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Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar gestures during a Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing on the multi-billion dollar Cobell v Salazar law suit regarding decades of mismanagement of Indian lands on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009 in Washington.
Colorado   Environment   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Ken Salazar		  Grand Junction Sentinel 
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar leaving
Wed 16 Jan 2013
WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who oversaw a moratorium on offshore drilling after the BP oil spill, will leave the Obama administration in March, Obama administration officials... (photo: AP / Evan Vucci)
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah greets his supporters with hand shake at the mausoleum of his grand father and National Conference founder Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah on his 107th birthday at Naseem Bagh-Hazratbal in Srinagar on Wednesday 05, December 2012.
Development   Housing   Kashmir   Photos   Wikipedia: Omar Abdullah		  Zeenews 
Omar Abdullah expands J&K cabinet
Wed 16 Jan 2013
Jammu: In a major rejig of portfolios after the Cabinet expansion, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah carried out extensive reshuffle of his Council of Ministers on Wednesday. Deputy Chief... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Rashtrapati Bhavan at dawn, New Delhi, India.  Headlines India  Wed 16 Jan 2013
Rashtrapati Bhavan is open to public
New Delhi, Jan 16: Rashtrapati Bhavan, the imposing presidential palace spread over 130 hectares in the heart of this capital city, has become a more accessible place for tourists and common people of... (photo: Public Domain / Daderot)
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Air Quality Suffering in China Residents of Beijing and many other cities in China were warned to stay inside in mid-January 2013 as the nation faced one of the worst periods of air quality in recent history. The Chinese government ordered factories to scale back emissions, while hospitals saw spikes of more than 20 to 30 percent in patients complaining of respiratory issues, according to news reports. At the time that this Jan. 14 image was taken by satellite, ground-based sensors at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing reported PM2.5 measurements of 291 micrograms per cubic meter of air. Fine, airborne particulate matter (PM) that is smaller than 2.5 microns (about one thirtieth the width of a human hair) is considered dangerous because it is small enough to enter the passages of the human lungs. Most PM2.5 aerosol particles come from the burning of fossil fuels and biomass (wood fires and agricultural burning). The World Health Organization considers PM2.5 to be safe when it is below 25. Also at the time of the image, the air quality index (AQI) in Beijing was 341. An AQI above 300 is considered hazardous to all humans, not just those with heart or lung ailments. AQI below 50 is considered good. On January 12, the peak of the current air crisis, AQI was 775 the U.S Embassy Beijing Air Quality Monitor—off the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency scale—and PM2.5 was 886 micrograms per cubic meter.  The Register  Tue 15 Jan 2013
NASA snaps pics of China's 'Airpocalypse' pollution disaster
Images China's capital city, Beijing, is suffering from some of the worst air pollution imaginable – and NASA has the images to prove it. The lung-clogging cloud enveloping Beijing was measured by the... (photo: NASA / Terra - MODIS)
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Black Smoke come out from Chimney of Factory on the riverside of Hooghly River at Kolkata Sun Sentinel Tue 15 Jan 2013
Black carbon a powerful climate pollutant: international study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Black carbon, the soot produced by burning fossil fuels and biomass, is a more potent atmospheric pollutant than previously thought, according to a... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
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Healthy seagrass (Sanctuary Collection Photo) KLeo Yahoo Daily News Tue 15 Jan 2013
Fish Poop Helps Spread Seagrass
To spread and regenerate, an important marine plant depends on animals to eat its seeds and poop them out around the ocean, according to recent research. Seeds from... (photo: NOAA)
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A masked woman looks away while crossing a street in the city center shrouded in fog, caused by air pollution, in Beijing Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Negotiators in Copenhagen are trying to set targets for controlling emissions of carbon dioxide and other global warming cases, including by the leading contributors, China and the United States. China Daily Tue 15 Jan 2013
Pollution triggers breathing woes
Smog has helped trigger a wave of respiratory ailments in the past several days in Beijing, while flu viruses such as H1N1 continue to spread across the city, experts... (photo: AP / Andy Wong)
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KLps1 - December06 - China - Industrial Pollution - Environment - Traffic Pollution - Emissions - Air Pollution - Climate Change. (ps) China Daily Tue 15 Jan 2013
Cold front to push away smog in central and east China
The heavy smog that shrouded central and eastern parts of China in recent days is expected to disappear gradually starting on Wednesday as a cold front moves in, and... (photo: WN/Patricia)
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Le President Francois Hollande recoit Manuel Barroso au Palais de l'Elysee. Paris, FRANCE-17/11/2012. The Guardian Tue 15 Jan 2013
François Hollande: invest in renewable energy to avert 'catastrophe'
The French president says the world has an economic duty to promote green energy and keep the planet liveable in the future... (photo: EC / EU)
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Sailors assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) help Gerard and Jennette McCarthy with debris piled up beside their house by Hurricane Sandy in New York, Staten Island, 9 November, 2012. Stormy issue of Sandy aid settles down in House Austin American Statesman
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Trucks stranded at a snow covered road at Jawhar Tunnel 100 kms From Srinagar, India, on 14, December 2012. Most parts of the Kashmir Valley, including Srinagar, received fresh snowfall, however, the snowfall has led to closure of the 294-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the only road link between Kashmir and rest of the country. Srinagar-Jammu highway to be closed tomorrow The Times of India
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A view of Ski Resort Gulmarg, about 55 kms north of Srinagar, on January 06, 2013. Gulmarg is the main ski destination in Kashmir and hundreds of foreigners visit the slopes. Chill returns to Kashmir Valley as mercury dips The Times of India
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In this Tuesday, May 25, 2010 photo, a worker walks past solar panels in a 20 Mega Watt solar farm in Shilin near Kunming, in southwest China's Yunnan province. China passed the United States last year as the biggest clean power market, stoking hopes for Western sales of wind turbines, solar cells and other gear. Plans announced for 'large' solar farm in Wiltshire BBC News
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Tiny blue fishes swim unassumingly in shallow waters near a coral reef. Fish cannot feel pain say scientists The Daily Telegraph
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