When Premier McGuintyʼs government first introduced new air quality regulations in 2005, the province described them as “the cornerstone” of the governmentʼs efforts to protect local air quality. This week, the McGuinty government appears...
"By Christina E. Sanchez and Clay Carey • THE TENNESSEAN • April 29, 2009 Andy Hageman can rattle off a list of irritants — pollen, grass, pet dander — that can set off an asthma attack on any given day. When the sun is hot and bright, those attacks can be...
I attended a Lunch and Learn meeting in a neighboring town today about clean air and asthma. It was sponsored by Cool People Care, Clean Air Partnership of Middle Tennessee and the local chapter of the American Lung Association. As an environmentalist, I am very glad that I...
The California wildfires have prompted air quality warnings by health officials due to the amount of smoke lingering in the air. Outdoor activity is not advised unless absolutely necessary, especially for...
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Viewpoints:Oct 2008By Neal Peircedenverpost.comhttp://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_10719299Before the fiscal crisis, there was the global climate crisis. After the fiscal crisis, we'll still have the global...
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By Lori Gallego With all of the news focusing on Beijing and the smoggy atmosphere that they are afflicted with, we must not forget Los Angeles. Also known as "The City of Angeles". Owing to the unique...
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Not surprising: Los Angeles is smoggy and the air quality sucks. The American Lung Association just released a report that found that the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside metropolitan area had the...
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"When the man who's name has become synonymous with genius comes out against your BS, your side of the argument takes a little bit of a hit. Cambridge Professor Stephen Hawking, a theoretical physicist,...
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"Gee this sounds like the whining that comes out of Conservative MP and Minister of the Environment; Rona Ambrose's mouth. Beijing unlikely to meet air quality targets"
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" Hybrid buses are easier on the environment with: 37% less greenhouse emissions; 40 tons less CO2 per bus each year; 30-50% less nitrous oxide emissions; 30-50% less soot particulates; and, 20-30% less fuel consumption. "
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by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.As Jesuit schoolboys studying world history we learned that Copernicus and Galileo self-censored for many decades their proofs that the earth revolved around the sun and that a less restrained heliocentrist, Giordano Bruno, was burned alive in 1600...
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