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U.S. lawmakers oppose job cuts at EPA's watchdog
Reuters   Saturday, 24 March 2007
Reuters - U.S. lawmakers are objecting to plans to close field outposts and lay off staff at the independent office that keeps watch over the Environmental Protection Agency's enforcement of the country's anti-pollution rules.
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Germany can abandon nuclear power and cut CO2: Greenpeace
AFP   Friday, 23 March 2007

Greenpeace activists stage a demonstration. Germany could abandon nuclear energy more quickly than planned and still achieve a 40-percent cut in carbon dioxide emissions, environmental group Greenpeace said on Thursday.(AFP/File/Jean-Pierre Muller)AFP - Germany could abandon nuclear energy more quickly than planned and still achieve a 40-percent cut in carbon dioxide emissions, environmental group Greenpeace said on Thursday.


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Germany can abandon nuclear powers and cut CO2: Greenpeace
AFP   Friday, 23 March 2007

Greenpeace activists stage a demonstration. Germany could abandon nuclear energy more quickly than planned and still achieve a 40-percent cut in carbon dioxide emissions, environmental group Greenpeace said on Thursday.(AFP/File/Jean-Pierre Muller)AFP - Germany could abandon nuclear energy more quickly than planned and still achieve a 40-percent cut in carbon dioxide emissions, environmental group Greenpeace said on Thursday.


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Global shipping must curb 'unchecked' pollution: study
AFP   Thursday, 22 March 2007

Police patrol past a cargo ship in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 08 March 2007. Ocean-going vessels now belch out more of the major air pollutant sulfur dioxide than all of the world's cars, trucks and buses combined, according to a study released Thursday.(AFP/File/Robert Sullivan)AFP - Ocean-going vessels now belch out more of the major air pollutant sulfur dioxide than all of the world's cars, trucks and buses combined, according to a study released Thursday.


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Air pollution puts Hong Kong's overseas reputation on the line
AFP   Tuesday, 20 March 2007

Hong Kong's Causeway Bay under a cloud.  News reports of chronic air pollution are putting Hong Kong's reputation as a top Asian tourist destination at risk, travel industry figures have warned(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)AFP - News reports of chronic air pollution are putting Hong Kong's reputation as a top Asian tourist destination at risk, travel industry figures have warned.


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Mexico opens sewage treatment plant
AP   Sunday, 18 March 2007
AP - A waste water treatment plant that Mexican officials say will help prevent pollution of U.S. waterways was inaugurated Saturday in the city of Mexicali, across the border from Calexico, Calif.
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U.N.'s al-Hariri inquiry finds out more about bomber
Reuters   Friday, 16 March 2007

Former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri looks on as he enters acabinet meeting Sep 20. 2004. A U.N. inquiry into the murder of Hariri will take air samples from five Middle East nations after it found the suspected suicide bomber grew up in a polluted city. (Jamal Saidi/Reuters)Reuters - A U.N. inquiry into the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri will take air samples from five Middle East nations after it found the suspected suicide bomber grew up in a polluted city.


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European, Russian pollution sullies Arctic: study
Reuters   Friday, 16 March 2007
Reuters - Pollution from Europe and Russia is heading to the Arctic, adding to the potential for more warming around the North Pole, researchers reported on Thursday.
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Hong Kong organisations take power initiative to help ease smog
AFP   Thursday, 15 March 2007

A bus belches out fumes in a busy street in Hong Kong. With pollution nearing crisis levels in Hong Kong, a few companies and organisations are doing their bit to ease the problem by installing their own renewable energy generators(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)AFP - With pollution nearing crisis levels in Hong Kong, a few companies and organisations are doing their bit to ease the problem by installing their own renewable energy generators.


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U.S. urged to bury carbon dioxide from coal
Reuters   Wednesday, 14 March 2007
Reuters - Top coal-burning countries like the United States should start burying carbon dioxide emissions from power plants as a wider crackdown on greenhouse gases looks increasingly likely, according to a study.
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Croatia suspends Heineken plant over pollution fears
AFP   Tuesday, 13 March 2007

Heineken beer bottles.  Croatian authorities suspended production at a Heineken factory on Monday amid fears that leaked carbon dioxide emissions killed a dog and hospitalised a man, a report said.(AFP/ANP/File/Rick Nederstigt)AFP - Croatian authorities suspended production at a Heineken factory on Monday amid fears that leaked carbon dioxide emissions killed a dog and hospitalised a man, a report said.


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