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In defense of Clean Air Task Force pollution report

Edit Denver Post 19 Sep 2016
A Clean Air Task Force study unveiled last month found there are more than 750,000 summertime asthma attacks in kids nationwide linked to ozone smog from oil and gas pollution ... “Report undermines Colorado’s efforts to reduce air pollution,” Sept ... Despite the expected reductions, ozone pollution from Colorado and elsewhere will still lead to more than 32,000 childhood asthma attacks in Colorado every summer....

#WhatsYourIssue: Where lakes are filled with sewage and not rainwater

Edit The Hindu 19 Sep 2016
Suggestions ... Doddagubbi lake (off Hennur Road) is an example of how pollution from just one industry can kill a lake ... Inspecting and penalising polluters can save this 120-acre lake ... This is highly polluted lake in the city ... Karnataka State Pollution Control Board monitors 75 lakes for pollution ... Low pollution ... Moderately polluted ... Highly polluted ... Fish in Devarabisanahalli lake in Belandur become the victims of increasing pollution levels ... ....

London Mayor Tells May to ‘Get on With It’ for Gatwick Runway

Edit Bloomberg 19 Sep 2016
London Mayor Sadiq Khan urged U.K ... Heathrow’s got all sorts of problems around air pollution, noise pollution ... Even so, concerns about air pollution at Heathrow, the London mayoral election in May, and the referendum on EU membership in June led to successive delays by Cameron, with the decision being pushed back to October at the earliest.Cameron Position ... The pollutant has been blamed for thousands of deaths in London ... LEARN MORE. ....

Citizens meet to promote peace during pujas

Edit The Times of India 19 Sep 2016
SILCHAR. Civil society members held a meeting in Silchar on Sunday, appealing all sections of the society to maintain peace and communal harmony during the Durga Puja celebrations ... Purohit Prashikhan Kendra president Kishore Bhattacharjee said pollution control board should maintain a strict vigil so that sound and air pollution levels are maintained within permissible limits ... RELATED....

Silt poses threat to Karapuzha reservoir

Edit The Hindu 19 Sep 2016
Mushrooming growth of tourism properties and illegal cultivation are posing serious threat to the Karapuzha reservoir, a multi-purpose project in the district ... Many construction activities are reportedly against the norms of the Dam Security Authority (DSA) and the Pollution Control Board ... Pollution from the properties is another concern as it would affect the drinking water projects of many local bodies ... ....

Registration of diesel ambulances

Edit The Hindu 19 Sep 2016
... Protection Charge to dealers who will have to deposit the amount with CPCB for pollution mitigation efforts....

Edinburgh Airport flight path consultation to close

Edit BBC News 19 Sep 2016
'Shocking incompetence' ... However, some residents said they were already affected by noise pollution from changes in the flight paths and accused the airport of pushing ahead with airspace expansion without considering other ways to increase capacity ... ....

Just a tenth of Volkswagens in the UK fixed in year since emissions scandal

Edit The Independent 19 Sep 2016
The US Environmental Protection Agency said the software allowed cars to release fewer smog-causing pollutants during tests than in real-world driving conditions. Read more....

Maradu municipality plans crackdown on leisure boats

Edit The Hindu 19 Sep 2016
The scenes of tourists frolicking at high speeds across the serene waters of Vembanad lake will soon be a thing of past, if the Maradu municipal authorities have their way ... However, none of the four companies responded to it within the stipulated time. According to Ms ... Further, the disposal of diesel and sewage from these boats have caused pollution of the lake, leading to depletion of fish stock,” Ms. Anilkumar said ... ....

UK first-time buyers hit by steeper rises in starter home prices

Edit The Guardian 19 Sep 2016
Rightmove poll shows starter properties such as two-bed flats are 10% higher year on year despite Brexit vote uncertainty ... “The rising tide of prices is marooning more and more first-time buyers, out-stripping their ability to meet stricter lending criteria and afford the required deposits and monthly repayments,” said Miles Shipside, director at Rightmove ... Read more ... Shipside said ... ....

Bengaluru: Illusionary triumph of technology over ecology

Edit The Hindu 19 Sep 2016
We tend to think of cities like Bengaluru as ecologically homogeneous. Rather than local ecology or geography, it is likely to be ‘pragmatic’ considerations of distance to transport hubs, office, home or school, that shape our decisions of where to live, work and build ... Aggressive tree plantation ... Yet, this is a mirage ... Air pollution is one of our biggest causes of death and reduced life expectancy ... ....

Why humans couldn't domesticate zebras

Edit Business Insider 19 Sep 2016
Julie Zeveloff/Business Insider. In many ways, zebra appear very like horses (or ponies, given their size). Yet underlying differences in behaviour have meant that while horses and donkeys have been successfully domesticated, the zebra remains predominantly wild ... an Asian empire won on horseback ... All of this means that zebra are not really “people friendly” and as a species they do not fit the criteria for domestication ... Loading video... ....

Number of VW vehicles fixed in UK after emissions scandal 'simply unacceptable'

Edit Belfast Telegraph 19 Sep 2016
Only around one in 10 UK Volkswagen vehicles fitted with software to cheat emissions tests were fixed in the year since the scandal broke, figures released by the manufacturer show ... Share Go To. The Environmental Protection Agency said the software allowed cars to release fewer smog-causing pollutants during tests than in real-world driving conditions ... This includes the VW brand, Audi, Skoda, Seat and VW commercial vehicles ... She said ... ....
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