How smart is a smart city?
Smart is as smart does. The government's proposal to build 100 "smart" cities will work only if it can reinvent the very idea of urban growth in a country such as India. Smart thinking will require the
Air Pollution
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Tree and forest effects on air quality and human health in the United States
Trees remove air pollution by the interception of particulate matter on plant surfaces and the absorption of gaseous pollutants through the leaf stomata. However, the magnitude and value of the effects
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People Go Hungry As Ozone Pollution, Climate Change Gang Up On Planet, Study Predicts
Ozone pollution, which worsens breathing problems and causes air quality warnings, may compound global warming's damage to the world's food crops, according to a new study. Ground-level ozone, formed
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Air quality tops public environmental complaints
Air pollution is still public enemy number one in China's war against pollution, according to the country's environmental watchdog. Among the 696 complaints received by the Ministry of Environmental Protection
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Tracking Atmospheric Pollution May Help Find Aliens
Looking for atmospheric pollution in other planets could result in the discovery of alien life forms, according to researchers from the United States. A new telescope, called the James Webb Space Telescope,
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Japan readies fuel cell subsidies for Toyota's next project
Japan is readying subsidies to help Toyota Motor Corp and key suppliers take the lead in hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicles that could top 40 billion yen over the next several years if the most bullish
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U.S. envoy to U.N. aviation body hopeful on airline climate plan
The question of how to reduce emissions from planes brought the European Union, the United States, China and others to the brink of a trade war last year. All eventually agreed to let the United Nations'
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2 villages up in arms against stone crusher unit near Karkala
Renjala Grama Hitharakshana Samiti staged a protest against the stone crusher unit that has been functioning since four years in the village here. Around 200 people from Renjala and Iravatthur villages
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Beijing shuts big coal-fired power plant to ease smog: Xinhua
Beijing has closed the first of four large coal-fired power plants set to be de-commissioned as part of the city's efforts to cut air pollution, official news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday, citing
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Hong Kong Air Pollution Reaches ‘Serious’ Level on Storm
Hong Kong’s air pollution reached the “serious” level today, the highest since June 14, as an approaching typhoon leads to smog, according to a government website. The pollution level was higher than