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Can India ever have car free centres?
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Evaluating impacts
the California Air Resources Board ( carb ) has approved over us $600,000 for two research projects aimed at studying the effects of air pollution on children's health. The projects are
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Report on standards for CNG vehicles and refilling stations
The current emission standards and safety measures for conversion of in-use vehicles to CNG are extremely lax. The emission standards only require the vehicles to meet the equivalent standards for diesel and petrol vehicles in force in the year of manufacture. This means that a pre-1996 vehicle after being converted to CNG would have to meet only the outdated emission
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United Nations
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has proposed to set up a US $98 million fund to help the world's least developed countries (LDCs) improve the safety and quality of their food
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Follow Up
Officials in Hong Kong have completed their slaughtering operation to contain the spread to a flu caused by the H5N1 strain of avian influenza virus. At least 1.4 million birds were slaughtered
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Fighting for clean air
Two US states and three environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) alleging that the agency has failed to offer an adequate plan to cut toxic
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Air pollution: a shift in crisis
While air pollution from the coal sector is coming under control, vehicular emissions are becoming the bane of Chinese cities
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The black list
India fares the worst in a survey of Asia s polluted countries<br>
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West By Far East
In the rush for economic growth, China ignored its environment. Now it faces a nightmare. The country is one of the most polluted in the world.
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Mapping the dirt
NASA comes up with the most comprehensive view yet of global air pollution
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UNITED NATIONS
More than 500,000 tonnes of obsolete pesticides are threatening the environment and the health of millions of people in almost all developing countries, warns the Food and Agriculture Organisation
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Manufacturers to recycle
the European parliament has made amendments in a draft law making electronic equipment manufacturers respo nsible for recycling their products. The law will cover all electronic goods used in
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congo
The government of Congo has imposed a ban on shark fishing. "Our aim is to curb large-scale poaching of sharks that is endangering them,' said officials of the forest economy and fishing
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Clean air agenda
The European Commission adopts a comprehensive plan to combat air pollution <br>
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thailand
Bangkok's residents will have some respite from air pollution. O20, the city's first oxygen bar, offers everyone an opportunity to breathe in fresh air for 20 minutes along with hearing recorded
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Driving out diesel
a proposal entailing schools across southern California, to replace diesel buses with ones using cleaner fuels has been approved by the South Coast Air Quality Management District ( aqmd )
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Spring back with force
When a spring is compressed, it returns to its original shape. This property of materials is called positive stiffness. On the other hand a material with
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SOUTH AFRICA
Residents of Zamdela town in the Sasolburg province of South Africa are fighting against air pollution. Under the apar theid rule, many petrochemical plants and oil refineries located in Zamdela
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MERCURY DISPUTE
The US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) recently filed a case in a federal court to dismiss an electric industry lawsuit, which would stop it from regulating mercury and other toxic air
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Regional and sectoral assessment of greenhouse gas emissions in India
In this paper the authors have estimated for 1990 and 1995 the inventory of greenhouse gases CO2, CH4 and N2O for India at a national and sub-regional district level. The district level estimates are important for improving the national inventories as well as for developing sound mitigation strategies at manageable smaller scales.