower air pollution on a ‘windy' Diwali&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Climate Spectator, October 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.climatespectator.com.au/commentary/clearing-haze-china"&gt;Clearing the haze in China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Aid Netherlands, October 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.nl-aid.org/continent/sub-saharan-africa/south-africa-transport-unites-communities-reduces-carbon/"&gt;South Africa: Transport unites communities, reduces carbon&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Grist List, October 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.grist.org/list/2011-10-28-deve-countries-take-the-climate-change-bullet-for-the-rest-of-us"&gt;Developing countries take the climate change bullet for the rest of us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Fast Company, October 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/1790991/one-more-for-the-climate-believers-heat-islands-study-contradicts-climate-deniers-talking-po"&gt;Painting Your Roof White Doesn't Work&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  NPR, October 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/10/27/141731707/it-s-economy-vs-environment-in-global-coal-trade"&gt;The Global Coal Trade's Complex Calculation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The CityFix, October 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://thecityfix.com/blog/striking-a-balance-in-transport-for-all-road-users"&gt;Striking a Balance in Transport for All Road Users&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Science Daily, October 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111027112328.htm"&gt;Global Warming Target to Stay Below 2 Degrees Requires More Action This Decade&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Daily Star, October 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=33254"&gt;ADB to give $4.5b to Bangladesh in 5 years&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, October 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/oct/27/white-roofs-global-warming"&gt;White roofs are not a global warming silver bullet&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Xinhua Net, October 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;         &lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-10/27/c_131215512.htm"&gt;China closes 7,000 enterprises for pollution violations in five years&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; NRDC Switchboard, October 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/rkassel/nrdc_joins_unep_to_celebrate_g.html"&gt;NRDC joins UNEP to celebrate global elimination of leaded gasoline--A huge step forward for children's health&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, October 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111026143813.htm"&gt;New Tool Clears the Air On Cloud Simulations&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, October 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2011/oct/26/climate-change-developing-country-impacts-risk"&gt;Map reveals stark divide in who caused climate change and who's being hit&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Daily Star, October 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=207927"&gt;Waste management&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Renewable Energy Magazine, October 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/energias/renovables/index/pag/panorama/colleft/colright/panorama/tip/articulo/pagid/17606/botid/47/"&gt;Wake-up call for fossil fuels as true costs calculated&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Reuters, October 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2011/10/25/smog-dims-shine-of-indias-diwali-festival-of-lights-reuters/"&gt;Smog dims shine of India’s Diwali festival of lights&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; PR Newswire, October 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/china-japan-and-usa-largest-markets-for-air-treatment-systems-132530918.html"&gt;China, Japan and USA Largest Markets for Air Treatment Systems&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; BBC, October 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15444858"&gt;China 'won't follow US' on carbon emissions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  Science Daily, October 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111025210906.htm"&gt;Glaciers in Southwest China Feel the Brunt of Climate Change&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Science Tech, October 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/science/environment/china-s-glaciers-in-meltdown-mode-1.1163991"&gt;China’s glaciers in ‘meltdown’ mode&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Center for American Progress, October 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/10/china_smart_grid.html"&gt;China Pours Money into Smart Grid Technology&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Huffington Post, October 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carl-pope/china-should-play-by-the-_b_1029121.html"&gt;China Should Play by the Rules, and America Should Play to Win&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China Daily, October 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2011-10/24/content_13960190.htm"&gt;China to cap non-renewable energy consumption&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Bloomberg Business Week, October 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.businessweek.com/article.asp?documentKey=1376-LTJRCW6JTSE901-0FI7P9QVP5FQ8FMU2G5S4CFTD2"&gt;China Qinhuangdao Coal Price Rises to Highest in Three Years&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Contra Costa Times, October 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_19182120?nclick_check=1"&gt;Railroads cite voluntary steps to reduce diesel emissions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Climate-L News, October 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/wri-unep-release-paper-on-climate-regime-design"&gt;WRI, UNEP Release Paper on Climate Regime Design&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Environmental Technology, October 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.envirotech-online.com/news/air-monitoring/6/breaking_news/helsinki_metro_project_aimed_at_boosting_air_quality/17247/"&gt;Helsinki metro project aimed at boosting air quality&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Pioneer, October 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailypioneer.com/pioneer-news/oped/15592-cng-eco-friendly-but-road-traffic-has-worsened.html"&gt;CNG: Eco-friendly, but road traffic has worsened&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Xinhua Net, October 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-10/23/c_131207356.htm"&gt;China's coal consumption rises 10.3 pct in first three quarters&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China Daily, October 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-10/22/content_13956169.htm"&gt;Heavy fog dampens Beijing's blue sky ambition&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China Daily, October 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;         &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-10/22/content_13954749.htm"&gt;Polluting plant hasn't resumed&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Wall Street Journal, October 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204485304576643013762503654.html?mod=ITP_pageone_1"&gt;How Do You Get to 7 Billion People&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, October 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2011/oct/21/data-tracks-carbon-emissions-source"&gt;Groundbreaking data tracks carbon emissions back to their source&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;   Xinhua Net, October 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-10/21/c_131205122.htm"&gt;City planners use expo to promote environmental awareness&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Xinhua Net, October 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-10/21/c_131204327.htm"&gt;Beijing heating goes solar&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People's Daily, October 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90882/7623308.html"&gt;China plant in pollution scandal defies government ban on production&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; India Together, October 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.indiatogether.org/2011/oct/env-radiation.htm"&gt;Radiation looms over power plans&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-5151440080276990403?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/5151440080276990403/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/10/air-pollution-alerts-october-30th-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/5151440080276990403'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/5151440080276990403'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/10/air-pollution-alerts-october-30th-2011.html' title='Air Pollution Alerts - October 30th, 2011'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-2847856528357858589</id><published>2011-10-23T17:45:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-10-24T17:45:41.290+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution Alerts - October 23rd, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/10/air-pollution-alerts-october-9th-2011.html"&gt;Last on October 9th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Times of India, October 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/City-gets-more-Games-type-air-monitoring-centres/articleshow/10469913.cms"&gt;City gets more Games-type air monitoring centres&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  The New York Times, October 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/24/business/global/cost-of-subsidizing-fossil-fuels-is-high-but-cutting-them-is-tough.html"&gt;Cost of Subsidizing Fossil Fuels Is High, but Cutting Them Is Tough&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Xinhua Net, October 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-10/22/c_131206626.htm"&gt;Heavy fog closes expressways, dampens Beijing's blue sky ambition&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; IEDR, October 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://iedro.com/blog/articles/climate-change/the-study-of-black-carbon-and-other-pollutants-in-the-atmosphere"&gt;The Study of Black Carbon and Other Pollutants in the Atmosphere&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Climate Watch, October 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2011/10/21/clearing-the-air-on-climate-and-smog/"&gt;Clearing the Air on Climate and Smog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Info Mongolia, October 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.infomongolia.com/ct/ci/2155"&gt;People of Buriyatia to reduce air pollution in Ulaanbaatar&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Los Angeles Times, October 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-jackson-train-act-20111021,0,4827827.story"&gt;'Too dirty to fail'&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; BBC, October 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15373071"&gt;Global warming 'confirmed' by independent study&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;   The Guardian, October 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2011/oct/20/high-speed-rail-london-emissions"&gt;Will the High Speed 2 rail line reduce emissions&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Red Orbit, October 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112405003/nasa-takes-a-look-back-at-a-decade-of-fires"&gt;NASA Takes A Look Back At A Decade Of Fires&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, October 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111020025606.htm"&gt;Visual Tour of Earth's Fires&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  Science Daily, October 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111020145108.htm"&gt;Space Weather Prediction Model Improves Forecasting&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, October 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111020145106.htm"&gt;Significant Ozone Hole Remains Over Antarctica&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, October 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111020025802.htm"&gt;Urban 'Heat Island' Effect Is a Small Part of Global Warming; White Roofs Don't Reduce It&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Times of India, October 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Indian-cities-cant-do-without-a-Metro/articleshow/10421213.cms"&gt;Indian cities can't do without a Metro&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; NRDC Switchboard, October 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/plehner/an_inside_look_at_a_cleaner_te.html"&gt;An Inside Look at a Cleaner Textile Mill in China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The TIME, October 19th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;        &lt;a href="http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2011/10/19/how-chinese-babies-pay-the-price-for-chinese-pollution"&gt;How Chinese Babies Pay the Price for Chinese Pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Hindu, October 19th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/article2552097.ece"&gt;Slowdown fears in India unwarranted, says German Consul&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Financial Express, October 19th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=153439&amp;amp;date=2011-10-19"&gt;'Sweden to help rehabilitate climate change victims in BD'&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Working Knowledge, October 19th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6845.html"&gt;Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China Dialogue, October 19th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/4589-Clearing-the-haze"&gt;Clearing the haze&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, October 19th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111019185134.htm"&gt;Pollutants Linked to 450 Percent Increase in Risk of Birth Defects in Rural China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, October 19th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111019162245.htm"&gt;NASA, Japan Release Improved Topographic Map of Earth&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, October 19th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111019105516.htm"&gt;Technologies for the City of Tomorrow&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NPR, October 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2011/10/18/141455850/curbing-cooking-smoke-that-kills-more-people-than-malaria"&gt;Curbing Cooking Smoke That Kills More People Than Malaria&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  World Bank, October 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://go.worldbank.org/2PUJ0ARYJ0"&gt;Mongolia - Ulaanbaatar Clean Air Project : safeguards report&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Environmental Health News, October 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/blog/2011-1018-forbes-mislabels-particulate-matter"&gt;"Ultrafine" mistaken in an otherwise illuminating air pollution article&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Huffington Post, October 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marcelo-mena/heating-and-air-pollution_b_1012414.html"&gt;Heating and Air Pollution in Santiago, Chile&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  All Africa, October 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201110190012.html"&gt;The Cookstove Conundrum - Old Ways Vs. New Habits, Better Health&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;   The Grist Magazine, October 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.grist.org/renewable-energy/2011-10-18-from-dung-power-to-solar-power-how-billions-without-electrical-a"&gt;How billions without electricity will benefit from clean energy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Mother Nature Network, October 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/mongolias-capital-tries-to-shed-its-smog"&gt;Mongolia's capital tries to shed its smog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Yale 360, October 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://e360.yale.edu/feature/shenyang_a_once-polluted_china_city_is_turning_from_gray_to_green/2454/"&gt;A Once-Polluted Chinese City Is Turning from Gray to Green&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Guardian, October 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/oct/17/smoggy-chinese-city-green"&gt;How a smoggy Chinese city turned green&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Reuters, October 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/10/17/idINIndia-59928420111017"&gt;Mongolia's capital tries to shed its smog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Tribune Times, October 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/opinion/editorial/general/we-cant-switch-off-coal-power/2325622.aspx"&gt;We can't switch off coal power&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  Kuwait Times, October 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=NTI1NTk1NDkxNg=="&gt;Kuwait among 10 most polluted nations: WHO&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, October 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111017155618.htm"&gt;Links in the Chain: Global Carbon Emissions and Consumption Difficult to Attribute&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Slate Magazine, October 16th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;                &lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2011/10/alternative_energy_will_benefit_billions_in_the_developing_world.html"&gt;From Dung Power to Solar Power&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;   Times of India, October 16th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-16/india/30285885_1_coal-supplies-coal-stocks-power-plants"&gt;When damp coal left us in darkness&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt; NRDC Switchboard, October 16th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/mwyenn/air_pollution_can_make_you_fat.html"&gt;Air Pollution Can Make You Fat&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, October 16th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111016212016.htm"&gt;Google Earth Typhoid Maps Reveal Secrets of Disease Outbreaks&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Economic Times, October 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/energy/power/coal-crunch-may-trip-power-plants-including-those-of-ntpc/articleshow/10346396.cms"&gt;Coal crunch may trip power plants including those of NTPC&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Hindu, October 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/article2538023.ece"&gt;Clean up the air&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Engineering News, October 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/stricter-enforcement-of-ambient-air-quality-standards-for-brick-manufacturing-2011-10-14"&gt;Stricter enforcement of ambient air quality standards  for brick manufacturing&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Huffington Post, October 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jack-davis/what-i-learned-about-chin_b_994401.html"&gt;What I Learned About China and the Environment from Cathay Pacific&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, October 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111014131838.htm"&gt;Emissions of Atmospheric Compounds: New Scenarios for the IPCC&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; SciDev.Net, October 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;                    &lt;a href="http://www.scidev.net/en/south-asia/news/indo-french-satellite-to-boost-climate-insight.html"&gt;Indo-French satellite to boost climate insight&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Resource Investing News, October 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://resourceinvestingnews.com/24100-china-to-lead-in-electric-vehicle-market.html"&gt;China to Lead in Electric Vehicle Market&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;   Parisar Pune, September 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://parisar.org/activities/analysesreports/135-transport-budget-analysis-2011-12.html"&gt;India Transport Budget Analysis 2011-12&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Hindu, October 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Bangalore/article2527745.ece"&gt;Highways take a toll on pedestrians&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; UC Riverside, October 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://newsroom.ucr.edu/2748"&gt;Fighting Pollution to Slow Climate Change&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Guardian, October 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/oct/10/climate-change-cost-companies-worth"&gt;Climate change not factored into companies' value, warns UN chief&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;Global Times, September 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.globaltimes.cn/NEWS/tabid/99/ID/677611/Lanzhou-has-worst-air-in-nation-report.aspx"&gt;Lanzhou has worst air in nation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One News Page, September 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.onenewspage.com/n/Asia-Pacific/74mty39qj/Railways-To-Take-Big-Steps-for-Fourth-Generation.htm"&gt;Railways To Take Big Steps for Fourth Generation Development&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Hindu, September 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/article2461716.ece"&gt;Model footpaths planned on five roads&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-2847856528357858589?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/2847856528357858589/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/10/air-pollution-alerts-october-23rd-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/2847856528357858589'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/2847856528357858589'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/10/air-pollution-alerts-october-23rd-2011.html' title='Air Pollution Alerts - October 23rd, 2011'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-2168765205578422909</id><published>2011-10-09T17:46:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-10-12T17:47:04.510+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution Alerts - October 9th, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/10/air-pollution-alerts-october-2nd-2011.html"&gt;Last on October 2nd, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;World Bank, October, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.worldbank.org/5KOLBY0IP0"&gt;Greenhouse Gas Emission Mitigation in Road Construction and Rehabilitation: A Toolkit for Developing Countries&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Hindu Business Line, October 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/article2523548.ece"&gt;Challenges of mobility&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Hindu, October 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/article2525064.ece"&gt;Delhi Zoo safe for inmates&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/article2525064.ece" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hindustan Times, October 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/mumbai/New-BMC-norms-for-your-footpaths/Article1-755154.aspx"&gt;New BMC norms for your footpaths&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The City Fix, October 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://thecityfix.com/blog/making-room-for-delhis-bicycle-culture/"&gt;Making Room for Delhi’s Bicycle Culture&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Waste Management World, October 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.waste-management-world.com/index/from-the-wires/wire-news-display/1515790892.html"&gt;Jindal Group's upcoming waste-to-energy plant has Delhi fuming&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Guardian, October 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/oct/07/europe-greenhouse-gas-emissions-rise"&gt;Europe's greenhouse gas emissions rise&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, October 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/oct/06/airlines-charged-carbon-pollution"&gt;Airlines can be charged for carbon pollution, court rules&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/article2525064.ece" target="_blank"&gt;The Guardian, October 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/oct/05/melting-arctic-ice-supertankers"&gt;Melting Arctic ice clears the way for supertanker voyages&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Live Mint, October 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.livemint.com/2011/10/04234319/Sootmonsoon-link-to-be-studie.html"&gt;Soot-monsoon link to be studied&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Climate-L, October 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://climate-l.iisd.org/guest-articles/cities-and-climate-change"&gt;The urban dimension of climate change&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Guardian, October 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/oct/03/china-air-pollution-quality-standards"&gt;China to tighten air pollution standards&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Times of India, October 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/global-warming/Set-emission-cut-target-date-for-all-nations/articleshow/10212673.cms"&gt;Set emission cut target date for all nations&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All Africa, October 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201110030106.html"&gt;Uganda: WHO Warns of Increased Air Pollution Deaths&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Hindu, September 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/article2498002.ece"&gt;Do aerosols have an impact on Indian monsoon&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Biofuels Digest, September 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2011/09/27/the-third-way-advanced-biofuels-as-a-systems-of-systems/"&gt;The Third Way: Advanced biofuels as a system of systems&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brookings, August 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2011/08_energy_green_growth_hultman_sierra.aspx"&gt;Energy and Green Growth: Recasting the Options, Re-envisioning Sustainability&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/article2525064.ece" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-2168765205578422909?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/2168765205578422909/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/10/air-pollution-alerts-october-9th-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/2168765205578422909'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/2168765205578422909'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/10/air-pollution-alerts-october-9th-2011.html' title='Air Pollution Alerts - October 9th, 2011'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-3575658320133070897</id><published>2011-10-02T03:07:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-10-04T03:08:07.059+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution Alerts - October 2nd, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/09/air-pollution-alerts-september-25th.html"&gt;Last on September 25th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Economic Times, October 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/proper-development-strategy-needed-for-indian-cities-and-towns/articleshow/10191026.cms"&gt;Proper development strategy needed for Indian cities and towns&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Forbes, October 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2011/10/01/pollution-costs-more-than-what-is-produced-to-make-the-pollution/"&gt;Pollution Costs More Than What is Produced to Make the Pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; BBC, September 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15134136"&gt;Paris launches electric car-sharing scheme&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Grist Magazine, September 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.grist.org/list/2011-09-30-how-central-park-cools-the-entire-planet"&gt;How Central Park cools the entire planet&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Grist Magazine, September 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.grist.org/list/2011-09-30-is-this-the-perfect-urban-bike"&gt;Is this the perfect urban bike&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Grist Magazine, September 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.grist.org/list/2011-09-29-economists-every-1-of-electricity-from-coal-does-2-in-damage-to-"&gt;Economists: Every $1 of electricity from coal does $2 in damage to U.S&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; CNN, September 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;          &lt;a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2011/09/29/business/carbon-fuel-recyling/index.html"&gt;Making fuel out of thin air&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Grist Magazine, September 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.grist.org/list/2011-09-29-china-may-emit-more-carbon-per-person-than-u.s.-by-2017"&gt;China may emit more carbon per person than U.S. by 2017&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Grist Magazine, September 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.grist.org/list/2011-09-29-critical-list-epas-greenhouse-report-comes-in-for-criticism-moto"&gt;EPA’s greenhouse report comes in for criticism; motorcycles are gross&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Press Information Bureau, September 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=76305"&gt;First ICIMOD-India Day Celebration tomorrow&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Scientific American, September 29th, 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=aerosol-particles-dry-out-monsoons"&gt;Aerosol Particles Dry Out South Asian Monsoons&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Latin American Press, September 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://lapress.org/articles.asp?art=6468"&gt;Air quality lagging&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Atlantic Journal, September 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;a href="http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-forward/2011/09/29/bad-summer-for-smog"&gt;Bad summer for smog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  Independent News, September 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/paper-factory-scrutinised-over-pollution-1.1147228"&gt;Paper factory scrutinised over pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;br /&gt;  Scientific American, September 28th, 2011&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2011/sep/29/damian-carrington-blog-fast-lane-to-nowhere" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=chinas-city-of-the-future-tianjin-rises-on-wasteland&amp;amp;offset=2"&gt;China's City of the Future Rises on a Wasteland&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2011/sep/29/damian-carrington-blog-fast-lane-to-nowhere" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2011/sep/29/damian-carrington-blog-fast-lane-to-nowhere" target="_blank"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;Science Daily, September 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110928190114.htm"&gt;Energy Efficiency in Building and Cities&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, September 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/sep/28/al-gore-proof-climate-change"&gt;Al Gore: clear proof that climate change causes extreme weather&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, September 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/sep/26/low-carbon-energy"&gt;Why do we need low-carbon energy – and how much is currently produced&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Asia News, September 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Asian-cities-and-capitals-are-the-most-polluted-in-the-world-22764.html"&gt;Asian cities and capitals are the most polluted in the world&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;New Kerala, September 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;           &lt;a href="http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-77064.html"&gt;Spending under JNURM encouraging private transport&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  &lt;span&gt;The Voice of Russian, September 27th, 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/09/28/56869307.html"&gt;Air quality and health&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; All Africa, September 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;           &lt;a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201109280238.html"&gt;Africa: Clinton Marks Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves Anniversary&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;The Hindu, September 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2490275.ece"&gt;Indian cities experiencing ‘acute’ respiratory problems&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Environmental Technology, September 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://eponline.com/articles/2011/09/27/when-combating-urban-air-pollution-think-regionally.aspx"&gt;When Combating Urban Air Pollution, Think Regionally&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Globe and Mail, September 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/asia-pacific/think-chinas-air-is-breathable-think-again/article2181489/?from=sec431"&gt;Think China’s air is breathable? Think again&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Industrial Fuels and Power, September 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.ifandp.com/article/0013975.html"&gt;Vietnam’s power shift&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China TV, September 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://english.cntv.cn/20110927/105538.shtml"&gt;Traffic restrictions for holiday&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Xinhua Net, September 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/health/2011-09/27/c_131161257.htm"&gt;Two million die of air pollution each year: WHO&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  NPR, September 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;         &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2011/09/08/140317111/avoiding-global-warming-stories"&gt;Avoiding Global Warming Stories&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;World Streets, September 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://worldstreets.wordpress.com/2011/09/26/op-ed-cornie-huizenga-the-transport-sector-as-leader-in-the-sustainability-debate/"&gt;Op-Ed, Cornie Huizenga: The transport sector as leader in the sustainability debate&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Guardian, September 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/sep/26/iran-india-pakistan-mongolia-polluted-cities"&gt;Iran, India, Pakistan and Mongolia have most polluted cities in the world&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DNA India, September 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_indian-cities-victim-of-acute-respiratory-problems-who_1591952"&gt;Indian cities victim of 'acute' respiratory problems&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Atlantic, September 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/life/archive/2011/09/health-and-climate-change-7-ways-you-are-being-harmed/245607/"&gt;Health and Climate Change: 7 Ways You Are Being Harmed&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Business Day, September 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.businessdayonline.com/NG/index.php/typography/the-news/27822-experts-advocate-improved-city-air-quality"&gt;Experts advocate improved city air quality&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Care2, September 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.care2.com/causes/few-americans-use-public-transport-drive-alone-instead.html"&gt;Few Americans Use Public Transport, Drive Alone Instead&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Xinhua Net, September 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;           &lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-09/23/c_131154684.htm"&gt;China to reevaluate, revise environmental quality standards in next five years&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  The Guardian, September 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2011/sep/29/damian-carrington-blog-fast-lane-to-nowhere"&gt;Higher speed limit is the fast track to more fumes and funerals&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2011/sep/29/damian-carrington-blog-fast-lane-to-nowhere" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2011/sep/29/damian-carrington-blog-fast-lane-to-nowhere" target="_blank"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;TIME, September 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2093955,00.html#ixzz1ZMczqcbj"&gt;Al Gore and the Alternate Realities of Climate Change&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Climate-L, September 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;a href="http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/asia-pacific-workshop-promotes-regional-distribution-of-cdm-projects"&gt;Asia Pacific Workshop Promotes Regional Distribution of CDM Projects&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-3575658320133070897?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/3575658320133070897/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/10/air-pollution-alerts-october-2nd-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/3575658320133070897'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/3575658320133070897'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/10/air-pollution-alerts-october-2nd-2011.html' title='Air Pollution Alerts - October 2nd, 2011'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-2752098193056246588</id><published>2011-09-25T08:40:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2011-09-27T08:42:23.418+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution Alerts - September 25th, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/09/air-pollution-alerts-september-18th.html"&gt;Last on September 18th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Assam Tribune, August 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=aug2611/at092"&gt;Urban transport authority in Guwahati city likely&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BD News, September 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=207107&amp;amp;cid=4"&gt;Govt imposing new tech on brick kilns&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Magazine, September 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/09/tick-tock-modeling-emissions-fro.html"&gt;Tick Tock, Modeling Emissions From Trees Around the Clock&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Daily, September 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-09/23/content_13774917.htm"&gt;Environmental quality standards under change&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Treehugger, September 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/09/trading-charcoal-sustainbly-farmed-biofuel-africa.php"&gt;Trading Charcoal for Sustainably Farmed Biofuel in Africa (Video)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Forbes, September 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/bethgreenfield/2011/09/23/americas-most-stressful-cities/"&gt;America's Most Stressful Cities&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Huffington Post, September 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diane-maceachern/bachmann-epa_b_975899.html"&gt;Michele Bachman Needs to Go to China Before She Tries to Shut Down the EPA&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Indian Express, September 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/MoUD-pitches-for-vehicle-cess-to-fund-urban-public-transport/849940/"&gt;MoUD pitches for vehicle cess to fund urban public transport&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All Africa, September 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201109230455.html"&gt;Africa: Fact Sheet On U.S. Action in Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reuters, September 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL3E7KM0FD20110922"&gt;China to tighten emissions from thermal power plants&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Asia One, September 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20110924-301232.html"&gt;Asean urges Indonesia to sign pollution pact&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NRDC Switchboard, September 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/amall/new_source_of_information_for.html"&gt;New source of information for Americans facing oil and gas drilling in their communities&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AFP, September 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g4lPhvjROoqGH-eR2NB2er_R6vDA?docId=CNG.5cc676d2b02da276cd06b20df22fe7f6.261"&gt;Protests mark rising environment awareness in China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Economist, September 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/09/global-health"&gt;Global health - Developing diseases&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Standford Daily, September 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stanforddaily.com/2011/09/20/study-finds-black-carbon-major-warming-culprit/"&gt;Study shows black carbon is major warming culprit&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BD News, September 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=206630&amp;amp;cid=2"&gt;US invites Bangladesh to clean cooking&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;The National, September 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/asia-pacific/environental-protests-halt-production-at-polluting-chinese-solar-panel-plant"&gt;Environmental protests halt production at polluting Chinese solar panel plant&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deccan Herald, September 19th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/content/192168/tax-likely-parking-cars-along.html"&gt;Tax likely for parking cars along roads&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Magazine, September 19th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/09/return-of-a-killer-volcano.html"&gt;Return of a Killer Volcano&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Radio Free Asia, September 19th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.rfa.org/english/energy_watch/climate-09192011110739.html"&gt;China Study Eyes Carbon Tax&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Economic Times, September 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/columnists/swaminathan-s-a-aiyar/ships-of-hope-on-the-mighty-brahmaputra-swaminathan-s-anklesaria-aiyar/articleshow/10026303.cms"&gt;Ships of hope on the mighty Brahmaputra&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Energy Collective, September 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://theenergycollective.com/jim-greenberger/65428/marshall-plan-build-smart-grid-china"&gt;A Marshall Plan to Build a Smart Grid -- in China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; All Africa, September 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201109190845.html"&gt;Kenya: How Grandiose Lamu Port Project Is Alienating Coastal Communities From Country&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All Africa, September 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201109191040.html"&gt;Nigeria: Climate Change and Agriculture in Country&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Times of India, September 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Experts-mull-on-high-speed-rail-transport/articleshow/10024773.cms"&gt;Experts mull on high speed rail transport&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Economist, September 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.economist.com/node/21529015"&gt;Green growth - Some emerging-world companies are combining growth with greenery&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People's Daily, September 16th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://english.people.com.cn/90882/7597511.html"&gt;First liquefied natural gas station opens in Tibet&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People's Daily, September 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://english.people.com.cn/90882/7596640.html"&gt;China prepares for 5th Car-Free Day&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;        VECC-MEP, September 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.vecc-mep.org.cn/eng/news/news_detail.jsp?newsid=45198"&gt;China Commits to Landmark Agreement With Dual Ozone and Climate Benefits&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  CRI English, September 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;a href="http://english.cri.cn/6909/2011/09/13/2941s657950.htm"&gt;Blue Sky Project Proposes Low Carbon Plan&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cities Alliance, September 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.citiesalliance.org/ca/node/2625"&gt;Developing an Energy-Efficient Urban Transport Plan for Zarqa, Jordan&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Economic Times, August 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/environment/pollution/air-far-from-clean-city-noisy-too/articleshow/9777314.cms"&gt;Air far from clean, city noisy too - Chennai, Tamilnadu, India&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Economic Times, August 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/environment/pollution/ambient-air-quality-in-mining-areas-polluted-gspcb/articleshow/9437116.cms"&gt;Ambient air quality in mining areas in Goa, India&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-2752098193056246588?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/2752098193056246588/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/09/air-pollution-alerts-september-25th.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/2752098193056246588'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/2752098193056246588'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/09/air-pollution-alerts-september-25th.html' title='Air Pollution Alerts - September 25th, 2011'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-800516067067620466</id><published>2011-09-18T11:51:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2011-09-18T11:51:32.583+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution Alerts - September 18th, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/09/air-pollution-alerts-september-4th-2011.html"&gt;Last on September 4th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;ICCT, September 18th, 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.theicct.org/2011/09/india-air-pollution-health-workshop/"&gt;India Air Pollution &amp;amp; Health Workshop&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;NRDC Switchboard, September 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/dbailey/getting_slicked_by_big_oil.html"&gt;Getting slicked by big oil&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; DNA India, September 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_transport-mysore-makes-a-smart-move_1588173"&gt;Transport: Mysore makes a smart move&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Co-generation On-Site, September 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cospp.com/news/2011/09/1502241899/hong-kong-speech-by-sen-on-building-a-green-hong-kong-english-only.html"&gt;Hong Kong: Speech by SEN on Building a Green Hong Kong&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Bangkok Post, September 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/256972/setting-wheels-in-motion"&gt;Setting wheels in motion in Bangkok&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NPR, September 16th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2011/09/15/140508448/whyd-it-take-so-long-to-invent-the-wheel"&gt;Why'd It Take So Long To Invent The Wheel&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NPR, September 16th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/09/16/140527388/epa-postpones-power-plant-emissions-rules"&gt;EPA Postpones Power Plant Emissions Rules&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PRO-Publica, September 16th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.propublica.org/article/science-lags-as-health-problems-emerge-near-gas-fields"&gt;Science Lags As Health Problems Emerge Near Gas Fields&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Grist Magazine, September 16th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.grist.org/list/2011-09-16-climate-denying-candidates-make-more-americans-believe-in-global"&gt;Climate-denying candidates make more Americans believe in global warming&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grist Magazine, September 16th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.grist.org/list/2011-09-16-watch-david-mitchell-take-the-piss-out-of-climate-deniers"&gt;Watch comedian David Mitchell take the piss out of climate deniers&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, September 16th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915163955.htm"&gt;Cities to Grab Lands Equaling Size of Mongolia In Next 20 Years&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CSE, September 16th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/BIZ-NEWS-petrol-hike-will-push-diesel-car-demand-cse-2433543.html"&gt;Petrol hike will push diesel car demand&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;China Daily, September 16th, 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-09/16/content_13712086.htm"&gt;Low-carbon growth 'needs incentives'&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Platts, September 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/Oil/8344954"&gt;China oil demand growth to slow more on weak economic outlook&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Common Dreams, September, 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/09/15-9"&gt;Despite Mounting Climate Crisis, EPA Delays Cuts for Greenhouse Gases&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Common Dreams, September 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/09/15-7"&gt;America and Oil: Declining Together&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grist List, September 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.grist.org/list/2011-09-15-you-want-a-war-on-cars-fine-heres-your-war-on-cars"&gt;You want a war on cars? Fine, here’s your war on cars&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt; NPR, September 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/09/15/140490275/md-teachers-must-promote-environmental-literacy"&gt;Teaching Environmental Literacy: Seeking Balance&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;NPR, September 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/09/14/140472519/al-gore-its-an-honor-to-be-attacked-on-climate-change"&gt;Al Gore: It's An Honor To Be Attacked On Climate Change&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, September 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914134907.htm"&gt;Air Pollution Caused by Ships Plummets When Vessels Shift to Cleaner, Low-Sulfur Fuels&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;    The Japan Times, September 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110914a1.html"&gt;No rush to turn to renewables&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   China Green News, September 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;a href="http://eng.greensos.cn/ShowArticle.aspx?articleId=1028"&gt;Ministry of Environmental Protection May Change Air Quality Measurement Standards&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  Construction Week Online, September 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.constructionweekonline.com/article-13884-construction-sector-behind-gcc-air-pollution/"&gt;Construction sector behind GCC air pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;br /&gt;  European Parliament, September 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/en/headlines/content/20110908FCS26135/7/html/MEPs-call-for-cuts-in-non-CO2-greenhouse-emissions"&gt;MEPs call for cuts in non-CO2 greenhouse emissions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  ADB, September 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://beta.adb.org/news/adb-loan-boosts-solar-power-indias-gujarat"&gt;ADB Loan Boosts Solar Power in India's Gujarat&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Cause Because, September 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://causebecause.com/news-detail.php?NewsID=419"&gt;Pollution: How we make it happen&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Philippine Star, September 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=726727&amp;amp;publicationSubCategoryId=200"&gt;Myanmar to upgrade hotels to meet ASEAN standard&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Science Daily, September 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110913140236.htm"&gt;Tools That Will Help Reduce Nitrogen Pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, September 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110912092603.htm"&gt;Can Scientists Look at Next Year's Climate&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, September 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110912152906.htm"&gt;Health Fears Over CO2 Storage Are Unfounded&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Science Daily, September 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110912152858.htm"&gt;Sustainability Scientists Suggest How Countries Can Cooperate On Climate&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;Times of India, September 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Diesel-cars-give-petrol-cousins-a-run-for-their-money/articleshow/9954147.cms"&gt;Diesel cars give petrol cousins a run for their money&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Guardian, September 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/sep/11/climate-change-summer-city"&gt;Climate change: summer in the city&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Guardian, September 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/sep/11/biomass-schemes-boost-timber-imports"&gt;Biomass schemes will boost destructive timber imports, claims wood industry&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Shanghai Daily, September 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;a href="http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=482255&amp;amp;type=Metro"&gt;Reusable subway tickets developed&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; New York Times, September 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/11/opinion/sunday/bruni-janette-sadik-khan-bicycle-visionary.html"&gt;Bicycle Visionary&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Vietnam News, September 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/Social-Isssues/215214/Vehicle-fumes-to-be-cut-from-2017.html"&gt;Vehicle fumes to be cut from 2017&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; TIME, September 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2011/09/09/natural-gas-can-save-the-climate-not-exactl"&gt;Natural Gas Can Save the Climate? Not Exactly&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Grist Magazine, September 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.grist.org/list/2011-09-09-switching-from-coal-to-natural-gas-would-accelerate-climate-chan"&gt;Switching from coal to natural gas would accelerate climate change&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Grist List, September 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.grist.org/list/2011-09-09-gaze-upon-the-eight-circles-of-commuting-hell"&gt;Gaze upon the eight circles of commuting hell&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, September 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/sep/08/beijing-aviation-hub-mega-airport"&gt;Beijing set to become world's busiest aviation hub with new mega-airport&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;MoNRE, September 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.monre.gov.vn/v35/default.aspx?tabid=675&amp;amp;CateID=58&amp;amp;ID=105899&amp;amp;Code=6ESK105899"&gt;Pollution problems worsen in capital of Vietnam&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The Atlantic, September 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/09/in-fast-growing-china-a-warning-about-when-prosperity-isnt-enough/244603/"&gt;In Fast-Growing China, a Warning About When Prosperity Isn't Enough&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Science Daily, September 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110907130654.htm"&gt;CERES Continues Legacy of Cloud Study On NPP&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;   The Hindu, September 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/article2432397.ece"&gt;Volvo to enter medium bus segment&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; The City Fix, September 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://thecityfix.com/blog/new-study-indian-cities-score-low-in-walkability-ratings/"&gt;Indian Cities Score Low in Walkability Ratings&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Xinhua Net, September 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-09/07/c_131114456.htm"&gt;China outlines reduction targets in energy consumption by 2015&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;br /&gt; CNTN, September 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;a href="http://english.cntv.cn/program/china24/20110906/105032.shtml"&gt;China to make clean fuels a priority&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Common Dreams, September 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;div&gt;   &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/09/06-1"&gt;Oil Exploration Under Arctic Ice Could Cause 'Uncontrollable' Natural Disaster&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Climate-L, September 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;a href="http://climate-l.iisd.org/guest-articles/clean-energy-helping-propel-asia-to-new-prosperity"&gt;Clean Energy: Helping Propel Asia to New Prosperity&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt; Edie Net, September 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;a href="http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=20769&amp;amp;title=Water+scarcity+overtakes+global+warming+as+top+environmental+concern+"&gt;Water scarcity overtakes global warming as top environmental concern&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt; New York Times, September 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/03/science/earth/03air.html"&gt;Obama Administration Abandons Stricter Air-Quality Rules&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt; Press Information Bureau, September 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=75616"&gt;Concentration of PM10 in Ambient Air in Delhi much above the Notified Standards&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; NPR, September 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/09/02/140142406/obama-withdraws-proposed-regulation-on-smog"&gt;Obama Withdraws Proposed Regulation On Smog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;br /&gt;      &lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;CNN, August 31st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/08/25/emanuel.weather.predict/index.html"&gt;Why are hurricane forecasts still so rough&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;br /&gt;  MoNRE, August 23rd, 2011&lt;a href="http://www.monre.gov.vn/v35/default.aspx?tabid=675&amp;amp;CateID=58&amp;amp;ID=106594&amp;amp;Code=GCUL106594"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.monre.gov.vn/v35/default.aspx?tabid=675&amp;amp;CateID=58&amp;amp;ID=106594&amp;amp;Code=GCUL106594"&gt;It’s more difficult than thought to remove brick kilns in Vietnam&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  MoNRE, August 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.monre.gov.vn/v35/default.aspx?tabid=675&amp;amp;CateID=58&amp;amp;ID=106595&amp;amp;Code=PEN7106595"&gt;Vietnam to bring clean energy to 600,000 households&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;span&gt;Vietnam Net, August 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://english.vietnamnet.vn/en/environment/12132/small-scale-brick-kilns-gradually-killing-creatures-in-nghe-an.html"&gt;Small scale brick kilns in Vietnam gradually killing creatures in Nghe An&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;br /&gt;  Science Daily, August 20th,2011&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110819155428.htm"&gt;Growth of Cities Endangers Global Environment&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;     &lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;CNN, August 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/08/17/graaf.climate.change.bind/index.html"&gt;Tackling climate change still a luxury in developing world&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;br /&gt;      &lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The Economist, August 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;a href="http://www.economist.com/node/21525961?fsrc=scn/tw/te/ar/stickingittochina"&gt;Sticking it to China - A factory in rural Georgia helps East Asia eat&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-800516067067620466?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/800516067067620466/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/09/air-pollution-alerts-september-18th.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/800516067067620466'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/800516067067620466'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/09/air-pollution-alerts-september-18th.html' title='Air Pollution Alerts - September 18th, 2011'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-8127021736955065018</id><published>2011-09-04T11:35:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-09-07T11:35:39.177+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution Alerts - September 4th, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/08/air-pollution-alerts-august-28th-2011.html"&gt;Last on August 28th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;USA Today, September 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2011/09/obama-decides-against-change-in-ozone-standards/1"&gt;Obama decides against tougher ozone standards&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The White House Blog, September 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/09/02/cleaner-air-and-stronger-economy-record-success"&gt;Cleaner Air and a Stronger Economy – A Record of Success&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China Daily, September 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/usa/weekly/2011-09/02/content_13603304.htm"&gt;Jewel of the south&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Thanh Nein News, September 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.thanhniennews.com/2010/Pages/20110903171113.aspx"&gt;Residents clash with polluters&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; DNA India, September 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_rajkot-surat-need-dedicated-pedestrian-space-study_1582409"&gt;Rajkot, Surat need dedicated pedestrian space&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; BD News, September 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=204853&amp;amp;cid=13"&gt;One mosquito coil 'equals 100 cigarettes'&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Telegraph, September 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110902/jsp/frontpage/story_14454905.jsp"&gt;World’s worst lungs are in India - Cross-continental survey raises deeper air pollution fears than suspected&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  One World South Asia, September 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://southasia.oneworld.net/todaysheadlines/air-pollution-in-delhi-invisible-but-rising"&gt;Air pollution in Delhi invisible but rising&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Tree Hugger, September 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/09/if-congress-guts-even-more-environmental-rules-how-many-jobs-will-be-gained.php"&gt;If Congress Guts Even More Environmental Rules, How Many Jobs Will Be Gained&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Science Daily, September 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110831205919.htm"&gt;Cutting Soot Emissions: Fastest, Most Economical Way to Slow Global Warming&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Grist Magazine, September 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.grist.org/list/2011-09-02-obama-blows-smog-in-everyones-face"&gt;Obama blows smog in everyone’s face&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; India Today, September 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/delhis-air-pollution-is-deadlier/1/149713.html"&gt;Delhi's air pollution is deadlier than thought&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Deccan Chronicle, September 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/north/indians%E2%80%99-lungs-unhealthiest-study-reveals-691"&gt;Indians’ lungs unhealthiest in the World&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Green Answers, September 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://greenanswers.com/news/258919/apple-accused-widespread-pollution-china"&gt;Apple Accused Of Widespread Pollution In China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Beyond Brics, September 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2011/09/01/beijing-chinas-most-liveable-city-for-who/#axzz1Wj21ydgj"&gt;Beijing: the most liveable city in China, for whom&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Bits of Science, September 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bitsofscience.org/soot-policy-climate-change-2909/"&gt;Anti-soot policy can solve 15% climate change within decade&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Times of India, September 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-01/delhi/29952960_1_lung-cancer-air-pollution-cancer-patients"&gt;Air pollution back as big health threat in Delhi&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China Daily, September 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/usa/2011-09/01/content_13594666.htm"&gt;China needs to act fast on oil spills&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Joint Research Center, August 31st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://ies.jrc.ec.europa.eu/our-activities/global-support/climate-change-and-air-quality.html"&gt;Limiting short term climate change and improving air quality&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CSE, August 31st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.cseindia.org/node/2977"&gt;CSE's Press Release: Dialogue on Air Pollution and our health&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Hindustan Times, August 31st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;          &lt;a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/Ozone-can-trigger-asthma-Study/Article1-740234.aspx"&gt;Ozone can trigger asthma&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  China Daily, August 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/usa/china/2011-08/30/content_13216582.htm"&gt;Beijing to cap coal use to reduce pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, August 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110829210818.htm"&gt;Mysteries of Ozone Depletion Continue 25 Years After the Discovery of the Antarctic Ozone Hole&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;   Xinhua net, August 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-08/29/c_131081860.htm"&gt;China meets pollution control targets for 2006-2010&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Switch Board, August 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/paltman/time_to_decide_protect_kids_or.html"&gt;Time to Decide: Protect Kids, or Polluters&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Xinhua Net, August 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-08/29/c_131082314.htm"&gt;China launches special supervision in 15 companies for pollution control violations&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Daily Finance, August 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/08/29/chinas-pending-energy-crisis"&gt;China's Pending Energy Crisis&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  COP17, August 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://links.org.au/node/2469"&gt;As COP17 approaches: Dirty Durban’s manual for climate greenwashing&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Dawn.com, August 19th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.dawn.com/2011/08/19/controlling-pollution-in-cities.html"&gt;Controlling pollution in cities&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;World Bank Institute, August 16th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://wbi.worldbank.org/wbi/stories/wbi-global-dialogues-climate-change-scaling-mitigation-actions-cities"&gt;WBI Global Dialogues on Climate Change: Scaling up Mitigation Actions in Cities&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  University of Minnesota, May, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.cts.umn.edu/Publications/ResearchReports/reportdetail.html?id=2024"&gt;How Affordable is Transportation? A Context-Sensitive Framework&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-8127021736955065018?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/8127021736955065018/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/09/air-pollution-alerts-september-4th-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/8127021736955065018'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/8127021736955065018'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/09/air-pollution-alerts-september-4th-2011.html' title='Air Pollution Alerts - September 4th, 2011'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-2111225489169215296</id><published>2011-08-30T14:40:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2011-08-30T14:40:47.562+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution Alerts - August 28th, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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Newsdek, August 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://newsdesk.org/2011/08/historic-los-angeles-neighborhood-continues-to-bear-the-brunt-of-air-pollution/"&gt;Historic Los Angeles neighborhood continues to bear the brunt of air pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Irish Weather, August 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.irishweatheronline.com/news/atmosphere/dust/monsoon-rains-clear-air-of-dust-and-pollution/33352.html"&gt;Monsoon Rains Clear Air Of Dust And Pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; People's Daily Online, August 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90882/7578888.html"&gt;China to revise ambient air quality standards&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Center for American Progress, August 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/08/china_energy_competitiveness.html"&gt;China Eyes Competitive Edge in Renewable Energy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, August 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/aug/24/china-cars-green-vehicles"&gt;China's love affair with the car shuns green vehicles&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CNTN, August 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://english.cntv.cn/program/china24/20110823/103882.shtml"&gt;Heavy industry: Culprit for soaring power consumption in Jiangxi&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Press Information Bureau, August 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=74915"&gt;Electric Vehicles under JNNURM&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Press Information Bureau, August 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=74889"&gt;Level of Air and Noise Pollutions in the Country&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mail and Guardian, August 23rd, 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://mg.co.za/article/2011-08-23-reducing-durbans-gas-emissions"&gt;Waging war on Durban's poison&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Lanka Island, August 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&amp;amp;page=article-details&amp;amp;code_title=33000"&gt;Sampur coal power plant - an opportunity lost&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, August 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110819131519.htm"&gt;Nitrogen in the Soil Cleans the Air:  Nitrogen-Containing Soil Is a Source of Hydroxyl Radicals That Remove  Pollutants from the Atmosphere&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Expert Reviews, August 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/car-tech/1286794/from-four-wheels-to-two-the-smart-ebike"&gt;From four wheels to two - the Smart ebike&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;br /&gt; UN News, August 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;a href="http://www.un-spider.org/about-us/news/en/5324/2011-08-22t130600/new-satellites-battle-pollution-ghosts"&gt;New satellites battle pollution 'ghosts'&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Wired, August 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/08/ev-charging-infrastructure/"&gt;Where Will We Plug In&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China Daily, August 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2011-08/22/content_13165061.htm"&gt;Beijing should not be ranked 8&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Financial Express, August 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;a href="http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=147094&amp;amp;date=2011-08-22"&gt;WB launches study on quality of spending in road sector&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-2111225489169215296?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/2111225489169215296/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/08/air-pollution-alerts-august-28th-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/2111225489169215296'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/2111225489169215296'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/08/air-pollution-alerts-august-28th-2011.html' title='Air Pollution Alerts - August 28th, 2011'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-4079497248178022269</id><published>2011-08-21T21:19:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-08-22T21:21:00.286+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution Alerts - August 21st, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/08/air-pollution-alerts-august-14th-2011.html"&gt;Last on August 14th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;People and the Planet, August, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.peopleandplanet.net/?lid=26460&amp;amp;section=45&amp;amp;topic=44"&gt;The changing climate and a warming world&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Times of India, August 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Metro-BRTS-may-create-more-housing-demand/articleshow/9678062.cms"&gt;Metro, BRTS may create more housing demand&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;American Thinker, August 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/08/usepa_hell-bent_on_over-control.html"&gt;USEPA: Hell-Bent on Over-Control&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, August 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110819155428.htm"&gt;Growth of Cities Endangers Global Environment&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  Grist News, August 19th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.grist.org/list/2011-08-19-cool-new-game-is-like-simcity-for-the-whole-environment"&gt;Cool new game is like SimCity for the whole environment&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mongolia Solutions, August 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.mad-mongolia.com/news/mongolia-news/eco-friendly-ger-heaters-before-winter-in-mongolia-6354/"&gt;Eco-friendly ger heaters before winter in Mongolia&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   Business Day, August 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.businessdayonline.com/NG/index.php/gas/26143-cooking-gas-usage-will-checkmate-climatic-change-reduce-co2-"&gt;Cooking gas usage will checkmate climatic change, reduce CO2’&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bernama, August 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=608884"&gt;Hyundai Becomes Largest Passenger Car Seller In Mongolia&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Media Update, August 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://mediaupdate.co.za/?IDStory=40384"&gt;Get in touch with nature on 50|50&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Live Mint, August 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.livemint.com/2011/08/17210641/Using-emissions-trading-and-in.html?h=B"&gt;Using emissions trading and insurance to clean up pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DNA India, August 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/report_improvements-needed-in-planning-transport-projects-under-jnnurm_1576710"&gt;Improvements needed in planning transport projects under JNNURM&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CSE, August 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cseindia.org/node/2911"&gt;CSE’s international conference on parking reforms&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Energy Pulse, August 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=2455"&gt;Electric Utilities and Carbon Taxes&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grist News, August 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.grist.org/list/2011-08-17-animated-film-from-1957-predicts-explosion-in-energy-use"&gt;Animated film from 1957 predicts explosion in energy use&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grist News, August 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.grist.org/list/2011-08-17-solar-could-be-as-cheap-as-coal-by-end-of-decade"&gt;Solar could be as cheap as coal by end of decade&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grist News, August 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.grist.org/list/2011-08-17-london-pumps-up-bike-infrastucture"&gt;London pumps up bike infrastructure&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, August 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110817120218.htm"&gt;Greenhouse Gases: The Measurement Challenge&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shanghai Daily, August 16th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=479955&amp;amp;type=Business"&gt;Cleaner fuel use up&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People and the Planet, August 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.peopleandplanet.net/?lid=29957&amp;amp;section=46&amp;amp;topic=23"&gt;Low energy light bulbs still 'value for money'&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Khaleej Times, August 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/business/2011/August/business_August290.xml&amp;amp;section=business&amp;amp;col="&gt;China boosts Pakistan’s power sector&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Daily, August 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/usa/business/2011-08/15/content_13115312.htm"&gt;China's power consumption up 12.2%&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Global Trader, August 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gtglobaltrader.com/opinions/africas-potential-leapfrog-ahead-renewables"&gt;Africa's potential to leapfrog ahead ... with renewables&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;International Business Times, August 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://ca.ibtimes.com/articles/197460/20110813/new-energy-tools-to-assist-in-china-s-rapid-urbanization.htm"&gt;New Energy Tools to Assist in China’s Rapid Urbanization&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pollution Online, August 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.pollutiononline.com/article.mvc/Study-Will-Make-People-Think-Twice-About-How-0001"&gt;Study Will Make People Think Twice About How They Discard Food Waste&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Pollution Online, August 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.pollutiononline.com/article.mvc/Climate-Change-Committees-Assumptions-0001"&gt;Climate Change Committee's Assumptions ‘Implausible', Say Researchers&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Forbes, August 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/larrybell/2011/08/09/climate-forecasting-models-arent-pretty-and-they-arent-smart/"&gt;Climate Forecasting Models Aren't Pretty, And They Aren't Smart&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pollution Online, August 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pollutiononline.com/article.mvc/Greenhouse-Gases-The-Measurement-Challenge-0001"&gt;Greenhouse Gases: The Measurement Challenge&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-4079497248178022269?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/4079497248178022269/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/08/air-pollution-alerts-august-21st-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/4079497248178022269'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/4079497248178022269'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/08/air-pollution-alerts-august-21st-2011.html' title='Air Pollution Alerts - August 21st, 2011'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-5867275290090672923</id><published>2011-08-14T08:04:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-08-17T08:05:23.150+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution Alerts - August 14th, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/08/air-pollution-alerts-august-7th-2011.html"&gt;Last on August 7th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Independent, August 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.independent.ie/health/bikesharing-scheme-saves-lives-2848220.html"&gt;Bike-sharing scheme 'saves lives'&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, August 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110811142803.htm"&gt;Catalyst That Makes Hydrogen Gas Breaks Speed Record&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The New York Times, August 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/15/education/15energy.html"&gt;With Post-Its and Checklists, Schools Cut Their Energy Bills&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Deccan Herald, August 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/content/183826/metro-shuts-doors-media-shun.html"&gt;Metro shuts doors on media to shun scrutiny&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  EV Hub, August 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://evhub.in/events/2011/08/electric-vehicle-infrastructure-china-summit-2011-will-be-held-on-29th-30th-november-2011-shanghai-china/"&gt;Electric Vehicle Infrastructure China Summit 2011 will be held on 29th-30th November 2011 Shanghai China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Courier Journal, August 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20110813/NEWS01/308130062/Groups-say-pollution-violates-human-rights"&gt;Pollution violates human rights&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  Business Standard, August 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/poor-infra-could-be-serious-threat-to-growing-population-says-study/445843/"&gt;Poor infra could be serious threat to growing population&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Times of India, August 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Pune-to-get-air-quality-monitoring-system/articleshow/9583180.cms"&gt;Pune to get air quality monitoring system&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  China Daily, August 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2011-08/13/content_13105434.htm"&gt;Nation to double solar capacity this year&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Live Mint, August 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.livemint.com/2011/08/12200219/Urban-Change--How-Bangalore-s.htm"&gt;Urban Change | How Bangalore saw the big picture&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;a href="http://www.livemint.com/2011/08/12200219/Urban-Change--How-Bangalore-s.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.livemint.com/2011/08/12200219/Urban-Change--How-Bangalore-s.html" target="_blank"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; UB Post, August 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php/national-news/6551-ulaanbaatars-fumes-to-decrease-by-30"&gt;Ulaanbaatar's Fumes to Decrease by 30%&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;   The City Fix, August 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://thecityfix.com/blog/friday-fun-cars-paint-roads"&gt;Cars Paint Roads&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Grist List, August 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.grist.org/list/2011-08-12-how-to-tell-if-your-city-is-going-places"&gt;How to tell if your city is going places&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Environmental Finance, August 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.environmental-finance.com/news/view/1914"&gt;China, California likely to dictate US carbon market&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  Scientific American, August 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=biello-turning-trash-into-biofuel"&gt;Garbage in, Energy out: Turning Trash into Biofuel&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Grist List, August 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.grist.org/list/2011-08-10-coal-fired-power-plants-close-down-rather-than-clean-up-their-em"&gt;Coal-fired power plants close down rather than clean up their emissions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.livemint.com/2011/08/12200219/Urban-Change--How-Bangalore-s.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.livemint.com/2011/08/12200219/Urban-Change--How-Bangalore-s.html" target="_blank"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;The City Fix, August 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://thecityfix.com/blog/challenges-to-urbanization-in-tianjin/"&gt;     Challenges to Urbanization in Tianjin&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Guardian, August 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/aug/10/climate-change-short-stories"&gt;Top writers tackle climate change in short stories&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Bangladesh News, August 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=203085&amp;amp;cid=4"&gt;Govt inks deal with ADB	on Sustainable Transport&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Hindu, August 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2340717.ece"&gt;Centre for limiting subsidised LPG to 4 cylinders a year&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;MSNBC, August 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44040938/ns/business-autos/#.TkMOh2HDv4w"&gt;GM's autonomous pod cars await the future&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Guardian, August 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/aug/09/shipping-industry-rejects-carbon-trading"&gt;UK shipping industry rejects EU's carbon reduction programme&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; New York Times, August 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/10/science/earth/10truck.html"&gt;Heavy Trucks to Be Subject to New Rules for Mileage&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The New York Times, August 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2011/08/09/09climatewire-gore-flings-barnyard-epithet-at-organized-cl-54197.html"&gt;Gore Flings Barnyard Epithet at 'Organized' Climate Change Critics&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Reuters, August 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/09/us-china-cdm-point-carbon-idUSTRE7783PE20110809"&gt;CO2 caps not enough to save China CDM: Point Carbon&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, August 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110810093835.htm"&gt;Forests Absorb One Third of Fossil Fuel Emissions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Xinhua Net, August 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/business/2011-08/08/c_131035544.htm"&gt;China not yet ready to cut fuel, diesel prices&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Science Daily, August 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110808170049.htm"&gt;Peak Oil and Public Health: Political Common Ground&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.livemint.com/2011/08/12200219/Urban-Change--How-Bangalore-s.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.livemint.com/2011/08/12200219/Urban-Change--How-Bangalore-s.html" target="_blank"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;The New York Times, August 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/09/science/09profile.html"&gt;An Economist for Nature Calculates the Need for More Protection&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Shanghai Daily, August 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=479244&amp;amp;type=Metro"&gt;Air quality companies 'lying to customers'&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NPR, August 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/08/03/138890522/nasas-eyes-in-the-sky-study-pollution-on-earth?ft=1&amp;amp;f=1025"&gt;NASA's Eyes In The Sky Study Pollution On Earth&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Hindu, August 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/article2337205.ece"&gt;Prioritise this Bicycle scheme in India&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The New York Times, August 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/08/business/energy-environment/wind-power-gains-as-gear-improves.html"&gt;Wind Power Gains as Gear Improves&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;   NOAA, August 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2011/20110803_nonco2.html"&gt;NOAA study: Slowing climate change by targeting gases other than carbon dioxide&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China Daily, August 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-08/02/content_13028405.htm"&gt;Poor air quality hits many big cities&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Center for American Progress, August 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/08/aviation_emissions.html"&gt;Europe Moves to Limit Aviation Emissions, China Follows&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Climate-L News, July 31st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/adb-report-warns-against-climate-change-impacts-on-health"&gt;ADB Report Warns Against Climate Change Impacts on Health&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Xinhua Net, July 31st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/indepth/2011-07/31/c_131020720_2.htm"&gt;China's Silk Road city to develop new energy to protect environment&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Xinhua Net, July 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-07/29/c_131018406.htm"&gt;Hot summer leads to record power generation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; NOAA, July 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2011/20110721_particles.html"&gt;NOAA study: Increase in particles high in Earth’s atmosphere has offset some recent climate warming&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;a href="http://www.livemint.com/2011/08/12200219/Urban-Change--How-Bangalore-s.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-5867275290090672923?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/5867275290090672923/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/08/air-pollution-alerts-august-14th-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/5867275290090672923'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/5867275290090672923'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/08/air-pollution-alerts-august-14th-2011.html' title='Air Pollution Alerts - August 14th, 2011'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-5926408061103888833</id><published>2011-08-07T09:20:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-08-08T09:21:07.800+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution Alerts - August 7th, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/07/air-pollution-alerts-july-31st-2011.html"&gt;Last on July 31st, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The New York Times, August 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/08/business/energy-environment/wind-power-gains-as-gear-improves.html"&gt;Wind Power Gains as Gear Improves&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cleveland News, August 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2011/08/no-idling_rules_help_reduce_ai.html"&gt;No-idling rules help reduce air-alert days, asthma attacks&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Mother Nature Network, August 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.mnn.com/health/healthy-spaces/stories/air-pollution-causes-whats-making-us-sick"&gt;Air pollution causes: What’s making us sick&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Economic Times, August 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/stocks-in-news/suzlon-shares-fall-6-on-us-pollution-violation-penalty-news/articleshow/9495725.cms"&gt;Suzlon shares fall 6% on US pollution violation penalty news&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Reuters, August 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/08/05/us-air-cleaner-asthma-idINTRE77450R20110805"&gt;Air cleaner helps asthmatic kids living with smokers&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; CNN, August 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/08/05/uae.oil.alternatives/index.html"&gt;Gas-guzzling Gulf cities bid to go greener&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, August 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/bike-blog/2011/aug/05/bike-hire-schemes-save-lives"&gt;Bike hire schemes may save lives&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, August 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110805135343.htm"&gt;Human Influence On the 21st Century Climate: One Possible Future for the Atmosphere&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, August 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/aug/04/china-cap-energy-plan"&gt;China to cap energy use in national low-carbon plan&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Financial Express, August 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;a href="http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=144970&amp;amp;date=2011-08-04"&gt;Counting the cost of congestion&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;   The City Fix, August 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://thecityfix.com/blog/putting-alternative-fuel-stations-on-the-map"&gt;Putting Alternative Fuel Stations on the Map&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Center for American Progress, August 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/08/ebg080311.html"&gt;It’s Easy Being Green: Sustainable Motor Works&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China Daily, August 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-08/02/content_13028664.htm"&gt;Beijing to scrap old cars through subsidy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China Daily, August 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-08/02/content_13028405.htm"&gt;Poor air quality hits many big cities&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, August 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/aug/02/himalaya-glaciers-shrinking-climate-change"&gt;Himalayan glaciers shrinking&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Press Information Bureau, August 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=73681"&gt;Pollution in Big Cities&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Press Information Bureau, August 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=73683"&gt;Improving Air Quality in the Major Cities&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China Dialogue, August 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/4438"&gt;End of the high-speed myth&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  City Limits, August 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.citylimits.org/news/articles/4360/their-smoke-our-smog-meet-these-midwestern-power-plants"&gt;Their Smoke, Our Smog: Meet These Midwestern Power Plants&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China.Org, August 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.china.org.cn/environment/2011-08/01/content_23115531.htm"&gt;45 cities have poor air quality&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, August 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110801160220.htm"&gt;Aerosols Affect Climate More Than Satellite Estimates Predict&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, August 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110801094301.htm"&gt;Climatic Benefits from Carbon Sequestration Are Largely Offset by Increased Nitrous Oxide Emissions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The CityFix, August 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://thecityfix.com/blog/zipcar-reduces-driving-improves-sustainable-transport"&gt;Zipcar Reduces Driving, Improves Sustainable Transport&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; New York Times, July 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/opinion/sunday/the-dutch-way-bicycles-and-fresh-bread.html"&gt;The Dutch Way: Bicycles and Fresh Bread&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, July 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jul/29/barack-obama-fuel-economy-standards"&gt;Barack Obama unveils 'historic' agreement on fuel economy standards&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China Dialogue, July 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/4429"&gt;Eight cases that mattered&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-5926408061103888833?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/5926408061103888833/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/08/air-pollution-alerts-august-7th-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/5926408061103888833'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/5926408061103888833'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/08/air-pollution-alerts-august-7th-2011.html' title='Air Pollution Alerts - August 7th, 2011'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-329525761291581455</id><published>2011-07-31T09:42:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-08-02T09:42:59.802+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution Alerts - July 31st, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/07/air-pollution-alerts-july-24th-2011.html"&gt;Last on July 24th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Times of India, July 31st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/In-new-india-all-roads-lead-to-the-city/Article1-727591.aspx"&gt;In new India, all roads lead to the city&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Sunday Times, July 31st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sundaytimes.lk/110731/BusinessTimes/bt07.html"&gt;What you should know when stuck in traffic (Part I)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BBC, July 31st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14042293"&gt;Pollution clouds Hong Kong's future&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Times News, July 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://times-news.com/opinion/x1926601996/Motor-vehicles-Do-they-have-a-future"&gt;Motor vehicles: Do they have a future&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Manila Bulletin, July 31st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/328990/qc-mulling-proposal-designate-own-lanes-trikes-trucks"&gt;QC mulling proposal to designate own lanes for trikes, trucks&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Express India, July 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/dialarickshaw-project-on-mit-radar/824499/"&gt;Dial-a-rickshaw project on MIT radar&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Los Angeles Times, July 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-air-pollution-metro-freeway-20110729,0,740462.story"&gt;Hate pollution? The air may be cleaner on the Metro than in your car&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The CityFix, July 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://thecityfix.com/blog/friday-fun-growing-bamboo-bicycles"&gt;Friday Fun: Growing Bamboo Bicycles&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, July 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110728144933.htm"&gt;World Population to Surpass 7 Billion in 2011; Explosive Population Growth Means Challenges for Developing Nations&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, July 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110728162629.htm"&gt;Economic and Environmental  Benefits to Reducing Nitrogen Pollution: Emissions Credit System Is a  Win-Win for Wastewater Treatment Plants&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Money Web, July 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://moneyweb.co.za/mw/view/mw/en/page503823?oid=548627&amp;amp;sn=2009+Detail"&gt;Demand for oil in car-crazy China set to soar&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ghana Web, July 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=214830"&gt;Accra traffic in the year 2020&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Daily Iowan, July 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailyiowan.com/2011/07/27/Opinions/24323.html"&gt;Iowa should tighten air quality regulations&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Botswana Gazette, July 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://gazettebw.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;view=article&amp;amp;id=10684:how-green-is-your-brand&amp;amp;catid=21:columns&amp;amp;Itemid=2"&gt;How green is your brand&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  Taipei News, July 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/07/27/2003509258"&gt;Figures show that incidences of acid rain decreased to 53% in past decade&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Daily, July 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/usa/china/2011-07/26/content_12983925.htm"&gt;'Green house' plan to improve garbage disposal&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Manila Standard, July 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideMetro.htm?f=2011/july/25/metro2.isx&amp;amp;d=2011/july/25"&gt;Quezon City vows clean air in the city&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Times of India, July 23rd, 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-23/india/29808776_1_kilns-rubber-tyres-fuel"&gt;19 brick kilns found using rubber tyres as fuel&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Daily, July 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-07/21/content_12947520.htm"&gt;Beijing's new traffic plan to hit car owners&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Daily, July 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-07/17/content_12918786.htm"&gt;China's new energy vehicle faces growing pains&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shanghai Daily, July 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/Business/2011/07/19/China%2Bfirsthalf%2Bapparent%2Bfuel%2Bconsumption%2Brises%2B72/"&gt;China first-half apparent fuel consumption rises 7.2%&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Daily, July 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-07/13/content_12889548.htm"&gt;Regional plan to strengthen anti-pollution campaign&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-329525761291581455?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/329525761291581455/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/08/air-pollution-alerts-july-31st-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/329525761291581455'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/329525761291581455'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/08/air-pollution-alerts-july-31st-2011.html' title='Air Pollution Alerts - July 31st, 2011'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-8738087505010732234</id><published>2011-07-24T19:59:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-07-25T20:00:27.371+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution Alerts - July 24th, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/07/air-pollution-alerts-july-17th-2011.html"&gt;Last on July 17th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;India Streets, July 24th, 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://worldstreets.wordpress.com/2011/07/24/weekend-leisure-the-bollywood-bicycle-boogie/"&gt;Weekend leisure: The Bollywood Bicycle Boogie&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Lared Sun, July 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laredosun.us/notas.asp?id=17431"&gt;Natural gas station is reopened&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;India Today, July 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/story/mit-study-high-rspm-in-delhi-air-pollution/1/145975.html"&gt;MIT study says high RSPMs in Delhi's air poses threat to residents&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;NPR, July 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/07/24/138653373/epa-seeks-to-tighten-ozone-standards"&gt;EPA Seeks To Tighten Ozone Standards&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Scientific American, July 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=feeding-the-grid-with-sunshine-at-c-11-07-24"&gt;Feeding the Grid with Sunshine at College&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Times of India, July 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-23/ahmedabad/29807366_1_brts-stretch-uc-padia-isro"&gt;BRTS cycle-track discarded over space, security concerns&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  NPR, July 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/07/23/138635455/will-global-warming-cause-more-extreme-weather"&gt;Will Global Warming Cause More Extreme Weather&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  NPR, July 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/07/23/138626251/heat-the-most-dangerous-natural-disaster"&gt;Heat: The 'Most Dangerous Natural Disaster'&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Scientific American, July 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=economists-find-flaws-federal-estimate-climate-damage"&gt;Economists Find Flaws in Federal Estimate of Climate Damage&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span&gt;Christian Post, July 23rd, 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;a href="http://www.christianpost.com/news/top-toxic-20-states-with-most-air-pollution-from-power-plants-52717/"&gt;Top 'Toxic 20': States With Most Air Pollution From Power Plants&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;   Info Mongolia, July 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.infomongolia.com/ct/ci/1309/Smog%20inspectors%20in%20Ulaanbaatar%20city"&gt;Smog Inspectors in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Scientific American, July 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=stratospheric-pollution-helps-slow-global-warming"&gt;Stratospheric Pollution Helps Slow Global Warming&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  Philippines Information Agency, July 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&amp;amp;t=1&amp;amp;id=44670"&gt;Quezon City to launch clean air initiatives&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  The Hindu, July 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2281539.ece"&gt;Cabinet nod to international pact on air pollution from ships&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Washington Times, July 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/reading-ingredients-tales-health-conscious-mom/2011/jul/21/parents-avoid-outdoors-amid-air-quality-warnings/"&gt;Parents avoid outdoors amid air quality warnings&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Go Kunming, July 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://gokunming.com/en/blog/item/1681/carfocused_development_neglecting_pedestrians_and_cyclists"&gt;Car-focused development neglecting pedestrians and cyclists&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Indian Express, July 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/No-equipment--so-GPCB-outsources-air-monitoring/819815/"&gt;No equipment, so GPCB outsources air monitoring&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The City Fix, July 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://thecityfix.com/blog/most-walkable-u-s-cities-in-2011"&gt;Most Walkable U.S. Cities in 2011&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The City Fix, July 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://thecityfix.com/blog/1-car-10-bicycles"&gt;1 Car = 10 Bicycles&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Digital Trends, July 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/nasa-satellite-records-central-african-pollution-butterfly/"&gt;NASA satellite records central African pollution ‘butterfly’&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Construction Week Online, July 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.constructionweekonline.in/article-7379-govt_emphasises_on_improving_urban_transport/"&gt;Govt emphasises on improving urban transport in India&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MoNRE, July 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.monre.gov.vn/v35/default.aspx?tabid=675&amp;amp;CateID=57&amp;amp;ID=104475&amp;amp;Code=PQOG104475"&gt;Are there too many oil refineries in Vietnam&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MoNRE, July 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.monre.gov.vn/v35/default.aspx?tabid=675&amp;amp;CateID=57&amp;amp;ID=104178&amp;amp;Code=F8BS104178"&gt;Coal conveyor to reduce pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MonRE, July 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.monre.gov.vn/v35/default.aspx?tabid=675&amp;amp;CateID=58&amp;amp;ID=104037&amp;amp;Code=9GG2104037"&gt;Smog covers inner Ha Noi as experts debate the cause&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MoNRE, July 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.monre.gov.vn/v35/default.aspx?tabid=675&amp;amp;CateID=58&amp;amp;ID=103941&amp;amp;Code=UYRB103941"&gt;Hanoi choked off in straw smoke as harvest ends&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-8738087505010732234?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/8738087505010732234/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/07/air-pollution-alerts-july-24th-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/8738087505010732234'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/8738087505010732234'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/07/air-pollution-alerts-july-24th-2011.html' title='Air Pollution Alerts - July 24th, 2011'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-650702699081306280</id><published>2011-07-17T07:47:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-07-18T07:47:48.412+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution Alerts - July 17th, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/07/air-pollution-alerts-july-10th-2011.html"&gt;Last on July 10th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Deccan Chronicle, July 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/bengaluru/city-get-eco-friendly-buses-soon-194"&gt;City to get eco-friendly buses soon&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Xinhua Net, July 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/business/2011-07/17/c_13990714.htm"&gt;China's auto industry caught in dilemma&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Live Mint, July 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.livemint.com/2011/07/16000221/Fresh-thrust-to-urbanization.html"&gt;Fresh thrust to urbanization&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, July 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110717134819.htm"&gt;What Keeps Earth Cooking&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Times of India, July 16th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Citys-public-transport-projects-get-a-push/articleshow/9251808.cms"&gt;City's public transport projects get a push&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Guardian, July 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/blog/2011/jul/15/fuel-poverty-killer-too-little"&gt;Fuel poverty is a killer – and too little is being done to tackle it&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, July 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jul/14/india-coal-rush"&gt;Andhra Pradesh at the forefront of Indian 'coal rush'&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  World Watch Institute, July 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.worldwatch.org/node/8588"&gt;The Renewables 2011 Global Status Report&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  China News, July 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;a href="http://www.cnkeyword.info/dust-has-become-the-culprit-affecting-air-quality-in-wuhan/"&gt;Dust has become the culprit affecting air quality in Wuhan&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  The Green Car Website, July 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.thegreencarwebsite.co.uk/blog/index.php/2011/07/14/uks-largest-ev-trail-reveals-full-year-findings/"&gt;UK’s largest EV trail reveals full year findings&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;   Science Daily, July 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110712093623.htm"&gt;Intelligent Street Lighting Saves Up to 80% On Energy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Guardian, July 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2011/jan/05/greenometer-government-green"&gt;Green-o-meter: Is the government keeping its green promises&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Inquirer Business, July 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://business.inquirer.net/6750/the-mother-of-all-traffic-jams"&gt;The mother of all traffic jams in Philippines&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China.Org, July 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.china.org.cn/video/2011-07/13/content_22979157.htm"&gt;Anti-pollution clothing invented&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, July 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2011/jul/13/air-pollution-uk-activism"&gt;Move over climate change: air pollution is the new issue in town&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Daily Tech, July 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.dailytech.com/US+House+Looks+to+Kill+States+Right+to+Regulate+Fuel+Efficiency/article22141.htm"&gt;U.S. House Looks to Kill States' Right to Regulate Fuel Efficiency&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; WOWK, July 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://wowktv.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&amp;amp;storyid=103214"&gt;Study: Power Plant Clean-Ups to Benefit West Virginians&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, July 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110711195017.htm"&gt;Plants in Cities Are an Underestimated Carbon Store&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt; The Telegraph, July 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/green-motoring/8615503/T.27-is-worlds-most-efficient-electric-car.html"&gt;T.27 is 'world's most efficient electric car'&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Economic Times, July 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/comments-analysis/a-new-urban-reform-agenda/articleshow/9192886.cms"&gt;A new urban reform agenda&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Express Buzz, July 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://expressbuzz.com/states/karnataka/filters-in-ksrtc-buses-to-check-pollution/292928.html"&gt;Diesel Particle Filters in KSRTC buses to check pollution in Mysore&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China Daily, July 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-07/11/content_12872464.htm"&gt;Think tank: 50 million cars a year by 2021&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Xinhua Net, July 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-07/09/c_13975465.htm"&gt;China energy head highlights control on total energy use&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Daily, July 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2011-07/11/content_12878618.htm"&gt;Bright future for biomass power in China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Xinhua Net, July 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-07/11/c_13978650.htm"&gt;China briefs UNEP sponsored forum on environment protection measures&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Daily, July 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/m/fuzhou/e/2011-07/07/content_12855533.htm"&gt;Bike rentals popular in Fuzhou&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; India Together, June 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.indiatogether.org/2011/jun/env-hcfc.htm"&gt;Montreal Protocol: The unfinished agenda&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-650702699081306280?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/650702699081306280/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/07/air-pollution-alerts-july-17th-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/650702699081306280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/650702699081306280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/07/air-pollution-alerts-july-17th-2011.html' title='Air Pollution Alerts - July 17th, 2011'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-4271888080467554158</id><published>2011-07-10T21:36:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-07-11T21:36:46.875+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution Alerts - July 10th, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/07/air-pollution-alerts-july-3rd-2011.html"&gt;Last on July 3rd, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Guardian, July 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jul/10/australia-carbon-tax-modest-beginning"&gt;Australia's carbon tax is a brave start by a government still gripped by fear&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Wall Street Journal, July 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303544604576430103921843770.html"&gt;China's Bumpy Road Ahead&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tucson Citizen, July 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://tucsoncitizen.com/wryheat/2011/07/10/so-now-burning-coal-causes-cooling/"&gt;So now burning coal causes cooling&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BBC, July 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14096750"&gt;Australia plans to impose carbon tax on worst polluters&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, July 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110710132816.htm"&gt;Climate Change Reducing Ocean's Carbon Dioxide Uptake&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Times of India, July 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Soon-LPG-refills-may-cost-you-Rs-800/articleshow/9156124.cms"&gt;Soon, LPG refills may cost you Rs 800&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Business Standard, July 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/amc-ranked-best-corporation-in-india/442052/"&gt;AMC ranked best corporation in India&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hindustan Times, July 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/Participation-of-residents-is-the-key-to-growth-of-cities-says-Pratibha-Patil/Article1-719071.aspx"&gt;Participation of residents is the key to growth of cities&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Times of India, July 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Govt-may-introduce-CNG-in-city-Modi/articleshow/9157592.cms"&gt;Govt may introduce CNG in Patna city&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The De SmogBlog, July 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/reducing-air-pollution-well-worth-cost"&gt;Reducing Air Pollution is Well Worth the Cost&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BBC, July 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14047815"&gt;Is black carbon affecting the Asian monsoon&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Philippine Star, July 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=703754&amp;amp;publicationSubCategoryId=66"&gt;Raising the bar for cleaner air&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Technology Review, July 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/37999/?mod=chfeatured"&gt;Exploiting China's Coal While It's Still Underground&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Santiago Times, July 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://santiagotimes.cl/chile/environment/21870-experts-call-for-reform-to-chiles-pollution-guidelines-"&gt;Current model is inefficient and lacks long-term emissions impacts in Santiago&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, July 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110708160342.htm"&gt;Geothermal Industry to Get Boost&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, July 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110708124346.htm"&gt;Indoor Air Pollution Linked to Cardiovascular Risk&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, July 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110708083315.htm"&gt;Determining Pollution Level of a Medium Without Wasting Tools, Time or Solvents Possible&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NPR, July 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/07/07/137681222/epa-issues-new-standards-for-coal-burning-plants"&gt;EPA Issues New Standards For Coal-Burning Plants&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New York Times, July 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/08/science/earth/08epa.html"&gt;E.P.A. Issues Tougher Rules for Power Plants&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Guardian, July 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2011/jul/07/green-economy-tax-treasury-growth"&gt;Treasury trolls told 'green' and 'growth' can go together&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New York Times, July 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/07/07/07greenwire-epa-orders-power-plants-to-clean-up-interstate-87138.html"&gt;EPA Orders Power Plants to Clean Up Interstate Emissions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Future, July 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/07/china-will-try-to-scale-up-underground.html"&gt;China Will Try to Scale up Underground&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Philippines Daily Inquirer, July 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/22080/pasig-city-gov%E2%80%99t-hopes-to-eradicate-pollution-through-biking-ordinance"&gt;Pasig City gov’t hopes to eradicate pollution through biking ordinance&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Waste Management World, July 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.waste-management-world.com/index/from-the-wires/wire-news-display/1450848841.html"&gt;We can cut carbon emissions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UPI News, July 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Energy-Resources/2011/07/06/Euro-Bank-launches-385M-efficiency-fund/UPI-15311309948320/"&gt;Euro Bank launches $385M energy efficiency fund&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MoNRE, June 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.monre.gov.vn/v35/default.aspx?tabid=675&amp;amp;CateID=58&amp;amp;ID=102562&amp;amp;Code=YJXS102562"&gt;Transport pollution control plan approved for Hanoi&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MoNRE, June 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.monre.gov.vn/v35/default.aspx?tabid=675&amp;amp;CateID=57&amp;amp;ID=102296&amp;amp;Code=HDBQ102296"&gt;Vietnam exports 6.6 million tons of coal&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Science Daily, July 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110706094337.htm"&gt;Dealing With Pollution, James Bond Style&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, July 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110706094329.htm"&gt;Traffic Pollution Affecting Unborn Children&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Balkans News, July 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.balkans.com/open-news.php?uniquenumber=111134"&gt;IEA report draws on recent cases to show how countries can save electricity in a hurry&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, July 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110705071735.htm"&gt;Air Pollution Linked to Learning and Memory Problems, Depression&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TIME, July 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2011/07/05/has-china-sky-helped-slow-global-warming/"&gt;Has "China Sky" Helped Slow Global Warming&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BBC, July 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14002264"&gt;Global warming lull down to China's coal growth&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Times of India, July 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Low-visibility-delays-flights/articleshow/9106259.cms"&gt;Low visibility delays flights in Summer in Ludhiana&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Live Trading News, July 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.livetradingnews.com/thailand-oil-fund-to-end-46483.htm"&gt;Thailand Oil Fund to End&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Financial Express, July 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=141753&amp;amp;date=2011-07-06"&gt;Saving and restoring the environment in Dhaka&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, July 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110705183847.htm"&gt;How Hot Did Earth Get in the Past? Team of Scientists Uncovers New Information&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, July 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110705071737.htm"&gt;Researchers Push the Boundary With High Carbon Emission Scenarios&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mongolian Economy, July 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mongolianeconomy.mn/en/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;view=article&amp;amp;id=143%3Aub-how-long-before-levels-of-air-pollution-be-acceptable&amp;amp;catid=26%3Aopinion&amp;amp;Itemid=72"&gt;UB: How long before levels of air pollution be acceptable&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nigerian Compass, July 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.compassnewspaper.com/%7Ecompas/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;view=article&amp;amp;id=9537:addressing-environmental-challenges-in-nigeria&amp;amp;catid=69:commune&amp;amp;Itemid=583"&gt;Addressing environmental challenges in Nigeria&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Guardian, July 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jul/04/nuclear-industry-stinks-cleaner-energy"&gt;The nuclear industry stinks. But that is not a reason to ditch nuclear power&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ecologist, July 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theecologist.org/calendar/965973/roadblock_taking_on_londons_air_pollution.html"&gt;'Road-block' - taking on London's air pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Independent, July 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/air-pollution-killing-tens-of-thousands-each-year-2305992.html"&gt;Air pollution killing tens of thousands each year&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-4271888080467554158?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/4271888080467554158/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/07/air-pollution-alerts-july-10th-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/4271888080467554158'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/4271888080467554158'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/07/air-pollution-alerts-july-10th-2011.html' title='Air Pollution Alerts - July 10th, 2011'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-1570424317630672710</id><published>2011-07-03T12:50:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-07-05T12:51:24.958+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution Alerts - July 3rd, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/06/air-pollution-alerts-june-26th-2011.html"&gt;Last on June 26th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Financial Express, July 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=141376&amp;amp;date=2011-07-03"&gt;No end in sight to Dhaka city dwellers' sufferings&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dawn.com, July 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dawn.com/2011/07/03/in-reverse-gear.html"&gt;In reverse gear - changing pollution trends in Pakistan&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, July 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110701164042.htm"&gt;NASA's Aura Satellite Measures Pollution from New Mexico, Arizona Fires&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, July 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110701132246.htm"&gt;Time to Make More out of Waste&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, July 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110630142847.htm"&gt;Takeoffs and Landings Cause More Precipitation Near Airports&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Guardian, July 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2011/jul/01/inner-mongolia-grasslands-degradation-unrest"&gt;China: The environmental and cultural harm to Inner Mongolia's grasslands&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scientific American, June 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=france-bans-fracking-2011-06-30"&gt;France Becomes First Country to Ban Extraction of Natural Gas by Fracking&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scientific American, June 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=how-do-we-solve-energy-poverty-2011-06-30"&gt;How Do We Solve Energy Poverty&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Live Mint, June 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.livemint.com/2011/06/29205837/Moving-towards-a-sustainable-t.html"&gt;Moving towards a sustainable transit system&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Wall Street Journal, June 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2011/06/30/new-york-emerges-as-green-city-leader/"&gt;NYC Emerges as ‘Green City’ Leader&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Westside Gazette, June 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thewestsidegazette.com/news/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=109515&amp;amp;sID=20&amp;amp;ItemSource=L"&gt;Black children hardest hit by asthma&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Guardian, June 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/jun/30/bangladesh-climate-change-loans"&gt;Why Bangladesh doesn't want climate adaptation loans&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NPR, June 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/06/30/137520889/china-opens-worlds-longest-bridge-would-you-cross-if-you-came-to-it"&gt;China Opens World's Longest Bridge: Would You Cross If You Came To It&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Earth Justice, June 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://earthjustice.org/blog/2011-june/clean-power-to-the-people"&gt;Clean Power to the People&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The City Fix, June 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://thecityfix.com/blog/santiago-restricts-car-use-to-ease-air-pollution"&gt;Santiago Restricts Car Use to Ease Air Pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All Africa, June 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201106291412.html"&gt;Tanzania: Solar Electric Car Attracts More Visitors&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      NPR, June 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/06/29/137506908/white-house-automakers-discuss-fuel-efficiency-standards"&gt;White House Pushes For Higher Fuel Efficiency&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EGNOS, June 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://egnos-portal.gsa.europa.eu/news/discussing-egnos-for-intelligent-mobility"&gt;Discussing EGNOS for intelligent mobility&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Christian Science Monitor, June 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/Change-Agent/2011/0628/Stove-Man-videos-aim-to-light-a-fire"&gt;'Stove Man' videos aim to light a fire&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Peninsula Qatar News, June 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/qatar/157255-qatars-low-rank-in-environment-performance-surprises-citizens.html"&gt;Qatar’s low rank in environment performance surprises citizens&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scientific American, June 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=bill-gates-urges-young-scientists-t-2011-06-26"&gt;Bill Gates Urges Young Scientists to Consider the "Needs of the Poorest"&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Center for American Progress, June 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/06/ate_madrid.html"&gt;We Need to Clean Up Our Air&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Center for American Progress, May 31st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/05/low_carbon_innovation.html"&gt;Low-carbon Innovation - A Uniquely American Strategy for Industrial Renewal&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Discover Magazine, April, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://discovermagazine.com/2011/apr/18-made-in-china-our-toxic-imported-air-pollution"&gt;Made in China: Our Toxic, Imported Air Pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-1570424317630672710?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/1570424317630672710/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/07/air-pollution-alerts-july-3rd-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/1570424317630672710'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/1570424317630672710'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/07/air-pollution-alerts-july-3rd-2011.html' title='Air Pollution Alerts - July 3rd, 2011'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-1811754363778790009</id><published>2011-06-26T17:58:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-06-28T17:59:50.941+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution Alerts - June 26th, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/06/air-pollution-alerts-june-19th-2011.html"&gt;Last on June 19th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;CNN, June 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/06/26/ford.mobility/index.html?hpt=hp_c1"&gt;Why the world faces a massive traffic jam&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  AlterNet, June 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.alternet.org/environment/151431/the_new_30-years%27_war%3A_who_will_be_the_winners_and_losers_in_the_great_global_energy_struggle_to_come"&gt;The New 30-Years' War: Who Will Be the Winners and Losers in the Great Global Energy Struggle to Come&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Lanka Business, June 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?nid=1072483793"&gt;Growing urban population strains Chinese cities&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; People's Daily, June 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/7419252.html"&gt;Electric vehicles in Beijing will face more charging stations&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Financial Express, June 23rdm 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Most-major-cities-violate-air-quality-standards--Study/807457/"&gt;Most major cities violate air quality standards&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Baltimore Sun, June 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/green/bs-md-nasa-pollution-flights-20110623,0,2900973.story"&gt;NASA flights could startle Maryland drivers&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; VOA News, June 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Asian-Air-Pollution-Not-Limited-to-Urban-Areas-124458209.html"&gt;Asian Air Pollution Not Limited to Urban Areas&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; AlterNet, June 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/energy-crisis-threatens-asia-adb"&gt;Energy crisis threatens Asia - ADB&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Pioneer, June 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.dailypioneer.com/347703/Cars-push-up-pollutants-in-metros.html"&gt;'Cars push up pollutants in metros'&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;   The Guardian, June 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jun/22/london-air-quality-deaths"&gt;Are Londoners ready to die for their air quality&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Pioneer, June 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.dailypioneer.com/347589/Cycling-babus-green-message.html"&gt;Cycling babu's green message&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; NPR, June 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/06/21/137197991/air-quality-concerns-threaten-natural-gas-image"&gt;Air Quality Concerns Threaten Natural Gas's Image&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;        &lt;br /&gt; NPR, June 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;         &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/06/21/137309964/climate-change-public-skeptical-scientists-sure"&gt;Climate Change: Public Skeptical, Scientists Sure&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; BBC, June 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13837987"&gt;Viewpoint: Urban leap-frogging in Asian cities&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cabot, June 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.cabot.net/Issues/CWA/Archives/2011/06/Natural-Gas.aspx"&gt;Is There a Future for Natural Gas Vehicles&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yale 360 Digest, June 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://e360.yale.edu/digest/pakistan_air_sensor_network_provides_rare_access_to_pollution_data/2995/"&gt;Pakistan Air Sensor Network Provides Rare Access to Pollution Data&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Grist Magazine, June 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.grist.org/list/2011-06-17-1-million-bangladeshis-use-solar-as-sole-source-of-electricity"&gt;1 million Bangladeshis use solar as sole source of electricity&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; New York Times, June 16th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/16/science/earth/16solar.html"&gt;Mapping Sun’s Potential to Power New York&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-1811754363778790009?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/1811754363778790009/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/06/air-pollution-alerts-june-26th-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/1811754363778790009'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/1811754363778790009'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/06/air-pollution-alerts-june-26th-2011.html' title='Air Pollution Alerts - June 26th, 2011'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-8743933218453700460</id><published>2011-06-19T08:57:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-06-20T08:57:47.497+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution Alerts - June 19th, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/06/air-pollution-alerts-june-12th-2011.html"&gt;Last on June 12th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;National Academy of Sciences, June, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="https://download.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12924"&gt;Assessment of Fuel Economy Technologies for Light-Duty Vehicles&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; National Academy of Sciences, June, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="https://download.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13115"&gt;Climate Change, the Indoor Environment, and Health&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Financial Express, June 19th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=139702&amp;amp;date=2011-06-19"&gt;Air pollution in Dhaka city reaches alarming level&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Haaretz, June 19th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/researchers-most-air-pollution-in-israel-comes-from-europe-1.368447"&gt;Researchers: Most air pollution in Israel comes from Europe&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  China Daily, June 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hkedition/2011-06/18/content_12727350.htm"&gt;More studies demanded on third runway impact&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;   Thanh Nein News, June 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.thanhniennews.com/2010/Pages/20110618102627.aspx"&gt;Growing pollution threatens development in Vietnam&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;   The Tribune, June 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://tribune.com.pk/story/190373/karachi-are-we-going-to-be-able-to-build-castles-on-top-of-dung-heaps/"&gt;Karachi, are we going to be able to build castles on top of dung heaps&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Ecologist, June 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/939008/black_carbon_how_reducing_it_could_slow_global_warming_and_lift_the_asian_smog.html"&gt;Black carbon: how reducing it could slow global warming and lift the Asian smog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; UNECE, June 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.unece.org/press/pr2011/11trans_p12e.htm"&gt;UNECE and WHO workshop promotes cycling and walking in cities&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Reuters, June 16th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/16/us-india-health-idUSTRE75E68C20110616"&gt;In India, poor health risks rise after move to city&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Governance Now, June 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.governancenow.com/node/16725"&gt;The plunder and blunder governance of Mumbai and how to stop it&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Climate-L, June 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/who-launches-health-in-the-green-economy-report-series"&gt;WHO Launches “Health in the Green Economy” Report Series&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, June 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jun/15/peak-oil-warning"&gt;UK ministers ignored 'peak oil' warnings&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  York Region, June 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.yorkregion.com/news/article/1028211--town-employees-embrace-clean-air-initiatives"&gt;York Town employees embrace clean air initiatives&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation, June15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;         &lt;a href="http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/322807/artists-paint-cleaner-air"&gt;Artists paint for cleaner air&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Direct, June 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110613142215.htm"&gt;The Energy Debate: Coal Vs. Nuclear&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  AlterNet, June 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.alternet.org/environment/151226/why_stephen_king_can_help_save_us_from_climate_change"&gt;Why Stephen King Can Help Save Us From Climate Change&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Philippines Information Agency, June 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&amp;amp;t=1&amp;amp;id=38059"&gt;No exposed soil policy in MM- DENR&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Press TV, June 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.presstv.ir/detail/184691.html"&gt;Iran blames Iraq for sandstorms, pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Financial Times, June 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;        &lt;a href="http://blogs.ft.com/energy-source/2011/06/14/scientists-urge-curbing-black-carbon/"&gt;Scientists urge curbing ‘black carbon’&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; UN News Center, June14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;         &lt;a href="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38718&amp;amp;Cr=climate+change&amp;amp;Cr1="&gt;Cutting smog and soot could have fast and broad benefits&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Waste Management World, June 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.waste-management-world.com/index/from-the-wires/wire-news-display/1437616182.html"&gt;Vietnam Looking to Develop Environment-Friendly Transport System&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  Guardian, June 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jun/14/black-carbon-emissions-benefits"&gt;UN – curbing black carbon would bring dramatic, quick benefits to all&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; CNN, June 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/06/13/clinton.cook.stoves/"&gt;Clinton takes role in fighting domestic killer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NY Times, June 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/06/13/13greenwire-gao-faults-tall-smokestacks-at-coal-plants-55552.html"&gt;GAO Faults Tall Smokestacks at Coal Plants&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Center for American Progress, June 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/06/dirty_trick.html"&gt;American Electric Power’s Dirty Trick&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ECN, June 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.ecnmag.com/News/2011/06/Europe/Research-on-the-road-to-green-car/"&gt;Research on the road to green car&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China Daily, June 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2011-06/10/content_12671823.htm"&gt;Electric vehicle batteries 'must improve'&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China Dialogue, June 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/4344"&gt;A two-wheeled future&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  China Dialogue, June 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/4341"&gt;Between rail and road in Beijing&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Xinhua Net, June 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-06/08/c_13917671.htm"&gt;Emission cutting gear to be tested in Hong Kong&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-8743933218453700460?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/8743933218453700460/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/06/air-pollution-alerts-june-19th-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/8743933218453700460'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/8743933218453700460'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/06/air-pollution-alerts-june-19th-2011.html' title='Air Pollution Alerts - June 19th, 2011'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-52604266390088023</id><published>2011-06-12T21:58:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-06-13T21:58:50.916+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution Alerts - June 12th, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/06/air-pollution-alerts-june-5th-2011.html"&gt;Last on June 5th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Newsweek, June 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.newsweek.com/2011/06/12/bjorn-lomborg-explains-how-to-save-the-planet.html"&gt;A Roadmap for the Planet&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Dawn.com, June 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.dawn.com/2011/06/11/asian-green-city-index.html"&gt;Asian green city index&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Vietnam News, June 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/Environment/212220/Plan-to-cut-transport-pollution-.html"&gt;Plan to cut transport pollution in Vietnam&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Clean Tech, June 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.azocleantech.com/news.aspx?newsID=15116"&gt;Urban Planning Can Reduce Air Pollution in Poor Countries&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; PE, June 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_D_future11.2c935b2.html"&gt;INLAND: Air quality officials outline 20-year clean-air strategy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; World First, June 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.world-first.co.uk/home/travel-insurance/medical-problems/asthma-rate-increases-in-kampala$36160.aspx"&gt;Asthma rate increases in Kampala&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Hindustan Times, June 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-to-study-impact-of-bad-environment-on-health/Article1-707943.aspx"&gt;India to study impact of bad environment on health&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Malaya Business Insight, June 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.malaya.com.ph/june10/envi1.html"&gt;Walk, don’t run&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  China Daily, June 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-06/10/content_12668685.htm"&gt;Electric vehicle batteries 'must improve'&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China Daily, June 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/regional/2011-06/09/content_12663339.htm"&gt;Cycling: a way to make a contribution and help the environment&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Financial Express, June 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=138522&amp;amp;date=2011-06-09"&gt;Control per capita exhaust&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Eco-Business, June 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.eco-business.com/features/vietnam-investing-heavily-in-high-tech-coal-plants/"&gt;Vietnam investing heavily in high-tech coal plants&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; AFP, June 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5isGNvy7VlrO-0lUsDPe-cmgYNq1Q?docId=CNG.7a5f7af9f08212f6d2aaa2f75c515f65.431"&gt;In Kabul, air pollution a bigger killer than war&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; BBC, June 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13714931"&gt;London Olympics 2012: Air quality row may hit games&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; All Africa, June 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201106090160.html"&gt;Fifteen African Nations Embarking On  Climate-Smart Development to Attend the 2011 Climate Investment Fund  Partnership Forum (AfDB)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Durango Herald, June 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;a href="http://durangoherald.com/article/20110609/COLUMNISTS37/706099974/-1/s"&gt;Seeing through the haze not always easy here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; The Energy Collective, June 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://theenergycollective.com/barbarafinamore/58962/one-year-earth-summit-how-china-can-advance-sustainable-development-globally"&gt;How China Can Advance Sustainable Development Globally&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Phil Star, June 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;           &lt;a href="http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=694010&amp;amp;publicationSubCategoryId=72"&gt;Of other Road killers and BRT benefits in Manila&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  UCAR, June 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www2.ucar.edu/news/4701/paved-surfaces-can-foster-build-polluted-air"&gt;Paved surfaces can foster build-up of polluted air&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Guardian, June 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jun/07/ets-emissions-trading"&gt;What is the emissions trading scheme and does it work&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Guardian, June 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jun/06/natural-gas-climate-change-no-panacea"&gt;Natural gas is no climate change 'panacea', warns IEA&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Clean Air Portal, June 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.greenfreightandlogistics.org/2011/06/07/green-freight-makes-headways-in-china/"&gt;Green Freight Makes Headways in China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Daily Monitor, June 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/1176272/-/c0u7exz/-/"&gt;Kampala chokes on pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; IPS, June 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=55943"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Bike vs Car on a Hot Planet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  National Journal, June 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;a href="http://energy.nationaljournal.com/2011/06/should-epa-delay-its-airpollut.php"&gt;Should EPA Delay Its Air-Pollution Rules&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  China.Org, June 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.china.org.cn/environment/2011-06/05/content_22717860.htm"&gt;China's steel giant reports pollution reductions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Alter Net, June 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.alternet.org/environment/151154/death_by_pollution%3A_how_the_obama_administration_just_put_thousands_of_lives_at_risk"&gt;Death By Pollution: How the Obama Administration Just Put Thousands of Lives at Risk&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AP, June 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hFZBPM8U-XzHtIb_x_xDkUWme4VQ?docId=13608b0dfda54f81a22dac9bfe8cbe83"&gt;China says addressing pollution in Inner Mongolia&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;br /&gt; Reuters, June 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/03/china-environment-idUSL3E7H30FL20110603"&gt;China gives bleak assessment of its battered environment&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Alter Net, June 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.alternet.org/environment/151181/does_obama_have_the_guts_to_stand_up_to_fossil_fuel_energy_interests"&gt;Does Obama Have the Guts to Stand Up to Fossil Fuel Energy Interests&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yale 360, June 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://e360.yale.edu/feature/forum_is_extreme_weather_linked_to_global_warming/2411"&gt;Forum: Is Extreme Weather Linked to Global Warming&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-52604266390088023?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/05/air-pollution-alerts-may-29th-2011.html"&gt;Last on May 29th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;Express Buzz, June 5th, 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://expressbuzz.com/thesundaystandard/cng-or-not-delhi-remains-pollution-hotspot/281219.html"&gt;CNG or not, Delhi remains pollution hotspot&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Financial Express, June 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.financialexpress.com/news/India-Inc-expands-its-green-footprint/799479/"&gt;India Inc expands its green footprint&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Daily Star, June 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=188789"&gt;Industries must run ETPs in Bangladesh&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Tribune, June 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://tribune.com.pk/story/182335/facing-the-environment-challenges-before-us/"&gt;Facing the environment challenges before us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Express Buzz, June 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://expressbuzz.com/cities/chennai/aiadmk-revives-chennai-monorail-project/280908.html"&gt;AIADMK revives Chennai Monorail Project&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Times of India, June 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/CNG-prices-hiked-in-Delhi-and-NCR/articleshow/8725056.cms"&gt;IGL to hike natural gas price by Rs 0.50/kg in Delhi, India&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Hindu, June 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article2074753.ece"&gt;Mobile ambient air quality monitoring unit to keep tab on pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Hindustan Times, June 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/Choke-city/Article1-705763.aspx"&gt;Choke city&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Republica, June 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&amp;amp;news_id=32002"&gt;Cleaner &amp;amp; greener Kathmandu&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Hindustan Times, June 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/Air-pollution-forecast-in-the-offing/Article1-705410.aspx"&gt;Air pollution forecast in the offing&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Guardian, June 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jun/03/energy-saving-rebound"&gt;When energy-saving does not mean saving energy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, June 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2011/jun/03/report-card-for-china-environment"&gt;A report card for China's environment&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Phys.Org, June 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-06-tiny-particles-big-impact.html"&gt;Tiny particles, big impact&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Grist Magazine, June 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.grist.org/list/2011-06-02-how-bicycles-are-solving-illiteracy-and-empowering-women-in-indi"&gt;How bicycles are fighting illiteracy and empowering women in India&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; NPR, June 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=136895815"&gt;Fracking Brings Jobs And Pollution To Town&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  New Age News, June 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://newagebd.com/newspaper1/frontpage/20946.html"&gt;Dhaka’s air most polluted in world&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;              &lt;br /&gt; BBC, June 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13628374"&gt;Climate to wreak havoc on food supply, predicts report&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;             &lt;br /&gt; Dawn News, June 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.dawn.com/2011/06/03/pakistan-largest-cng-user-2.html"&gt;Pakistan largest CNG user&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China Dialogue, June 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;                &lt;a href="http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/4329"&gt;Confronting China's industrial ghosts&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, June 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110531155645.htm"&gt;New NASA Map Reveals Tropical Forest Carbon Storage&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, June 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jun/01/world-bank-failing-carbon-markets"&gt;World Bank warns of 'failing' international carbon market&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, June 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jun/01/ten-steps-to-tackle-climate-change"&gt;10 steps to tackle climate change&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Hindu, June 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;                  &lt;a href="http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/nxg/article2068175.ece"&gt;What's ailing Chennai&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; New York Times, June 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;                 &lt;a href="http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/01/smog-hinders-hong-kongs-hiring-efforts/"&gt;Smog Hinders Hong Kong’s Hiring Efforts&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; New York Times, June 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;               &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/02/science/earth/02climate.html"&gt;World Bank to Help Cities Control Climate Change&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Standard, May 31st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=21&amp;amp;art_id=111575&amp;amp;sid=32557719&amp;amp;con_type=1&amp;amp;d_str=20110531&amp;amp;fc=1"&gt;Warning aired over expat exodus in Hong Kong&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Dialogue, May 31st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/4322"&gt;Bhutan’s modern face - Urbanization and Climate Change in Bhutan&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Environmental Technology, May 31st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.envirotech-online.com/news/air-monitoring/6/breaking_news/air_monitoring_shows_alarming_rise_in_co2/15483/"&gt;Air monitoring shows alarming rise in CO2&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;News One, May 31st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.inewsone.com/2011/05/31/india-should-deregulate-diesel-price-planning-commission/54315"&gt;India should deregulate diesel price: Planning Commission&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Economic Times, May 31st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/china-to-tighten-emission-rules-for-commercial-vehicles/articleshow/8662542.cms"&gt;China to tighten emission rules for commercial vehicles&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Daily, May 31st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-05/31/content_12608936.htm"&gt;Time to separate treasure from trash&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Daily, May 31st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/usa/business/2011-05/31/content_12613116.htm"&gt;WHO hopes China strengthen tobacco industry control&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Daily, May 31st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-05/31/content_12612392.htm"&gt;Industry faces rising power cost&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Xinhua Net, May 31st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-05/31/c_13903861.htm"&gt;Beijing sees most "blue sky days" in 10 years in May&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All Africa, May 31st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201105311260.html"&gt;Tough New Pollution Rules for Car Owners in Kenya&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Briefing, May 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2011/05/30/china-as-a-role-model-for-green-economic-development.html"&gt;China as a Role Model for Green Economic Development&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2point6billion.com/" target="_blank"&gt;2point6billion.com&lt;/a&gt;, May 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.2point6billion.com/news/2011/05/30/a-tale-of-two-mongolias-9381.html"&gt;A Tale of Two Mongolias&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Santiago Times, May 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.santiagotimes.cl/news/environmental/21579-years-first-pre-emergency-environmental-alert-issued-for-santiago-.html"&gt;Year’s First Pre-Emergency Environmental Alert Issued For Santiago&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Xinhua Net, May 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-05/28/c_13899001.htm"&gt;Love wind, fear wind: growing pains of China's wind power industry&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Daily, May 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/usa/business/2011-05/26/content_12587244.htm"&gt;China to invest 6.2t yuan in transportation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Daily, May 19th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2011-05/19/content_12539963.htm"&gt;China wants 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scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution Alerts - May 29th, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/05/air-pollution-alerts-may-22nd-2011.html"&gt;Last on May 22nd, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;MIT Global Change Series, May, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://globalchange.mit.edu/pubs/abstract.php?publication_id=2142"&gt;Health Damages from Air Pollution in China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  Reuters, May 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://af.reuters.com/article/tanzaniaNews/idAFN2711500320110529"&gt;Stoves, seeds could save African forests&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Press Enterprise, May 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_D_strucks29.3fbefce.html"&gt;Cleaner-engine trucks pledged at Temecula-area quarry&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scientific American, May 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=graphic-science-how-much-do-fires-cost-property-damage"&gt;How Much Do Wildfires Cost in Terms of Property Damage&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Transport Politic, May 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2011/05/27/paris-region-moves-ahead-with-125-miles-of-new-metro-lines/"&gt;Paris Region Moves Ahead with 125 Miles of New Metro Lines&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daily Star, May 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=187323"&gt;Decentralization is a must in Dhaka to control pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Circle of Blue, May 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/2011/world/chinas-other-looming-choke-point-food-production/"&gt;China’s Other Looming Choke Point: Food Production&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Xinhua Net, May 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-05/27/c_13897036.htm"&gt;China's coal production up 11.1% in first four months&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fuel Cell Markets, May 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fuelcellmarkets.com/fuel_cell_power/news_and_information/3,1,6250,1,28987.html"&gt;Fuel Cell Hydrogen Buses in Europe&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, May 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110527162500.htm"&gt;Human Impacts of Rising Oceans Will Extend Well Beyond Coast&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, May 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110527101510.htm"&gt;A Visit to a Zoo Boosts Science and Environment Knowledge&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, May 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110526141511.htm"&gt;Green and Lean: Secreting Bacteria Eliminate Cost Barriers for Renewable Biofuel Production&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, May 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110526103000.htm"&gt;Estimating Landfill Gas Potential&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bike Radar, May 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/bikes-are-the-future-not-cars-30372"&gt;Bikes are the future, not cars&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NRDC Switch Board, May 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/aquintero/epa_must_strengthen_our_smog_s.html"&gt;EPA Must Strengthen our Smog Standards or Risk the Health of Millions of Latinos&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Guardian, May 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/may/25/wind-power-national-grid-forecasting"&gt;Wind forecast upgrade should mean big drop in fossil fuel use&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New York Times, May 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/26/business/energy-environment/26label.html"&gt;New Mileage Stickers Include Greenhouse Gas Data&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, May 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110525141538.htm"&gt;Path to Sustainable Aviation Biofuels Industry in Northwest&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Times of India, May 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Mobile-towers-major-air-polluters/articleshow/8563007.cms"&gt;Mobile towers major air polluters&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Berita Jakarta, May 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beritajakarta.com/2008/en/newsview.aspx?idwil=0&amp;amp;id=19081"&gt;Air Quality in Jakarta is Good&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eco Geek, May 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ecogeek.org/monitoring-pollution/3511-visualizing-co2-emissions"&gt;Visualizing CO2 Emissions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Philippine Information Agency, May 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&amp;amp;t=1&amp;amp;id=34099"&gt;EMB intensifies anti-smoke belching text campaign&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, May 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/24/tornadoes-more-common-climate-change"&gt;Are tornadoes more common because of climate change&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Vietnam News, May 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/Environment/211603/80-of-polluting-firms-taken-off-black-list.html"&gt;80% of polluting firms taken off black list&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Financial Express, May 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Column--Untangling-urban-transport/794650/"&gt;Column: Untangling urban transport in Indian Cities&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Japan Corporation News, May 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.japancorp.net/press_release/23933/toyota_develops_tropospheric_ozoneconcentration_simulator"&gt;Toyota Develops Tropospheric Ozone-concentration Simulator&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Inhabitat, May 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://inhabitat.com/doe-launches-u-s-drive-to-plan-route-to-vehicle-efficiency-sustainable-energy/"&gt;DOE Launches U.S. Drive To Plan Route To Vehicle Efficiency, Sustainable Energy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brookings Institute, May 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2011/0523_transportation_policy_puentes.aspx"&gt;Move It: How the U.S. Can Improve Transportation Policy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deccan Chronicle, May 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/hyderabad/city-lax-imposing-euro-iv-fuel-deadline-432"&gt;City lax on imposing Euro IV fuel deadline&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Press Information Bureau, May 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=72248"&gt;Government of the United Progressive Alliance, Report to the People 2010-11 Transforming Cities&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IEA, May 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.iea.org/index_info.asp?id=1950"&gt;Global investments must increase significantly to achieve universal access to energy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Discover, May 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/05/03/climate-change-and-the-problem-of-well-informed-denial"&gt;Climate Change and the Problem of Well-Informed Denial&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-4425958704761029901?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-6401426038338342443</id><published>2011-05-22T05:35:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-05-24T05:35:57.489+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution Alerts - May 22nd, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/05/air-pollution-alerts-may-15th-2011.html"&gt;Last on May 15th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Dawn, May 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.dawn.com/2011/05/22/motorbike-transit.html"&gt;Motorbike transit survey in Karachi&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Science Daily, May 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110511131136.htm"&gt;New Strategy Aims to Reduce Agricultural Ammonia&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Info Mongolia, May 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;a href="http://www.infomongolia.com/ct/ci/671/60/Opening%20ceremony%20of%20efficient%20fire%20stove"&gt;Opening Ceremony of Efficient Fire Stove&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Philippines Star, May 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=688439&amp;amp;publicationSubCategoryId=77"&gt;Decongesting EDSA means lower air pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Vietnam Net, May 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://english.vietnamnet.vn/en/environment/8535/vietnamese-ignorant-of-air-pollution-sources--poll.html"&gt;Vietnamese ignorant of air pollution sources&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; CNN World, May 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/20/what-goes-into-the-price-of-gas/"&gt;What goes into the price of gas&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Independent, May 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/motoring/features/is-this-the-end-of-the-car-2286616.html"&gt;Is this the end of the car&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Economic Times, May 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/guest-writer/whats-in-a-name-urban-or-rural/articleshow/8457553.cms"&gt;What's in a name? urban or rural&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;NPR, May 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/05/20/136424838/pumped-up-are-americans-addicted-to-oil"&gt;Pumped Up: Are Americans Addicted To Oil&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  New York Times, May 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/20/who-will-reap-the-dividends-of-fuel-economy"&gt;Who Will Reap the Dividends of Fuel Economy&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, May 19th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/may/19/carbon-emission-targets-national-grid-report"&gt;Tougher carbon emission targets boost confidence in National Grid upgrade&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Guardian, May 19th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2011/may/19/water-climate-change"&gt;The Middle East is running dry - and into the perfect storm&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;     Northwest Asian Weekly, May 19th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2011/05/bill-gates-innovation-china-and-the-environment/"&gt;Bill Gates: Innovation, China, and the environment&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  The Financial, May 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://finchannel.com/news_flash/Corporate_Social_Responsibility/87217_China%3A_World_Bank_supports_integrated_district_heating_project_to_improve_air_quality/"&gt;China: World Bank supports integrated district heating project to improve air quality&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Manila Bulletin, May 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/318799/decongesting-edsa-can-lower-pollution"&gt;Decongesting EDSA can lower pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, May 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110518131457.htm"&gt;What Electric Car Convenience Is Worth&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, May 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110518121028.htm"&gt;Sun Protects Against Childhood Asthma&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  Center for American Progress, May 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/05/ate_hanlon.html"&gt;Why Oil Companies Don't Need Tax Subsidies&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; New York Times, May 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/05/17/17greenwire-white-house-starts-review-of-epa-air-pollution-70612.html"&gt;White House Starts Review of EPA Air Pollution Rules for Coal Plants&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  China.Org, May 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.china.org.cn/china/2011-05/17/content_22577132.htm"&gt;China may see worst energy crisis in years&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, May 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110516161344.htm"&gt;Smoke-Related Chemical Discovered in the Atmosphere Could Have Health Implications&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, May 16th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110516162158.htm"&gt;When Is It Worth Remanufacturing? Sometimes It Saves Energy, Sometimes It Doesn’t — And Sometimes It Makes Things Worse&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  China Daily, May 16th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/usa/business/2011-05/16/content_12517048.htm"&gt;E-car buyers to 'skip license-plate draw'&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Xinhua Net, May 16th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-05/16/c_13877722.htm"&gt;China to upgrade power grids in rural areas in coming five years&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; NPR, May 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/05/14/136308955/obama-announces-steps-to-boost-u-s-oil-output"&gt;Obama Announces Steps To Boost U.S. Oil Output&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China Dialogue, May 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/4290"&gt;Access to data still barred in China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  China Daily, May 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/usa/business/2011-05/12/content_12498030.htm"&gt;Vehicle prices fell in April&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Xinhua Net, May 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/business/2011-05/11/c_13870010.htm"&gt;Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail runs trial operation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China.Org, May 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.china.org.cn/environment/2011-05/04/content_22494911.htm"&gt;Air Quality Awareness Week&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CNN, April 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/04/19/scotus.greenhouse.gasses/index.html"&gt;Just hot air? Justices debate lawsuit over global warming&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Environmental Health Perspectives, April 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/article/fetchArticle.action?articleURI=info:doi/10.1289/ehp.119-a172"&gt;Black Carbon: The Dark Horse of Climate Change Drivers&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Economist, March 31st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.economist.com/node/18486335?story_id=18486335"&gt;Barack Obama's energy policy - Recycled&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phys.Org, January 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-01-peak.html"&gt;Have we reached peak travel&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-6401426038338342443?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/05/air-pollution-alerts-may-8th-2011.html"&gt;Last on May 8th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Lancet, May, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2811%2960626-0/fulltext"&gt;Burning issues: tackling indoor air pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CBS News, May 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/05/14/politics/main20062897.shtml"&gt;Obama to speed up U.S. oil production&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bloomberg, May 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_21/b4229011807240.htm"&gt;China's Power Outages Come Early and Often&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Times of India, May 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Ozone-can-be-a-harmful-agent-too-Beig/articleshow/8256056.cms"&gt;Ozone can be a harmful agent too&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tehelka, May 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tehelka.com/story_main49.asp?filename=Fw120511Fuel_30b.asp#"&gt;‘30 billion hours go in collecting fuel’ in India&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Climate Spectator, May 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.climatespectator.com.au/commentary/fast-and-furious"&gt;Fast and the furious&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TIME, May 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2011/05/11/why-cant-we-turn-away-from-coal-as-japan-has-turned-away-from-nuclear"&gt;Why Can't We Turn Away From Coal As Japan Has Turned Away From Nuclear&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Washington Post, May 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/arctic-council-to-address-role-of-soot-in-global-warming/2011/05/11/AFourXsG_story.html"&gt;Arctic Council to address role of soot in global warming&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China.Org, May 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.china.org.cn/environment/2011-05/05/content_22501161.htm"&gt;Sea breeze, rain to help clear Shanghai's air&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mid-Day, May 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mid-day.com/news/2011/may/110511-news-delhi-Pollution-check-transport-department.htm"&gt;Pollution check on the go&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Climate-L, May 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/fao-releases-report-on-mega-fires-and-climate-change"&gt;FAO Releases Report on Mega-Fires and Climate Change&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Common Dreams, May 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/05/10-11"&gt;Climate Change and the Flood This Time&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ASNS News, May 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.africasciencenews.org/asns/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=2798&amp;amp;Itemid=2"&gt;Climate innovation center mooted as report calls on the world to focus on renewable energy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Hindu Business Line, May 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/features/life/article1818905.ece"&gt;Kitchen alert for gas leaks&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Economic Times, May 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/comments-analysis/indias-towns-need-big-money/articleshow/8212337.cms"&gt;India's towns need big money&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DNA India, May 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report_heavy-vehicle-sales-lose-steam-in-april_1541331"&gt;Heavy vehicle sales lose steam in April in India&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Times of India, May 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Panel-moots-higher-tax-on-diesel-cars/articleshow/8213648.cms"&gt;Panel moots higher tax on diesel cars in India&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Times of India, May 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Metro-III-eyes-less-pollution-from-Day-1/articleshow/8225025.cms"&gt;Metro III eyes less pollution from Day 1 in Delhi, India&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All Africa, May 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201105101341.html"&gt;Urbanization in Africa - A Megatrend for Business to Watch&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;San Diego Tribune, May 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/may/10/lung-association-backs-tough-rules-vehicle-polluti/"&gt;Lung Association backs tough rules on vehicle pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Xinhua Net, May 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-05/10/c_13867778.htm"&gt;China's April auto sales report first negative growth in 27 months&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Xinhua Net, May 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-05/09/c_13866155.htm"&gt;World's longest cross-sea bridge to open to traffic in June&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shanghai Daily, May 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2011/05/09/China%2Bleading%2Bthe%2Bworld%2Bin%2Bclimate%2Bchange%2Bbattle/"&gt;China leading the world in climate change battle&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wall Street Journal, May 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703367004576288880891194752.html"&gt;Remedies for the Road&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Guardian, May 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/may/09/ipcc-renewable-energy-power-world"&gt;Renewable energy can power the world, says landmark IPCC study&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Project Syndicate, May 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/asteiner12/English"&gt;The Renewable Future in Africa&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Climate-L, May 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/ozone2climate-technology-road-show-begins-in-the-maldives"&gt;Ozone2Climate Technology Road Show Begins in the Maldives&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phys.Org, May 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-05-consumption-carbon-emissions-international.html"&gt;Consumption, carbon emissions and international trade&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Xinhua Net, May 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-05/06/c_13860848.htm"&gt;"Green traffic" initiative cuts carbon emissions by 830,000 tonnes during Shanghai Expo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CNTV, May 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://english.cntv.cn/program/china24/20110505/102801.shtml"&gt;Traffic control boosts bike sales in China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Xinhua Net, May 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-05/05/c_13860338.htm"&gt;China fires up world's largest coal-based olefin plant&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daily Nation, Africa, April 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/-/1006/1146262/-/52pm5xz/-/"&gt;Rising fuel prices to cut forest cover&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-2764677352627339761?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/2764677352627339761/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/05/air-pollution-alerts-may-15th-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/05/air-pollution-alerts-may-1st-2011.html"&gt;Last on May 1st, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sunday Times, May 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sundaytimes.lk/110508/BusinessTimes/bt13.html"&gt;Sri Lankans may carry ‘clean air’ just like bottled water&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New York Times, May 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/09/business/energy-environment/09green.html?_r=1&amp;amp;src=recg"&gt;Barring Cars to Clear the Air&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AFP, May 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ii0Iau1vD2TF7tG6hzuzedKcqDaQ?docId=CNG.d35533ac07b1a827181c7f781b528500.321"&gt;Hong Kong told to revamp air pollution rules&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Times of India, May 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-08/pune/29522394_1_brt-bus-rapid-transit-public-transport"&gt;Exhibition to create awareness on BRT in India&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Mongolia News, May 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.mad-mongolia.com/news/mongolia-news/air-pollution-matters-n-mongolia-5651/"&gt;Air Pollution Matters in Mongolia&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Huffington Post, May 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hillary-clinton/clean-stoves-would-save-l_b_858870.html"&gt;'Clean Stoves' Would Save Lives, Cut Pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Telegraph, May 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthcomment/geoffrey-lean/8499192/Forest-fires-Britain-bursts-into-flames.html"&gt;Forest fires: Britain bursts into flames&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Sun Star, May 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/local-news/2011/05/05/bus-rapid-transport-eyed-153800"&gt;Bus rapid transport eyed in Davao, Philippines&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Bangkok Post, May 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/235396/controversial-power-plant-gets-go-ahead-from-board"&gt;Controversial power plant gets go ahead from board&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Business Standard, May 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/haryana-gearsfor-pollution-control/434491/"&gt;Haryana gears up for pollution control&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mongolia News, May 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mad-mongolia.com/news/mongolia-news/anti-air-pollution-work-in-mongolia-5634/"&gt;Anti-air pollution work in Mongolia&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TIME, May 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2011/05/05/the-arctic-meltdown-accelerates/"&gt;The Arctic Meltdown Accelerates&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Independent, May 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/shanghai-air-pollution-reaches-record-levels-ndash-how-to-track-air-quality-around-the-world-2279247.html"&gt;Shanghai air pollution reaches record levels – how to track air quality around the world&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Digital Journal, May 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/306279"&gt;Over half of Americans live in dangerous levels of air pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nigerian Tribune, May 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/your-health/21411-havoc-cooking-with-firewood-does-to-your-health"&gt;Havoc cooking with firewood does to your health&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Economy Watch, May 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.economywatch.com/in-the-news/biggest-share-of-auto-sales-now-in-emerging-markets.04-05.htm"&gt;Biggest Share of Auto Sales Now in Emerging Markets&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; People's Daily Online, May 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/7368667.html"&gt;Shanghai encounters worst dusty pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Tribune, May 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://tribune.com.pk/story/161125/kalma-chowk-flyover-environmental-groups-to-continue-campaign/"&gt;Kalma Chowk flyover: Environmental groups to continue campaign in Lahore&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Bangladesh News, May 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=194856&amp;amp;cid=2"&gt;'Insensitivity, prejudices add asthma woes'&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Global Times, May 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2011-05/651177.html"&gt;Sandstorm covers Shanghai in dust&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;         Globe and Mail, May 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/jeff-rubins-smaller-world/where-will-china-find-the-oil-to-power-its-economy/article2010203/"&gt;Where will China find the oil to power its economy&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Google, May 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5guh2YooNNQstAO72zirZVqXiCCSw?docId=CNG.0be3263c614dd937a24797e887eb3c51.71"&gt;Public will push China on environment: EU climate chief&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; TIME, May 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2069319,00.html"&gt;America's Environmental Garden Spot: Would You Believe Manhattan&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;People's Daily Online, May 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/7368275.html"&gt;Sand, dust may turn Shanghai to most polluted city in China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Shanghai Daily, May 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/Metro/2011/05/03/City%2Bair%2Bquality%2Bworst%2Bin%2B4%2Byears/"&gt;Shanghai City air quality worst in 4 years&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Energy Daily, May 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.energy-daily.com/reports/China_Energy_Consumption_Will_Stabilize_999.html"&gt;China Energy Consumption Will Stabilize&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Manila Bulletin, May 2nd, 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/316588/poor-air-quality-threatens-health-and-environment"&gt;Poor air quality threatens health and environment&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People's Daily Online, April 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90883/7366421.html"&gt;Wen: China to speed up transport links with SE Asia&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reuters, April 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/29/idUS163411378420110429"&gt;U.S., China Energy Use Predicted to Flatten in Coming Decades&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Daily, April 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2011-04/26/content_12397732.htm"&gt;Domestic energy supplies addressed&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Daily, April 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/7364699.html"&gt;Power rages hit many places around China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;D-Sector, April 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.d-sector.org/article-det.asp?id=1587"&gt;Cities too need 'nirmal' push in India&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-2488075511850655139?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/2488075511850655139/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/05/air-pollution-alerts-may-8th-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/2488075511850655139'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/2488075511850655139'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/05/air-pollution-alerts-may-8th-2011.html' title='Air Pollution Alerts - May 8th, 2011'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-4056214128664609757</id><published>2011-05-01T00:05:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-05-04T00:06:35.649+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution Alerts - May 1st, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/04/air-pollution-alerts-april-24th-2011.html"&gt;Last on April 24th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;PNNL, April, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.pnl.gov/science/highlights/highlight.asp?id=944"&gt;A Sooty Tale - Black carbon from combustion processes accelerates climate change effects&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Express Buzz, April 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://expressbuzz.com/cities/bangalore/bangalore-air-unsafe-to-breathe/270250.html"&gt;Bangalore air unsafe to breathe&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Web Wire, April 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=136593"&gt;Boosting advanced biofuels in China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sydney Morning Herald, April 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/green-china-is-a-myth-20110427-1dwr2.html"&gt;'Green' China is a myth&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Filtration and Separation, April 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.filtsep.com/view/17645/positive-outlook-for-air-pollution-control/"&gt;Positive outlook for air pollution control&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Manila Standard, April 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideMotoring.htm?f=2011/april/29/motoring2.isx&amp;amp;d=2011/april/29"&gt;Smoke-belching cars worsen air pollution&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Forbes, April 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.forbes.com/2011/04/28/most-polluted-cities.html"&gt;America's Most Polluted Cities&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;Trail Gazette, April 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eptrail.com/ci_17950723?source=most_viewed"&gt;What`s wrong with acting like a citizen&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;The Island, April 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&amp;amp;page=article-details&amp;amp;code_title=24012"&gt;Colombo should learn from mistakes of Delhi, avoid pro-car policies&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The City Fix, April 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://thecityfix.com/can-pod-cars-transform-traffic-in-delhi/"&gt;Can Pod Cars Transform Traffic in Delhi&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Circle of Blue, April 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;a href="http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/2011/world/water-needs-curtail-chinas-coal-gasification-for-fuel-yet-conversion-to-chemicals-pushes-ahead/"&gt;Water Needs Curtail China’s Coal Gasification For Fuel, Yet Conversion To Chemicals Pushes Ahead&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Express Buzz, April 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://expressbuzz.com/cities/hyderabad/petrol-cost-to-go-up-further-in-city/269086.html"&gt;Petrol cost to go up further in Hyderabad city&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UB Post, April 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=6110&amp;amp;Itemid=36"&gt;The Chairman of the Dept. of Construction Discusses the 100,000 Apartment Project&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NDTV, April 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/after-metro-now-pod-cars-for-delhi-101691"&gt;After Metro, now Pod Cars for Delhi&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Times of India, April 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Civic-body-to-make-cycle-tracks-user-friendly/articleshow/8075586.cms"&gt;Civic body to make cycle tracks user-friendly in Pune&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Mark, April 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.themarknews.com/articles/4796-will-the-eu-ban-fossil-fuel-cars-from-cities"&gt;Europe mulls a radical idea to reduce emissions. Can we learn something from its example&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Money Life, April 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.moneylife.in/article/are-skywalks-a-blessing-or-a-bane/15841.html"&gt;Are skywalks a blessing or a bane&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Manila Bulletin, April 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/315663/un-targets-black-carbon-emissions"&gt;UN targets black carbon emissions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;MAD Mongolia, April 24th, 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.mad-mongolia.com/news/mongolia-news/mongolian-government-maintains-that-apartment-prices-will-decrease-5530/"&gt;Mongolian Government maintains that apartment prices will decrease&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;China Daily, April 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="width:630px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-04/23/content_12380122.htm"&gt;On Earth Day, ministry unveils geothermal power plan for China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Daily, April 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-04/22/content_12373597.htm"&gt;Study lays out roadmap for environment for China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;World Bank, April 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.worldbank.org/LHOXHH85P0"&gt;Climate Change: Sector Lending Profile&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Xinhua Net, April 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-04/21/c_13840146.htm"&gt;China sets long-term timetable to guide pollution fight&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Climate-L, April 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/cites-plants-committee-discusses-climate-change-impacts-on-decision-making"&gt;CITES Plants Committee Discusses Climate Change Impacts on Decision-making&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;Alter Net, April 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.alternet.org/story/150694/5_reasons_to_be_hopeful_we_haven%27t_totally_screwed_ourselves_and_the_planet_..._yet"&gt;5 Reasons to Be Hopeful We Haven't Totally Screwed Ourselves and the Planet ... Yet&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Council of Foreign Relations, April 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://blogs.cfr.org/levi/2011/04/21/truth-and-nonsense-on-chinese-clean-energy/"&gt;Truth and Nonsense on Chinese Clean Energy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Daily, April 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/metro/2011-04/20/content_12359811.htm"&gt;Clunkers kicked to the curb in China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Daily, April 19th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/xinhua/2011-04-19/content_2356190.html"&gt;Beijing releases action plan for cleaner air&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-4056214128664609757?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/4056214128664609757/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/05/air-pollution-alerts-may-1st-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/4056214128664609757'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/4056214128664609757'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/05/air-pollution-alerts-may-1st-2011.html' title='Air Pollution Alerts - May 1st, 2011'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-2430653650443501669</id><published>2011-04-25T20:44:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-04-25T20:45:29.076+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution Alerts - April 24th, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/04/air-pollution-alerts-april-17th-2011.html"&gt;Last on April 17th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;University of Iowa, April 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/news/newsDetail.php?newsID=728"&gt;UI Researchers Develop System to Predict Air Pollution Events for Santiago, Chile&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, April 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110422090201.htm"&gt;Choosing the Right Electric Vehicles Batteries for the Future&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, April 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110421141630.htm"&gt;Ozone Hole Linked to Climate Change All the Way to the Equator&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Portland Press Herald, April 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pressherald.com/news/nationworld/soot-may-be-a-link-to-arctic-warming_2011-04-21.html"&gt;Soot may be a link to Arctic warming&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Guardian, April 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/apr/21/arguments-constrained-capitalism-asia-chandran-nair"&gt;Arguments for constrained capitalism in Asia&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Financial Express, April 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=133182&amp;amp;date=2011-04-21"&gt;Budget and the environment&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Hindu, April 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/article1712902.ece"&gt;Pollution monitoring infrastructure inadequate&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The CityFix, April 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://thecityfix.com/new-report-china%E2%80%99s-rapid-motorization-calls-for-efficient-public-transit/"&gt;China’s Rapid Motorization Calls for Efficient Public Transit&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Green Answers, April 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://greenanswers.com/news/234289/clouds-black-carbon-accelerating-rate-climate-change-arctic"&gt;Clouds of Black Carbon Accelerating the Rate of Climate Change in the Arctic&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daily News in Kandy, April 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/04/21/fea03.asp"&gt;Preserving the Gem which is Kandy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Xinhua Net, April 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-04/20/c_13836526.htm"&gt;Chinese experts call for attention to "city illnesses"&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Post Opinions, April 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/hold-the-accolades-on-chinas-green-leap-forward/2011/04/19/AFLdZMEE_story.html"&gt;Hold the accolades on China’s ‘green leap forward’&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CT Post, April 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Heating-oil-phase-out-part-of-NYC-clean-air-plan-1347703.php"&gt;Heating oil phase-out part of NYC clean-air plan&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, April 19th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110419160342.htm"&gt;Researcher Use Trees to Detect Contaminants and Health Threats&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, April 19th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110419151438.htm"&gt;Green Environments Essential for Human Health&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, April 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110418135535.htm"&gt;Climate Change Psychology: Coping and Creating Solutions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, April 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110417185345.htm"&gt;Sugarcane Cools Climate&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Asia One, April 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20110420-274610.html"&gt;400,000 cars to be removed from Beijing roads&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NY Times, April 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/20/automobiles/20Electric.html?_r=1"&gt;Study Emphasizes Importance of China’s Transition to Electric Cars&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The World Bank, April 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.worldbank.org/DGHPXUTSL0"&gt;China to benefit from emerging Global Electric Vehicle demand, though challenges remain&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; TIME, April 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2011/04/20/how-china-can-take-the-wheel-on-electric-cars"&gt;How China Can Take the Wheel on Electric Cars&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Reuters, April 19th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/19/idUS180273867920110419"&gt;Top Ten Electric Car Initiatives Globally&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Smart Planet, April 19th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.smartplanet.com/business/blog/smart-takes/emerging-auto-markets-will-overwhelm-green-gains-by-us-europe-japan/15667/"&gt;Emerging auto markets will overwhelm green gains by U.S., Europe, Japan&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China Daily, April 19th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2011-04/19/content_12350803.htm"&gt;Parking fees must be flexible&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Express India, April 19th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/mmrda-to-install-noise-barriers-outside-iit/777897/"&gt;MMRDA to install noise barriers outside IIT&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Jakarta Post, April 19th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/04/19/hong-kong-expert-speak-air-quality-management.html"&gt;Hong Kong expert to speak on air quality management&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People's Daily, April 19th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/7354823.html"&gt;Beijing to launch clean air action plan&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pune Mirror, April 19th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.punemirror.in/article/2/20110419201104190102338547f75de3b/Hate-the-city-Here%E2%80%99s-one-reason-to-love-it.html"&gt;Hate the Pune city? Here’s one reason to love it&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carnegie Endowment, April 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&amp;amp;id=43648"&gt;Transportation Trifecta: Cars, Climate Change, and Oil Security&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reuters, April 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/18/us-autoshow-gm-idUSTRE73H1RK20110418"&gt;GM eyes doubling of China sales by 2015&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Xinhua Net, April 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/business/2011-04/14/c_13828966.htm"&gt;China's power consumption up 13.4% in March&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Daily, April 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-04/14/content_12323176.htm"&gt;Efforts afoot to prevent pollution from sandstorms&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Xinhua Net, April 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-04/12/c_13825494.htm"&gt;China should strive to make new-energy cars appealing to the public&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-2430653650443501669?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/2430653650443501669/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/04/air-pollution-alerts-april-24th-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/2430653650443501669'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/2430653650443501669'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/04/air-pollution-alerts-april-24th-2011.html' title='Air Pollution Alerts - April 24th, 2011'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-979748546081815966</id><published>2011-04-17T23:47:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-04-19T23:47:40.999+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution Alerts - April 17th, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/04/air-pollution-alerts-april-10th-2011.html"&gt;Last on April 10th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;234Next, April 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5690394-146/from_gridlock_to_brain_damage_.csp"&gt;From gridlock to brain damage&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Health News Digest, April 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.healthnewsdigest.com/news/Environment_380/U_S_Air_Quality_On_The_Mend.shtml"&gt;U.S. Air Quality On The Mend&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  BBC, April 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13094597"&gt;Air pollution 'damaging Europe's wildlife havens'&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Red Orbit, April 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/2030220/climate_change_from_black_carbon_depends_on_altitude/index.html"&gt;Climate Change From Black Carbon Depends On Altitude&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The National, April 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.thenational.ae/business/energy/criticism-flares-up-over-gas-waste"&gt;Criticism flares up over gas waste in Middle East&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China.Org, April 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.china.org.cn/environment/2011-04/14/content_22355841.htm"&gt;Efforts afoot to prevent pollution from sandstorms&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; ABS News, April 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/metro-manila/04/13/11/metro-manila-air-quality-has-improved-denr"&gt;Metro Manila air quality has improved&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, April 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110411164005.htm"&gt;Delhi Air Quality Regulations Improve Respiratory Health&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Norwegian Embassy, April 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.norway.org.bd/News_and_events/Education--Research/Dhaka-The-Dusty-City/"&gt;Dhaka: The Dusty City&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Climate Strategies Watch, April 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.climatestrategieswatch.com/reference/smart-solutions-to-climate-change-comparing-costs-and-benefits/"&gt;Smart Solutions to Climate Change: Comparing Costs and Benefits&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Global Times, April 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://business.globaltimes.cn/comment/2011-04/643409.html"&gt;Rethink needed if electric cars are to gain acceptance&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China Daily, April 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2011-04/12/content_12309739.htm"&gt;Number of official cars a mystery&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  China Daily, April 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2011-04/11/content_12304847.htm"&gt;China car sales up 6.5% in March&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Scientific American, April 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=munching-microbe-rules-methane-prod-11-04-11"&gt;Munching Microbe Rules Methane Production&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nursing School Blog, April 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nursingschools.net/blog/2011/04/10-fascinating-health-effects-of-urban-living/"&gt;10 Fascinating Health Effects of Urban Living&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NY Times, April 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/12/business/energy-environment/12gas.html"&gt;Studies Say Natural Gas Has Its Own Environmental Problems&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The East African, April 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/-/2558/1141548/-/o3vxpuz/-/"&gt;Switch to cleaner fuel key for better urban human, environmental health&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Xinhua Net, April 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-04/09/c_13821061.htm"&gt;New energy industries to fuel China's green growth&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; People's Daily, April 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/98649/7343564.html"&gt;Wuhan to fully implement smoking ban at indoor public places&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China Daily, April 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-04/02/content_12265738.htm"&gt;Beijing raises parking fee to reduce traffic&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Reuters, April 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/02/china-coal-prices-idUSL3E7F201Q20110402"&gt;China urges coal firms to control prices&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China Daily, March 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2011-03/30/content_12251861.htm"&gt;China's top wind power region to have 13 gW capacity&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  IRIN, January 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportID=91679"&gt;SOMALIA: Charcoal trade booming despite ban&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-979748546081815966?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/979748546081815966/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/04/air-pollution-alerts-april-17th-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/979748546081815966'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/979748546081815966'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/04/air-pollution-alerts-april-17th-2011.html' title='Air Pollution Alerts - April 17th, 2011'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-2237615363744911591</id><published>2011-04-10T08:17:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-04-14T08:18:28.898+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution Alerts - April 10th, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/04/air-pollution-alerts-april-3rd-2011.html"&gt;Last on April 3rd, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AME Info, April 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ameinfo.com/261641.html"&gt;Siemens to present mass transit systems in Dubai&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mass Live, April 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/04/epa_proposes_new_regulations_o.html"&gt;EPA proposes new regulations on emissions from coal-burning power plants&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eurek Alert, April 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-04/bu-daq041111.php"&gt;Delhi air quality regulations improve respiratory health&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The World Bank, April 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://go.worldbank.org/1AG29YBG80"&gt;China: Renewable Energy Development Project&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Frontline, April 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.frontline.in/stories/20110422280809900.htm"&gt;In the past decade, nitrogen management has increasingly attracted the attention of agricultural and climate scientists&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pune Mirror, April 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.punemirror.in/article/2/2011040920110409013928340dcc2f659/IITM%E2%80%99s-clean-act-for-CWG-earns-UN-pat.html"&gt;IITM’s clean act for CWG earns UN pat&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WTAM, April 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wtam.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=122520&amp;amp;article=8411938"&gt;Power plant smog - Study claims Ohio utilities are major polluters&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AlterNet, April 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/climate-change-targets-developing-worlds-cities"&gt;Climate change targets developing world's cities&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UB Reporter, April 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/ubreporter/2011_04_07/pollution_olympics"&gt;Study to look at air pollution data from Beijing Olympics&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Guardian, April 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2011/apr/07/world-health-messages"&gt;What's your global health message&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CO2 Science, April 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.co2science.org/articles/V14/N14/C1.php"&gt;Black Carbon at the Top of the World&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Times of India, April 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Ambient-air-quality-came-down-during-Holi-MPCB/articleshow/7878762.cms"&gt;Ambient air quality came down during Holi in Pune&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UB Post, April 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=6019&amp;amp;Itemid=36"&gt;The President sets up a committee to fight pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wall Street Journal, April 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/hong-kong/2011/04/04/the-picture-of-pollution"&gt;The Picture of Pollution in Hong Kong&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NASA, April 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/news/20110401/"&gt;  Cleaner Vehicle Standards Good for Health, Agriculture, Climate&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-2237615363744911591?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/2237615363744911591/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/04/air-pollution-alerts-april-10th-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/2237615363744911591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/2237615363744911591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/04/air-pollution-alerts-april-10th-2011.html' title='Air Pollution Alerts - April 10th, 2011'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-6882786501982941311</id><published>2011-04-04T19:58:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2011-04-04T19:58:58.821+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution Alerts - April 3rd, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/03/air-pollution-alerts-march-27th-2011.html"&gt;Last on March 27th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The World Bank, April 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.worldbank.org/ZFTPV33YH0"&gt;Managing for uncertainty – an agenda for the WBI Climate Change Practice&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    The Star, April 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/4/2/business/8394133&amp;amp;sec=business"&gt;How liveable is Kuala Lumpur&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Scientist, April 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.the-scientist.com/article/display/58080/"&gt;Cleaning Up After Ourselves&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  China.Org, April 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.china.org.cn/environment/2011-04/01/content_22273749.htm"&gt;Beijing refutes WSJ report on air quality&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; India Info Online, April 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.indiainfoline.com/Markets/News/ADB-to-lend-US-dollar-250mn-for-Bangalore-Metro-Rail-System/5120648995"&gt;ADB to lend US$250mn for Bangalore Metro Rail System&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Sunday Morning Herald, April 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/blogs/the-dreyfus-files/facts-win-over-rhetoric-on-china-and-climate-change-20110401-1cnx6.html"&gt;Facts win over rhetoric on China and climate change&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Policy Innovations, March 31st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.policyinnovations.org/ideas/video/data/000371"&gt;Guangzhou Connects Bus Rapid Transit with Bike Share&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;   Forbes, March 31st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://blogs.forbes.com/robertolsen/2011/03/31/chinas-next-inflation-problem-energy/"&gt;China’s Next Inflation Problem: Energy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;   China.Org, March 31st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.china.org.cn/environment/2011-03/31/content_22262527.htm"&gt;China announced new environmental target&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; It's Getting Hot in Here, March 31st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2011/03/31/cycles-of-change-pedaling-to-empowerment-in-dhaka/"&gt;Cycles of Change: Pedaling to Empowerment in Dhaka&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;   Science Daily, March 31st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110330214711.htm"&gt;US Troops Exposed to Polluted Air in Iraq&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Wired, March 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-03/30/european-car-ban-by-2050"&gt;EU urges ban on petrol-powered cars by 2050&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Sun News, March 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/citysun/2011/mar/30/citysun-30-03-2011-002.htm"&gt;Why rickety vehicles must be banned from Lagos roads&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Hindu, March 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/article1585027.ece"&gt;India to study soot’s impact on environment&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  English East Day News, March 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://english.eastday.com/e/110330/u1a5813936.html"&gt;Pollution to get officials black mark&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Wall Street Journal, March 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2011/03/29/most-of-beijings-olympic-pollution-cleanup-evaporated-a-year-later"&gt;Most of Beijing’s Olympic Pollution Cleanup Evaporated a Year Later&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  BBC, March 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12895157"&gt;China tops global clean energy table&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   Science Daily, March 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110329134129.htm"&gt;How Plants Absorb Pollutants&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  China Daily, March 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-03/29/content_12240262.htm"&gt;Cities on frontline in fight against climate change&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Daily, March 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-03/29/content_12240161.htm"&gt;Time to clean up rural area pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Smart Planet, March 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;a href="http://www.smartplanet.com/people/blog/cities/how-will-the-eu-eliminate-cars-from-cities/347/"&gt;How will the EU eliminate cars from cities&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Bloomberg, March 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-28/conventional-cars-in-cities-should-be-halved-by-2030-eu-says.html"&gt;Conventional Cars in Cities Should Be Halved by 2030&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; People's Daily, March 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;a href="http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/7333296.html"&gt;China sets higher goals for energy use, gas emissions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Shanghai Daily, March 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=467297"&gt;Vehicles in Shanghai&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Shanghai Daily, March 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.shanghaidaily.org/article/?id=467083&amp;amp;type=Metro"&gt;Warmer In The City&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Xinhua Net, March 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-03/24/c_13796673.htm"&gt;Expert pushes for more aggressive smoking ban in China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Xinhua Net, March 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-03/23/c_13794638.htm"&gt;Non-toll roads to account for 96 pct of road mileage in China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People &amp;amp; Planet, March 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.peopleandplanet.net/?lid=29761&amp;amp;section=45&amp;amp;topic=23"&gt;Cities biggest polluters&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-6882786501982941311?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/6882786501982941311/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/04/air-pollution-alerts-april-3rd-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/6882786501982941311'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/6882786501982941311'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/04/air-pollution-alerts-april-3rd-2011.html' title='Air Pollution Alerts - April 3rd, 2011'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-5221014432776409592</id><published>2011-03-28T14:48:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-03-28T14:49:11.245+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution Alerts - March 27th, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/03/air-pollution-alerts-march-13th-2011.html"&gt;Last on March 13th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REVE, March 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.evwind.es/noticias.php?id_not=11005"&gt;Wind energy in Asia&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Live Mint, March 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.livemint.com/2011/03/27210426/India-and-the-world.html"&gt;India and the world&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Express India, March 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/in-a-first-hitech-buses-set-to-roll-out-in-lucknow/767625/"&gt;In a first, hi-tech buses set to roll out in Lucknow&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Hindu, March 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article1571840.ece"&gt;Pollution trade and cap scheme launched&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; People's China Daily, March 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/7330711.html"&gt;National standard to help clean up coastal pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Himalayan, March 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Reduction+of+black+carbon+emission+stressed&amp;amp;NewsID=281355"&gt;Reduction of black carbon emission stressed&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The State, March 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.thestate.com/2011/03/25/1750503/whats-so-scary-about-nuclear-power.html"&gt;What’s so scary about nuclear power plants&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Express Buzz, March 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://expressbuzz.com/cities/hyderabad/varsity-teams-trained-in-air-quality-monitoring/259553.html"&gt;Varsity teams trained in air quality monitoring in India&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Guardian, March 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/mar/24/hydrogen-power-cars-government-support"&gt;Why don't governments push for more hydrogen cars&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Hindu, Business Line, March 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/economy/article1568648.ece"&gt;Environment Ministry begins consultations for emissions trading scheme&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Bloomberg Business World, March 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9M5LC701.htm"&gt;China's search for clean fuel leads to W.Va. University&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  China Dialogue, Mach 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/4181"&gt;Behind China’s green goals&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;    The City Fix, March 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://thecityfix.com/bicycles-empower-women-and-boost-economic-development-in-uganda"&gt;Bicycles Empower Women and Boost Economic Development in Uganda&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The City Fix, March 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://thecityfix.com/new-study-car-ownership-not-essential-to-everyday-commute"&gt;New Study: Car Ownership Not Essential to Everyday Commute&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The City Fix, March 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://thecityfix.com/lagos-to-expand-bus-rapid-transit-system"&gt;Lagos to Expand Bus Rapid Transit System&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Indian Express, March 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/jnnurm-2.0/765978/0"&gt;JNNURM 2.0&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Switch Board, March 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/bfinamore/the_next_five_years_of_clean_e.html"&gt;The Next Five Years of Clean Energy and Climate Protection in China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; UB Post, March 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=5965&amp;amp;Itemid=41"&gt;Ulaanbaatar Air Pollution Linked to Public Health Crisis&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Environmental Expert, March 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.environmental-expert.com/resultEachArticle.aspx?cid=24309&amp;amp;codi=230077&amp;amp;lr=1"&gt;Latin America spurs action into low-carbon development&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, March 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110321093843.htm"&gt;When It Comes to the Environment, Education Affects Our Actions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Xinhua Net, March 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://english.cri.cn/6909/2011/03/21/1781s627591.htm"&gt;China to Improve Innovative Environment&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Reuters, March 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/21/idUS333315525420110321"&gt;Top Ten U.S. and China Collaborations in Cleantech&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   People's Daily Online, March 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/7325291.html"&gt;Dusts back flow continue to contaminate Beijing's air&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; New York Times, March 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/22/business/global/22pollute.html"&gt;Campaign to Fight Air Pollution in Hong Kong Gets Visual&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Hindu, Business Line, March 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/article1562179.ece"&gt;Resources for urban India&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Daily Tech, March 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.dailytech.com/Chinas+Solar+Greenhouses+Allow+Cheap+Efficient+Growing+in+Winter/article21164.htm"&gt;China's Solar Greenhouses Allow Cheap, Efficient Growing in Winter&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Shanghai Daily, March 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=466712&amp;amp;type=Metro"&gt;Car plate prices reach 3-year high&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, March 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110320164236.htm"&gt;Think Globally, but Act Locally When Studying Plants, Animals, Global Warming&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Citizen, March 19th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://thecitizen.co.tz/business/-/9176-urbanization-in-africa-a-megatrend-for-business"&gt;Urbanization in Africa: A megatrend for business&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Journal Gazette, March 19th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20110319/EDIT07/303199988/1021/EDIT"&gt;Something in the air&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Guardian, March 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/mar/18/carbon-capture-storage-technologies"&gt;What are the main types of carbon capture and storage technology&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-5221014432776409592?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/5221014432776409592/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/03/air-pollution-alerts-march-27th-2011.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/5221014432776409592'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/5221014432776409592'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/03/air-pollution-alerts-march-27th-2011.html' title='Air Pollution Alerts - March 27th, 2011'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-8765167656254315102</id><published>2011-03-20T08:27:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-03-20T08:28:09.588+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution Alerts - March 20th, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/03/air-pollution-alerts-march-13th-2011.html"&gt;Last on March 13th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phil Star, March 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=667446&amp;amp;publicationSubCategoryId=200"&gt;Sandstorm from Mongolia dumps dust in Beijing&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Financial Express, March 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=129520&amp;amp;date=2011-03-17"&gt;Long tailbacks amid curb on rickshaw movements in Dhaka&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Al Jazeera, March 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/03/201131514261904290.html"&gt;Something in the air in Kabul&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Japan Times, March 17th, 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20110317mr.html"&gt;Calculating the impact of aerosols&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Switch Board, March 16th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/mrotkinellman/new_study_sheds_light_on_air_q.html"&gt;New Study Sheds Light on Air Quality Impacts of the BP Oil Spill&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  KCET News, March 16th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_focus/commentary/breathe-deep-thank-the-epa-31265.html"&gt;Breathe Deep (and then thank the EPA that you can)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Times of India, March 16th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/7715071.cms"&gt;BRT Part II to come up in E Delhi&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Japan Times, March 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20110315a2.html"&gt;The environmental link to economic growth&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; New York Times, March 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/16/world/asia/16kiln.html"&gt;In Afghan Kilns, a Cycle of Debt and Servitude&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Independent, March 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.theindependentbd.com/paper-edition/metropolitan/dhaka/39130-air-pollution-rife.html"&gt;90pc of vehicles plying the streets of Dhaka emit fumes&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Mudgee Guardian, March 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mudgeeguardian.com.au/news/local/news/general/uk-expert-calls-for-better-air-monitoring/2102446.aspx"&gt;UK expert calls for better air monitoring&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CSE, March 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cseindia.org/content/cse-welcomes-environment-ministry-%E2%80%98no%E2%80%99-nirma-factory-gujarat"&gt;CSE welcomes environment ministry ‘no’ to Nirma factory in Gujarat&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Huffington Post, March 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/14/power-plant-air-pollution-coal-kills_n_833385.html"&gt;Power Plant Air Pollution Kills 13,000 People Per Year, Coal-Fired Are Most Hazardous&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Green Prophet, March 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.greenprophet.com/2011/03/tehran-air-pollution/"&gt;Tehran Residents Complain About Air Pollution and Water Quality&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Washington Post, March 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/epa-chief-lisa-jackson-perpetually-on-capitol-hill-hot-seat/2011/03/08/ABOKT7T_story.html"&gt;EPA chief Lisa Jackson perpetually on Capitol Hill hot seat&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Daily, March 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011npc/2011-03/13/content_12162315.htm"&gt;Senior official calls for cap on coal consumption&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Xinhua Net, March 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-03/12/c_13774857.htm"&gt;Beijing to tighten vehicle emission standards, as automobile number hits 5 million&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Xinhua Net, March 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-03/12/c_13774864.htm"&gt;China to further cut emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Xinhua Net, March 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-03/08/c_13767468.htm"&gt;China aims to boost industries along Yangtze River&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Daily, March 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011npc/2011-03/08/content_12136996.htm"&gt;New car rules for officials&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yahoo News, February 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://ph.yfittopostblog.com/2011/02/21/new-study-cites-dangers-of-air-pollution-to-commuters-drivers/"&gt;New study cites dangers of air pollution to commuters, drivers&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Business Mirror, February 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://businessmirror.com.ph/home/regions/7301-study-manila-is-the-most-polluted-city-in-phl"&gt;Manila is the most polluted city in the Philippines&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-8765167656254315102?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/8765167656254315102/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/03/air-pollution-alerts-march-20th-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/8765167656254315102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/8765167656254315102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/03/air-pollution-alerts-march-20th-2011.html' title='Air Pollution Alerts - March 20th, 2011'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-5772633537934739429</id><published>2011-03-13T09:24:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2011-03-13T09:24:44.939+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution Alerts - March 13th, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/03/air-pollution-alerts-march-6th-2011.html"&gt;Last on March 6th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Guardian, March 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/electric-vision/a-global-industry"&gt;A global industry: the big picture&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, March 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110310141416.htm"&gt;Aerosol Plumes Downwind of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Insights from Air Pollution Study Have Applications Beyond Gulf&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NY Times, March 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/11/science/earth/11climate.html"&gt;House Panel Votes to Strip E.P.A. of Power to Regulate Greenhouse Gases&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11068/1130807-100.stm"&gt;New study calls region's air quality 'unacceptably poor'&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mongolia Corporate Services, March 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mad-mongolia.com/news/mongolia-news/national-committee-set-up-to-oversee-air-pollution-reduction-programs-4510/"&gt;National Committee set up to oversee air pollution reduction programs&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Greater Greater Washington, March 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/9573/can-the-us-make-brt-work-as-well-as-in-latin-america/"&gt;Can the US make BRT work as well as in Latin America&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scientific American, March 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=can-the-us-build-a-clean-green-econ-2011-03-09"&gt;Can the U.S. build a clean, green economic machine&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phil Star, March 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=664241&amp;amp;publicationSubCategoryId=72"&gt;To be or LPG? That is the jeepney question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, March 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110309113049.htm"&gt;Pinpointing Air Pollution's Effects on the Heart&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, March 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110308173242.htm"&gt;It's All in a Name: 'Global Warming' Vs. 'Climate Change'&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Daily Star, March 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=176848"&gt;Brick kiln fined for air pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;Science News, March 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/70777/title/Soot_hastens_snowmelt_on_Tibetan_Plateau"&gt;Soot hastens snow melt on Tibetan Plateau&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Environmental Leader, March 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/03/08/china-accelerates-energy-efficiency-goal/"&gt;China Accelerates Energy Efficiency Goal&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Guardian, March 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/mar/08/china-coal-new-middle-east"&gt;China's coal reserves 'will make it new Middle East'&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The East African, March 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/-/2560/1120022/-/bv9fg8z/-/"&gt;East Africa losing billions of shillings through use of high-sulphur diesel&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New Scientist, March 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2011/03/green-machine-delhis-clean-aut.html"&gt;Green Machine: Clean fuels wasted on Delhi's rickshaws&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Press Information Bureau of India, March 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=70646"&gt;Urban Transport Sector&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Mother Nature Network, March 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;a href="http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/energy/blogs/coal-fired-power-plants-a-thing-of-the-past"&gt;Coal-fired power plants: A thing of the past&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Financial Express, March 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?date=2011-03-06&amp;amp;news_id=128143"&gt;Making the Metropolitan City of Dhaka Liveable&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New York Times, March 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/05/opinion/05sat4.html"&gt;On Climate, Who Needs the Facts&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CNN, February 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/02/20/philippine.volcano.erupts/index.html"&gt;Philippine volcano erupts twice in 24 hours&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-5772633537934739429?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/5772633537934739429/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/03/air-pollution-alerts-march-13th-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/5772633537934739429'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/5772633537934739429'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/03/air-pollution-alerts-march-13th-2011.html' title='Air Pollution Alerts - March 13th, 2011'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-8514231070275221729</id><published>2011-03-06T18:36:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2011-03-06T18:37:43.526+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution in Delhi'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution Alerts - March 6th, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/02/air-pollution-alerts-february-27th-2011.html"&gt;Last on February 27th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Wall Street Journal, March 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/underground-coal-gasification-produces-cheap-diesel/story-e6frg8zx-1226016134384"&gt;Underground coal gasification produces cheap diesel&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New York Times, March 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/05/energy-geeks-converge-at-m-i-t"&gt;Energy Geeks Converge on M.I.T.&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, March 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110301122045.htm"&gt;Clean Fuel Worsens Climate Impacts for Some Vehicle Engines in Delhi&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The City Fix, March 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://thecityfix.com/the-transport-network-facebook-ponders-urban-design"&gt;The Transport Network? Facebook Ponders Urban Design&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Pakistan Today, March 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/pakistan-news/Opinions/Columns/03-Mar-2011/Master-of-none"&gt;Master of none - A critic on Lahore urban development plan&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Peoples Daily China, March 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/7306450.html"&gt;East China city to spend 4.5 bln yuan tackling lake pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Forbes, March 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.forbes.com/energysource/2011/03/03/climate-challenge-hinges-on-fueling-china-with-clean-cheap-energy/"&gt;Climate Challenge Hinges On Fueling China With Clean, Cheap Energy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, March 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110303163320.htm"&gt;Soot Packs a Punch on Tibetan Plateau's Climate&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, March 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110303120848.htm"&gt;Mapping Human Vulnerability to Climate Change&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The City Fix, March 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://thecityfix.com/punes-metro-rail-moves-forward-faces-roadblocks-ahead"&gt;Pune’s Metro Rail Moves Forward, Faces Roadblocks Ahead&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, March 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/ict-china-carbon-mitigation-goals"&gt;Can ICT deliver China's carbon mitigation goals&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Canadian Manufacturing, March 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.canadianmanufacturing.com/general/ubc-study-could-impact-the-heaviest-global-polluters-25092"&gt;UBC study could impact the heaviest global polluters&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Guardian, March 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/mar/01/eu-climate-funds-pacific-islands"&gt;EU pledges €90m in climate funds for Pacific island states&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  The News Today, March 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newstoday.com.bd/index.php?option=details&amp;amp;news_id=21391&amp;amp;date=2011-03-03"&gt;Curbing air pollution in Dhaka&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Press Information Bureau of India, March 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=70365"&gt;Pollution by LPG Vehicles in India&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UPI News, March 1st, 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2011/03/01/Study-Clean-fuel-not-always-successful/UPI-93331299019274/"&gt;Canadian Study says 'Clean fuel' not always successful in India&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New York Times, February 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/01/nyregion/01taxi.html"&gt;City’s Lengthy Push for Hybrid-Engine Taxicabs Hits a Legal Dead End&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New York Times, February 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/01/world/asia/01beijing.html"&gt;China Issues Warning on Climate and Growth&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Americans for Energy Leadership, February 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://leadenergy.org/2011/02/solving-the-energy-poverty-problem/"&gt;Solving the Energy Poverty Problem&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Daily, February 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-02/28/content_12085573.htm"&gt;Clearing the way for the sessions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hindustan Times, February 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/FM-attempts-a-green-budget-yet-experts-say-not-enough/Article1-667872.aspx"&gt;Finance Minister of India attempts a green budget, yet experts say not enough&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Xinhua Net, February 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-02/28/c_13754385.htm"&gt;Report warns of high energy consumption in China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Xinhua Net, February 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-02/28/c_13754494.htm"&gt;Pollution shrouds Beijing sky for one-third of February&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scientific American, February 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=can-we-get-off-oil-now-2011-02-28"&gt;Can we get off oil now&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Dialogue, February 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/4134"&gt;Beijing’s blue-sky diary&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   Revolt, February 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.worldwatch.org/revolt/beyond-the-numbers-a-closer-look-at-china%E2%80%99s-wind-power-success/"&gt;Beyond the Numbers: A Closer Look at China’s Wind Power Success&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Central Chronicle, February 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://centralchronicle.com/viewnews.asp?articleID=57320"&gt;Online monitoring of critically polluted areas of industries&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Daily, February 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="width: 630px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2011-02/26/content_12082949.htm"&gt;Construction and transportation pile pressure on 2015 energy goal&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Standard, February 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thestandard.co.zw/entertainment/28611-smoking-ruins-the-environment.html"&gt;Smoking ruins the environment   in Zimbabwe&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hindustan Times, February 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/Carbon-emissions-highest-in-Mumbai-followed-by-Thane/Article1-666091.aspx"&gt;Carbon emissions highest in Mumbai, followed by Thane&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Xinhua Net, February 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-02/23/c_13746027.htm"&gt;Hong Kong to raise 1st registration tax for private cars by 15%&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peoples Daily Online, February 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://english.people.com.cn/90001/98649/7299030.html"&gt;New energy efficiency standard to promote in Beijing&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-8514231070275221729?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/8514231070275221729/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/03/air-pollution-alerts-march-6th-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/8514231070275221729'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/8514231070275221729'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/03/air-pollution-alerts-march-6th-2011.html' title='Air Pollution Alerts - March 6th, 2011'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-9157802571931921184</id><published>2011-02-27T19:20:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-02-27T19:21:18.872+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution Alerts - February 27th, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/02/air-pollution-alerts-february-20th-2011.html"&gt;Last on February 20th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Foot Prints, February 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://blog.cleanenergy.org/2011/02/25/the-real-cost-of-coal-523303948403-and-counting/"&gt;The Real Cost of Coal? $523,303,948,403 and counting&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Daily Sun, February 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.daily-sun.com/?view=details&amp;amp;type=daily_sun_news&amp;amp;pub_no=141&amp;amp;cat_id=1&amp;amp;menu_id=10&amp;amp;news_type_id=1&amp;amp;index=0"&gt;Take immediate steps to check air pollution in Dhaka&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, February 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/feb/25/carbon-cycle"&gt;What is the carbon cycle&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Autoblog Green, February 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://green.autoblog.com/2011/02/24/smog-in-beijing-exceeds-measurable-levels/"&gt;Smog in Beijing exceeds measurable levels&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Press Information Bureau, February 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=70122"&gt;Dense fog Hours at Delhi Airport&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Times of India, February 24th, 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Internal-air-pollution-more-harmful/articleshow/7558840.cms"&gt;Internal air pollution more harmful&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Inhabitat, February 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://inhabitat.com/researchers-reveal-that-air-pollution-causes-more-heart-attacks-than-cocaine/"&gt;Researchers Reveal That Air Pollution Causes More Heart Attacks Than Cocaine&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The New York Times, February 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2011/02/24/24climatewire-which-nations-are-most-vulnerable-to-climate-95690.html"&gt;Which Nations Are Most Vulnerable to Climate Change? The Daunting Politics of Choosing&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vietnam News, February 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/Environment/208677/Polluting-brick-kilns-continue-to-operate-despite-official-ban.html"&gt;Polluting brick kilns continue to operate despite official ban&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; CSR Asia, February 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://csr-asia.com/weekly_detail.php?id=12274"&gt;Asian Green City Index – some food for thoughts on Hong Kong’s urban development&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Online PR Media, February 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.onlineprnews.com/news/110116-1298501984-partnership-cooks-up-new-solution-to-poverty-and-climate-change.html"&gt;Partnership Cooks Up New Solution To Poverty And Climate Change&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; West Cape News, February 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://westcapenews.com/?p=2736"&gt;Revealed: the cost of electricity from coal&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Wisconsin News, February 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.news.wisc.edu/19019"&gt;Using satellites to enhance air quality understanding&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; China Daily, February 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hkedition/2011-02/22/content_12053562.htm"&gt;HKU experts blast govt air quality plans&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  BBC, February 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12548160"&gt;Benefit to cutting 'black carbon'&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Standard, February 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=4&amp;amp;art_id=108342&amp;amp;sid=31381192&amp;amp;con_type=1&amp;amp;d_str=20110222&amp;amp;fc=1"&gt;Deaths warning as study calls pollution targets too tolerant&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Times of India, February 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Pollutants-in-air-can-cause-diabetes-too/articleshow/7542879.cms"&gt;Pollutants in air can cause diabetes too&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MG News, February 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/health/news/article_1620786.php/Hong-Kong-air-pollution-claims-1-860-lives-a-year-experts-say"&gt;Hong Kong air pollution claims 1,860 lives a year&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Saudi News, February 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&amp;amp;contentID=2011022194297"&gt;Public transport network must be strengthened&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New York Times, February 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/21/dirty-energy-dwarfs-clean-in-china-and-india/"&gt;‘Dirty’ Energy Dwarfs Clean in China and India&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Daily, February 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hkedition/2011-02/18/content_12035977.htm"&gt;Living green&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  China Daily, February 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-02/15/content_12008999.htm"&gt;Chinese cities are 'worst' for CO2&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Global Times, February 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://autos.globaltimes.cn/auto-china/new-energy/2011-02/622726.html"&gt;New energy vehicle production plant established in Chongqing&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ministry of Environment Protection, China, February 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://english.mep.gov.cn/News_service/infocus/201101/t20110120_200081.htm"&gt;MEP Made Public 2010 Report on Environmental Quality of China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-9157802571931921184?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/9157802571931921184/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/02/air-pollution-alerts-february-27th-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/9157802571931921184'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/9157802571931921184'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/02/air-pollution-alerts-february-27th-2011.html' title='Air Pollution Alerts - February 27th, 2011'/><author><name>Sarath Guttikunda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13529753960585200692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='23' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/TUN4jaRbWTI/AAAAAAAABs8/b9u-kcDGxic/s220/Auto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s72-c/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439733142690682042.post-4512853336779911360</id><published>2011-02-20T08:58:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-02-20T08:59:12.553+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Pollution Alerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pollution Impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emissions Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change News'/><title type='text'>Air Pollution Alerts - February 20th, 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s1600-h/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGCAUfcIEGs/SfvrudgArUI/AAAAAAAAAjo/_WUxUXMNo8I/s320/Air+Pollution+Alerts+-+News+%26+Information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331113767348514114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;News &amp;amp; Information; Every Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/02/air-pollution-alerts-february-13th-2011.html"&gt;Last on February 13th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DEFRA, February, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://ww2.defra.gov.uk/environment/quality/air/air-quality/approach/"&gt;UK approach to air pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;McKinsey Quarterly, February, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Automotive/Strategy_Analysis/The_fast_lane_to_the_adoption_of_electric_cars_2738"&gt;The fast lane to the adoption of electric cars&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, February 19th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110219165225.htm"&gt;Climate Projections Show Human Health Impacts Possible Within 30 Years&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Daily Star, February 19th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=174570"&gt;Cross-border Pollution - A growing international problem&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UN News Center, February 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=37564&amp;amp;Cr=UNEP&amp;amp;Cr1="&gt;Kenya kicks off UN-backed effort to reduce vehicle emissions across East Africa&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Mongolia Web, February 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mongolia-web.com/government-and-politics/2987-people-in-special-zones-to-pay-less-for-electricity-at-night-"&gt;People in special zones to pay less for electricity at night&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UB Post, February 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=5785&amp;amp;Itemid=36"&gt;Anti Air Pollution Campaign to Launch in March&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;San Francisco Chronicle, February 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/opinionshop/detail?entry_id=83417"&gt;GOP budget attacks Clean Air Act and its benefits&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Business Insider, February 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-the-real-challenge-for-chinas-economy-that-no-one-is-focusing-on-2011-2"&gt;Here's The Real Challenge For China's Economy That No One Is Focusing On&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Economist, February 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.economist.com/node/18175423?story_id=18175423"&gt;Climate Change in Black and White&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;  Physorg.com, February 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-02-glory-view-perplexing-particles.html"&gt;Glory promises new view of perplexing particles&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt; Khaleej Times, February 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/environment/2011/February/environment_February26.xml&amp;amp;section=environment"&gt;Curbing soot could slow climate change&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, February 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110217124915.htm"&gt;Turning Forests Into Fuel: Promise and Limits of Biomass Energy in Northeastern U.S&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, February 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110217003347.htm"&gt;Ozone Layer’s Future Linked Strongly to Changes in Climate&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Economist, February 17th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.economist.com/node/18178073?story_id=18178073"&gt;Climate Change - Piecemeal Possibilities&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Mongolia Corporate Services, February 16th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.mad-mongolia.com/news/mongolia-news/new-law-seeks-to-make-ulaanbaatar-smoke-free-in-2014-4300/"&gt;New law seeks to make Ulaanbaatar smoke free in 2014&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Green Prophet, February 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.greenprophet.com/2011/02/gas-pipeline-israel/"&gt;New Natural Gas Pipeline Offers Promise of Cleaner Air in Northern Israel&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, February 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110214155459.htm"&gt;Worldwide Sulfur Emissions Rose Between 2000-2005, After Decade Of Decline&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Mongolian News, February 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.mongolianviews.com/2011/02/s-lodoisamba-coal-gas-should-be.html"&gt;S. Lodoisamba: Coal gas should be introduced to ger area as soon as possible&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Economic Times, February 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/7502662.cms"&gt;Major Indian metros ranked below average&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UB Post, February 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=5773&amp;amp;Itemid=40"&gt;No Mineral Exploration License Issuance Till April 30&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The office of the President of Mongolia, Public Relations &amp;amp; Communications Division, February 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.president.mn/eng/newsCenter/viewNews.php?newsId=477"&gt;Actions to Reduce Air Pollution to Begin in March&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Manila Bulletin, February 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/304534/study-supports-use-lpg-jeepneys"&gt;Study supports use of LPG by jeepneys&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;India PR Wire, February 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/construction-building/2011021477684.htm"&gt;Kolkata benefits from a relatively low level of water consumption&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;National Geographic, February 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2011/02/110215-cookstoves-sustainable-development-ghana/"&gt;Protecting Health and the Planet With Clean Cookstoves&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sify, February 15th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sify.com/finance/city-has-lowest-co2-emissions-news-news-lcpjPjaiiec.html"&gt;Bangalore City has lowest CO2 emissions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanh Nein News, February 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.thanhniennews.com/2010/Pages/20110214171728.aspx"&gt;Hanoi ranked below average in environmental protection&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Smart Planet, February 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.smartplanet.com/business/blog/smart-takes/asias-greenest-city-singapore/14334/"&gt;Asia’s greenest city: Singapore&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Daily Star, February 14th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=174055"&gt;Restrict supply of CNG to all cars in Dhaka&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NPR, February 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/02/12/133709007/The-Triumph-Of-The-City-May-Be-Greener"&gt;The 'Triumph Of The City' May Be Greener&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/02/12/133709007/The-Triumph-Of-The-City-May-Be-Greener" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/02/12/133709007/The-Triumph-Of-The-City-May-Be-Greener" target="_blank"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;The Economic Times, February 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/govt-study-ignores-suvs-contribution-to-air-pollution-cse/articleshow/7453482.cms"&gt;Govt study ignores SUVs' contribution to air pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Express Buzz, February 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://expressbuzz.com/cities/bangalore/no-air-to-breathe/246641.html"&gt;No clean air to breathe in Bangalore&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Hindu, February 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article1162914.ece"&gt;India, Norway for joint polar research&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; All Things Pakistan, January 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://pakistaniat.com/2007/01/28/pakistan-lahore-haze-fog-smog-pollution/"&gt;Battling the Smog, Fog and Haze in Lahore&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Xinhua Net, January 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-01/28/c_13711684.htm"&gt;China to take measures to ensure energy supplies in 2011&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Tibet Online, January 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://chinatibet.people.com.cn/7273911.html"&gt;Lhasa residents satisfied with local air quality&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pune Mirror, January 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.punemirror.in/article/62/2011012020110120021954106afe4701d/Pune-wins-silver-for-pollution.html"&gt;Pune wins silver for pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Express Tribune, January 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://tribune.com.pk/story/103042/traffic-pollution-by-2030-twin-cities-will-be-in-a-mess-if-we-dont-say-bus/"&gt;Traffic pollution: By 2030 twin cities will be in a mess if we don’t say ‘bus’&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The International News, January 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=24281&amp;amp;Cat=5"&gt;Fog forces closure of three power plants in Lahore&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The International News, January 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=24066&amp;amp;Cat=4&amp;amp;dt=1/6/2011"&gt;Karachi city loses ADB funding for mass transit project&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The International News, January 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=23735&amp;amp;Cat=5&amp;amp;dt=1/4/2011"&gt;Fog, cold envelop most of Punjab&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Daily Times, January 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011%5C01%5C04%5Cstory_4-1-2011_pg12_4"&gt;Benazir Shaheed CNG Bus Project in Karachi&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The International News, January 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=23589&amp;amp;Cat=6&amp;amp;dt=1/3/2011"&gt;Pollution monitoring system faces financial problems&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;a 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Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/02/air-pollution-alerts-february-6th-2011.html"&gt;Last on February 6th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Green Prophet, February 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.greenprophet.com/2011/02/egyptian-strikes-clear-air/"&gt;Egyptian Strikes Clear The Air – Temporarily&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  UB Post, February 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=5760&amp;amp;Itemid=41"&gt;Mere Cash for Cashmere&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; The City Fix, February 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://thecityfix.com/thecityfix-picks-february-11-taxi-takeover-of-brt-smoggy-euro-cities-bustime-for-new-york"&gt;Taxi Takeover of BRT, Smoggy Euro Cities, BusTime for New York&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Canadian Press, February 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;div name="hd"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hpljEdxXMopsiFNbDO0zYmxe983Q?docId=5918157"&gt;Hong Kong frets over proposal to co-ordinate urban planning with Chinese coastal cities&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science Daily, February 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110208091422.htm"&gt;Pollution Controls Used During China Olympics Could Save Lives If Continued&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, February 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110211114315.htm"&gt;Arctic Climate Variation Under Ancient Greenhouse Conditions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, February 11th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110211074856.htm"&gt;Research to Explore Low Carbon Technologies in Performance Cars&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Hindu, February 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;div name="hd"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/article1200312.ece"&gt;Growth versus environment&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hindustan Times, February 10th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/3-000-people-die-in-Delhi-prematurely-because-of-exposure-to-air-pollution/Article1-660897.aspx"&gt;3,000 people die in Delhi prematurely because of exposure to air pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  Press Information Bureau, February 10th, 2011&lt;a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=69739"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=69739"&gt;India Moves Ahead With Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   Science Daily, February 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110209124344.htm"&gt;Challenges for Biofuels: New Life Cycle Assessment Report&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Hindustan Times, February 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/CSE-lambasts-govt-s-air-pollution-report/Article1-660135.aspx"&gt;CSE lambasts govt's air pollution report&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Times of India, February 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Domestic-car-sales-up-26-bikes-15-in-January/articleshow/7458391.cms"&gt;In India, domestic car sales up 26%, bikes 15% in January, 2011&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Straits Times, February 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_633026.html"&gt;Fireworks blamed for pollution in China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Telegraph, February 9th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;div name="hd"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110209/jsp/nation/story_13557150.jsp"&gt;Pollute finger at kitchens - Govt data take environment debate to home LPG&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CSE, February 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cseindia.org/content/press-note-cse-analyses-recently-released-six-city-study-air-pollution-sources-environment-m"&gt;Press Note: CSE analyses recently released six-city study on air pollution sources from environment ministry, finds flaws in it&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; UB Post, February 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=5742&amp;amp;Itemid=41"&gt;Coal Stoves Coat Mongolian Capital in Smog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Khaleej Times, February 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2011/February/theuae_February177.xml&amp;amp;section=theuae"&gt;The giant leap that takes the city a long distance&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Eureka Alerts, February 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-02/osu-pcu020311.php"&gt;Pollution controls used during China Olympics could save lives if continued&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Earth Justice, February 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://earthjustice.org/blog/2011-february/health-economy-benefit-from-limits-on-power-plant-air-pollution"&gt;Health, Economy Benefit From Limits On Power Plant Air Pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, February 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/cif-green/2011/feb/08/uk-emissions-problem"&gt;The UK must own up to the full scale of its emissions problem&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Scientific American, February 8th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-epa-first-40-years"&gt;Environmental Enforcer: How Effective Has the EPA Been in Its First 40 Years&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The City Fix, February 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://thecityfix.com/new-report-high-rates-of-per-capita-emissions-in-global-cities-especially-among-affluent"&gt;High Rates of Per Capita Emissions in Global Cities, Especially Among Affluent&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  English East Day, February 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://english.eastday.com/e/110207/u1a5709961.html"&gt;Fireworks blamed for increase in fires&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Arab News, February 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/breath-fresh-air"&gt;A breath of fresh air&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Gulf Today, February 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://gulftoday.ae/portal/1c206a59-f6cc-4c2e-b3c1-d131dac84a4b.aspx"&gt;42% air pollution in Dubai caused by vehicles&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;br /&gt; Jamaica Observer, February 7th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/environment/Dozens-trained-to-measure-industrial-emission_8324851"&gt;Dozens trained to measure industrial emission&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;br /&gt; Zawya, February 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20110206093445"&gt;Second "Car-Free Day" on 9th Feb in Dubai Municipality&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  France 24, February 6th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.france24.com/en/20110206-coal-stoves-coat-mongolian-capital-smog"&gt;Coal stoves coat Mongolian capital in smog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;The NY Times, February 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/05/science/earth/05emit.html"&gt;California Law to Curb Greenhouse Gases Faces a Legal Hurdle&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scientific American, February 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=landscapes-of-extraction-and-heavy-industry"&gt;Landscapes of Extraction: Industrial Impacts Mar the Planet&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The NY Times, January 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/29/us/29carpool.html"&gt;Once Popular, Car Pools Go the Way of Hitchhiking&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The NY Times, January 13th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/14/arts/design/14earth.html"&gt;An Artful Environmental Impact Statement&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The NY Times, January 12th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/12/business/12monitor.html"&gt;Weather Monitoring Company Turns to Greenhouse Gases&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-7283844036986626289?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/7283844036986626289/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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href="http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=125239&amp;amp;date=2011-02-06"&gt;Unplanned urbanisation mounting pressure on utility, transport services&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Bangkok Post, February 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/219961/air-quality-is-a-disgrace"&gt;Air quality in Bangkok is a disgrace&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Indian Express, February 5th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Increase-bus-fleet-to-solve-traffic-problem--expert/746411/"&gt;Increase bus fleet to solve traffic problem&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, February 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2011/feb/04/time-travel-climate-modelling"&gt;How better time travel will improve climate modelling&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, February 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/04/china-green-tax-polluters"&gt;China to impose green tax on heavy polluters&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Grist, February 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.grist.org/article/2011-02-03-how-to-get-to-100-percent-renewables-globally-by-2050"&gt;How to get to 100 percent renewables globally by 2050&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;br /&gt; Wall Street Journal, February 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703399204576108640399166816.html"&gt;Coal Foes Play China Card&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Press Enterprise, February 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_D_aircredits05.26ae9fd.html"&gt;SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: Smog agency will issue pollution permits&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;   The Guardian, February 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/04/china-green-growth-boom-industry"&gt;China plots course for green growth amid a boom built on dirty industry&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;CNBC, February 4th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/41420632"&gt;The Rise of China's 2nd and 3rd Tier Cities&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Guardian, February 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2011/feb/03/china-year-in-environment"&gt;China: the year in environment - in pictures&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  TIME, February 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2026474_2026675_2046073,00.html"&gt;Taming Shanghai's Sprawl&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Los Angeles, February 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/02/los-angeles-air-pollution-trading-system.html"&gt;L.A. air officials to vote on pollution trading&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The City Fix, February 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://thecityfix.com/what-are-best-practices-in-transit-branding-marketing-and-communications"&gt;What Are Best Practices in Transit Branding, Marketing and Communications&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The City Fix, February 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://thecityfix.com/global-perspectives-on-sustainable-transport-and-urban-development"&gt;TT2011: Global Perspectives on Sustainable Transport and Urban Development&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Climate-L, February 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/adb-president-calls-for-investment-in-climate-friendly-technologies/"&gt;ADB President Calls for Investment in Climate-Friendly Technologies&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; EuroAlert, February 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://euroalert.net/en/news.aspx?idn=11621"&gt;EU research contributes to improve urban mobility&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Oceana, February 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;a href="http://na.oceana.org/en/what-oceanas-doing-4"&gt;Shipping Emissions: What Oceana Does&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, February 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110203101507.htm"&gt;Current Use of Biodiesel No More Harmful Than Regular Diesel&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, February 3rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110203124812.htm"&gt;Analyzing Long-Term Impacts of Biofuel on the Land&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, February 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110202072216.htm"&gt;How Humans Are Changing the World&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;   Science Daily, February 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110202132615.htm"&gt;Field Study of Smoggy Inversions to End&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Science Daily, February 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110202132619.htm"&gt;Air-Conditioned Greenhouse Uses Alternative Energy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Science Daily, February 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110201083924.htm"&gt;Arctic Mercury Mystery: Meterological Conditions in the Spring and Summer to Blame&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Bangkok Post, February 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/219410/benzene-poses-a-major-threat"&gt;Benzene poses a major threat&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;    The Guardian, February 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/feb/02/beijing-chiense-new-year-blue-skies"&gt;Beijing celebrates Chinese new year with blue skies ahead – and above&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;   Environmental Technology, February 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.envirotech-online.com/articles/air-monitoring/6/manoj_kumar/manoj_kumar_-_india_and_middle_east_air_quality_monitoring/858/"&gt;India and Middle East Air Quality Monitoring&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  World Trade News, February 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.worldtrademag.com/Articles/Cover_Story/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000988320"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Making Green the Goal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Los Angeles Times, February 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/02/avenal-power-plant-san-joaquin-valley-pollution.html"&gt;Disputed power plant for San Joaquin Valley clears hurdle&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Center for American Progress, February 2nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/02/greenhouse_gases_101.html"&gt;US EPA and Greenhouse Gases 101 - Why the Agency Needs to Be Allowed to Reduce Carbon Pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Current Intelligence, February 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;          &lt;a href="http://www.currentintelligence.net/subcontinental/2011/2/1/indian-steel-there-may-well-be-blood.html"&gt;Indian Steel: There May Well Be Blood&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Reuters, February 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/01/idUS252831623220110201"&gt;Controversy over Burning Trash for Power, and Carbon Credits, in India&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; MAD Corporate Services, February 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.mad-mongolia.com/news/mongolia-news/mpps-faction-discusses-air-pollution-in-mongolia-3968/"&gt;MPP'S FACTION DISCUSSES AIR POLLUTION IN MONGOLIA&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Hill, February 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/141453-scientists-put-aside-politics-and-focus-on-climate-science"&gt;Scientists ask Congress to put aside politics, take 'fresh look' at climate data&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Reuters, February 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/01/us-china-industries-idUSTRE7103KW20110201"&gt;China plans to spend big on nuclear power, high-speed rail&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China Economic Review, February 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.chinaeconomicreview.com/industry-focus/china-eye/article/2011_02_01/Wind_energy_sector_strong_in_China.html"&gt;Wind energy sector strong in China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, February 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110201101734.htm"&gt;Clean Streets and Intact Road Surfaces Help to Keep the Air Clean&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Forbes, February 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://blogs.forbes.com/oshadavidson/2011/02/01/the-truth-about-risks-benefits-of-the-smart-grid/"&gt;The Truth About Risks, Benefits of the Smart Grid&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Silicon India, February 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.siliconindia.com/magazine_articles/Clean_Energy_at_the__Bottom_of_the_Pyramid-YUBC459841630.html"&gt;Clean Energy at the  Bottom of the Pyramid&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MAD Corporate Services, February 1st, 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.mad-mongolia.com/news/mongolia-news/raw-coal-is-banned-to-burn-in-mongolian-ger-districts-3962/"&gt;Raw coal is banned to burn in Mongolian ger districts&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Mongabay News, February 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.mongabay.com/2011/0201-black_carbon_madhusoodanan.html"&gt;Cell phone cameras help monitor atmospheric black carbon&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Hindu, February 1st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article1143993.ece"&gt;Public transport system: Chennai has miles to go&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Times of India, January 31st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/A-dust-blanket-cover-Gurgaon-is-lost-in-the-haze/articleshow/7393808.cms"&gt;A dust blanket cover, Gurgaon is lost in the haze&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  TIME, January 31st, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2045426,00.html"&gt;Building a Country by Switching On the Lights&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;   Times of India, January 31st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/Air-quality-monitoring-station-to-start-from-Feb-2/articleshow/7399839.cms"&gt;Air quality monitoring station to start from Feb 2 in Varnasi&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; People's Daily China, January 30th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90778/7276980.html"&gt;China's energy demand to rise at lower rate in 2011&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;   Pasadena Star News, January 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_17241285"&gt;Some business leaders worry Panama Canal expansion could threaten jobs in Valley, region&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Mail Online, January 29th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1350811/In-China-true-cost-Britains-clean-green-wind-power-experiment-Pollution-disastrous-scale.html"&gt;In China, the true cost of Britain's clean, green wind power experiment: Pollution on a disastrous scale&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  DNA India, January 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dnaindia.com/academy/report_cept-workshop-to-conclude-today_1500220"&gt;CEPT workshop to conclude today on GAINS&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Times of India, January 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Deregulation-Solving-diesel-conundrum/articleshow/7375419.cms"&gt;Deregulation: Solving diesel conundrum&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Economic Times, January 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/india-to-unveil-emissions-trading-scheme-on-february-1/articleshow/7369378.cms"&gt;India to unveil emissions trading scheme&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-2306721715504032212?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/2306721715504032212/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/02/air-pollution-alerts-february-6th-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 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2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jan/28/climate-change-renewableenergy"&gt;No, clean energy is not a substitute for climate change&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, January 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jan/28/water-vapour-greenhouse-gas"&gt;If water vapour is the key greenhouse gas, why are man-made emissions important&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, January 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2011/jan/26/genghis-khan-eco-warrior"&gt;Why Genghis Khan was good for the planet&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;East London News, January 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/air_pollution_in_tower_hamlets_is_too_high_figures_show_1_787194"&gt;Air pollution in Tower Hamlets is too high&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  CNN, January 28th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/01/27/china.new.year.transport/index.html"&gt;All aboard for China's fast-track future&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Energy Pulse, January 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=2381"&gt;Power Plants Options Towards Progressive Environmental Norms in India&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Xinhua Net, January 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/indepth/2011-01/27/c_13709270.htm"&gt;Tapping ancient wisdom for easy and green living&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Africa Review, January 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.africareview.com/Blogs/-/979192/1096726/-/view/asBlogPost/-/124w89f/-/"&gt;An Indian lesson for Africa&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Economist, January 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.economist.com/node/18010727?story_id=18010727"&gt;The Coal Boom - Burning ambitions - What is good news for miners is bad news for the environment&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The CityFix, January 27th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://thecityfix.com/transport-and-health-measuring-the-link/"&gt;Transport and Health: Measuring the Link&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  WWF, January 26th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?199171/More-stimulus-needed-for-energy-conservation-in-China"&gt;More stimulus needed for energy conservation in China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Green Peace, January 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/news-and-blogs/campaign-blog/the-state-of-the-union-and-the-environment/blog/32682"&gt;The State of the Union and the Environment&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Iowa Politics, January 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.iowapolitics.com/index.Iml?Article=224462"&gt;Environment Iowa: Report to show mercury pollution from Iowa's power plants a significant public health threat&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; UB Post, January 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=5719&amp;amp;Itemid=40"&gt;Mongolia to Start Uranium Exploration by 2012&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Manila Bulletin, January 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/300620/water-oil-fare-hikes-hit"&gt;Water, oil, fare hikes hit&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Indian Express, January 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Maharashtra-CM-revives-Mumbai-makeover-plan/741768"&gt;Maharashtra CM revives Mumbai makeover plan&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guatemala Times, January 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guatemala-times.com/opinion/news-analysis/1980-combating-poverty-with-clean-energy.html"&gt;Combating Poverty with Clean Energy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Guardian, January 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/video/2011/jan/25/electric-smart-cars-video"&gt;Making Smart cars smarter - video&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, January 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110125111000.htm"&gt;Shining New Light on Air Pollutants Using Entangled Porous Frameworks&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, January 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110125091826.htm"&gt;Rogue Storm System Caused Pakistan Floods That Left Millions Homeless&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Science Daily, January 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110125084523.htm"&gt;Climate Tax on Meat and Milk Results in Less Greenhouse Gases&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Science Daily, January 25th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110125084407.htm"&gt;A Clearer Picture of How Rivers and Deltas Develop&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  Xinhua Net, January 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-01/24/c_13705147.htm"&gt;South China metropolis may impose strict rules to ease congestion&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  China Daily, January 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-01/24/content_11907820.htm"&gt;Urumqi targets smog producers for clean air&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Science Daily, January 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110124162708.htm"&gt;Debris on Certain Himalayan Glaciers May Prevent Melting&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; National Geographic, January 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2011/01/110124-guangzhou-china-sustainable-transport-prize/"&gt;Guangzhou, China, Wins Sustainable Transport Prize&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Guardian, January 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cif-green/2011/jan/24/carbon-market-credits-trading"&gt;The carbon market – gone in a puff of smoke&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Times of India, January 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/TN-and-central-pollution-control-boards-differ-on-Sterlite-plant/articleshow/7355904.cms"&gt;TN and central pollution control boards differ on Sterlite plant&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Deccan Herald, January 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/content/131892/international-meet-urban-development-jan.html"&gt;International meet on urban development in India&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Register Guard, January 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/25809780-41/stove-stoves-aprovecho-center-cottage.csp"&gt;Efficient stove solution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Eurek Alert, January 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-01/fmi-anr012411.php"&gt;A new research project to focus on climate change in the Arctic&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Telegraph UK, January 24th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8278315/China-to-create-largest-mega-city-in-the-world-with-42-million-people.html"&gt;China to create largest mega city in the world with 42 million people&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; DNA India, January 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report_will-gandhinagar-be-gujarats-first-solar-city_1498157"&gt;Will Gandhinagar be Gujarat’s first solar city&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  The Independent, January 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/home-fires-the-worlds-most-lethal-pollution-2192000.html"&gt;Home fires: the world's most lethal pollution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Xinhua Net, January 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-01/23/c_13703026.htm"&gt;Beijing to broadcast live first ever car license lottery&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CSE, Delhi, January 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.cseindia.org/node/2067"&gt;Alarm over worsening air quality and traffic congestion in South Asian cities&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Star Online, January 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?col=madeinchina&amp;amp;file=/2011/1/22/columnists/madeinchina/7847688&amp;amp;sec=Made%20In%20China"&gt;Re-cycling a past trend in China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; China Daily, January 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hkedition/2011-01/21/content_11892765.htm"&gt;Rising calls for 'bad air' taxation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Daily, January 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2011-01/21/content_11893444.htm"&gt;Natural gas consumption to increase&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; VECC Beijing, January 20th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.vecc-mep.org.cn/eng/news/news_detail.jsp?newsid=41892"&gt;Xia'men Will Establish Special Law for Vehicle Emission Control&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; CNN, January 19th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovation/01/18/sartre.platoon.road.train/index.html"&gt;All aboard the 'road train?'&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Climate-L, January 19th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/world-bank-highlights-opportunities-for-carbon-finance-in-arab-countries"&gt;World Bank Highlights Opportunities for Carbon Finance in Arab Countries&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;VECC Beijing, January 18th, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.vecc-mep.org.cn/eng/news/news_detail.jsp?newsid=41863"&gt;Beijing Brings Nitrogen Oxides into Emission Reduction Index for Air Pollution Control&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4439733142690682042-437719683452252838?l=airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/feeds/437719683452252838/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://airpollutionalerts.blogspot.com/2011/01/air-pollution-alerts-january-30th-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/437719683452252838'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4439733142690682042/posts/default/437719683452252838'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' 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Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://urbanemissions.blogspot.com/2011/01/air-pollution-alerts-january-16th-2011.html"&gt;Last on January 16th, 2011&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Daily Star, January 23rd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=171193"&gt;Private cars fill 70pc city roads&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Daily Star, January 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=28071"&gt;Private vehicles occupy most of city streets&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wall Street Journal, January 22nd, 2011&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703779704576074360837994874.html"&gt;Does Helping the Planet Hurt the Poor&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  UB Post, January 21st, 2011&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php?option=com_con
