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24 - 26th June 2013
The International Workshop to Strengthen Capacities for Sound Chemicals Management in South-East Asia Region
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5476. January 9, 2012 | Los Angeles Times
Capping an era of L.A. oil exploration, USA
Long-abandoned wells on the Los Angeles City Oil Field, which sparked Southern California's oil boom 120 years ago, are being sealed to make way for a 45-unit affordable housing project... 5477. January 9, 2012 | Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Oil spill as ship splits, New Zealand
A CARGO ship that caused New Zealand's worst maritime pollution disaster has broken in two during a storm... 5478. January 9, 2012 | China Daily
Beijing air gets 'better' but still lacks target, China
BEIJING - The amount of tiny particulate matter in the air detected in the capital has been decreasing in the past 10 years, according to the city's environmental protection regulator... 5479. January 9, 2012 | Los Angeles Times
Renewable energy projects in California go unused, USA
Millions of dollars in projects intended to provide power to facilities in the state's national parks and forests are sitting idle because of a years-long squabble with Southern California Edison... 5480. January 9, 2012 | Yale Environment 360
As Fukushima Cleanup Begins, Long-term Impacts are Weighed, Japan
The Japanese government is launching a large-scale cleanup of the fields, forests, and villages contaminated by the Fukushima nuclear disaster... 5481. January 8, 2012 | Bulington Free Press
New $800,000 study provides path to reducing lake pollution, USA
SWANTON — A just-completed $800,000 study provides data that could dramatically improve the effectiveness of money spent on pollution prevention in northern Lake Champlain — but barriers stand in the way of putting the information to use... 5482. January 8, 2012 | BBC
Pollution rise 'worsens' S Asia's winter smog, South Asia
A rapid rise in air pollution from fossil fuels and biomass burning has worsened winter smog and extended its duration in many parts of South Asia, scientists and officials have said... 5483. January 8, 2012 | Deccan Herald
40 taken ill after inhaling toxic gas, India
At least 40 people were taken ill after inhaling toxic gas leaked from a pesticide plant at Maitapur in Simulia area of Odisha's Balasore district, the police said... 5484. January 8, 2012 | Arab News
The side effects of smoking shisha, Arab
Numerous cafes and restaurants serving shisha or hubble-bubble have become a disturbing feature and pose a menace due to health hazards and air pollution... 5485. January 8, 2012 | Eurasia Review
Global Warming Caused By Greenhouse Gases Delays Natural Patterns Of Glaciation, USA
Unprecedented levels of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere are disrupting normal patterns of glaciation, according to a study co-authored by a University of Florida researcher and published online Jan. 8 in Nature Geoscience... 5486. January 8, 2012 | Reuters
Hong Kong air pollution at worst levels ever: report, Hong Kong
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Air pollution levels in Hong Kong were the worst ever last year, the South China Morning Post reported on Monday... 5487. January 7, 2012 | The Times of India (TOI)
DRI seizes 10 chemical containers of city firm, India
AHMEDABAD: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials has seized 10 containers of a city-based chemical company for alleged misdeclaration of contents inside... 5488. January 7, 2012 | theage.com.au
Call for smokers to butt out as beaches become 'toxic' ashtrays, Australia
MELBOURNE'S beaches are littered with millions of cigarette butts, causing harm to the environment, wildlife and beachgoers, a recent study conducted by the Port Phillip Eco Centre has found... 5489. January 7, 2012 | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
6 sites in West Oahu emit toxic chemicals, USA
Six of the 10 facilities in Hawaii that released the highest volumes of toxic chemicals into the environment in 2010 were in West Oahu, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said... 5490. January 7, 2012 | Journal.com
Toxic emissions rise in N.C., USA
CHARLOTTE -- The volume of toxic chemicals N.C. industries released into the air, water or land rose nearly 4 percent in 2010, reversing a four-year trend of declining emissions... 5491. January 6, 2012 | Bloomberg
Toxic releases in U.S. increase by 16% in 2010, USA
Toxic chemicals released into the environment by U.S. industry jumped 16 percent in 2010, led by an increase in debris from mining metals such as zinc and gold, the Environmental Protection Agency said in an annual report... 5492. January 5, 2012 | Shanghai Daily
1 missing, 3 injured in chemical plant explosion, China
One worker is missing and three others were injured after an explosion ripped through a chemical plant in Shanghai's Songjiang District early this morning... 5493. January 5, 2012 | Idaho Stateman
Toxic chemical releases up in Idaho, USA
A report released Thursday from the Environmental Protection Agency shows that toxic chemical releases into the air, land and water rose 17 percent in 2010 in Idaho... 5494. January 5, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Man and Nature Exhibition with a Focus on Environmental Sustainability Opens at the UNEP Headquarters, UNEP
The exhibition demonstrates the role of art as an outreach tool for increasing public awareness with a focus on the environmental pillar of sustainable development, as the world heads towards Rio+20 in June 2012... 5495. January 4, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
2012: Road to Rio+20 - Fresh Opportunity to Scale-Up Sustainable Development?, UNEP
2012 also marks the 40th anniversary of the environment programme of the UN... 5496. January 4, 2012 | TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk
Study: Air pollution to blame for drought and flooding, UK
With the movement towards green cars partly spurred by the need to eliminate harmful emissions and air pollution, it’s interesting to note that there is arguably even more reason to cut them out... 5497. January 4, 2012 | Irish Examiner
Toxic waste may stay on island forever, Ireland
THE 500,000 tonnes of toxic waste dumped in Cork harbour may never be removed from Haulbowline Island — and instead could be just taped up with an environmental seal, according to Marine Minister Simon Coveney... 5498. January 3, 2012 | The Huffington Post
Mercury Pollution Reduction Standards Protect Children's Health and the Great Lakes, USA
As we begin this new year, let's recognize an important long-delayed success finalized by the Obama Administration in late 2011... 5499. January 3, 2012 | CBC News
Chemical accident shuts down farm implement plant,
Several employees of a Regina-area factory needed medical attention Tuesday following an accident involving chemicals... 5500. January 3, 2012 | The Daily Star
Toxic alcohol kills 17 in S India, India
At least 17 people have died from drinking toxic home-brewed alcohol in southern India, an official said yesterday, just weeks after a similar incident claimed 170 lives...
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