Full Coverage: Pollution

28.04.2008 For people living in underprivileged areas of Latin America and the Caribbean, surplus medical supplies from the United States, including vaccines and hospital beds, are saving lives -- and reducing the waste in North American landfills.

28.04.2008 Both carbon dioxide and methane emissions rose sharply in 2007. The extra methane could be the first sign of the anticipated release of this gas from thawing Arctic permafrost.
From: NOAA

25.04.2008 The answer to growing traffic and pollution in the Indian capital lies in an effective and massive public transport system, says the Centre for Science and Environment. The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, recently implemented in south Delhi, provides the option for an economically sound and better bus system.

22.04.2008 Amid growing concern over global food insecurity, Kimberly Ann Elliott urges the U.S. government to cut subsidies for biofuel production, "one of the few policy levers available in the short run to relieve demand pressures."

22.04.2008 U.S. state governors say they are fed up with the Bush administration's foot-dragging on climate change and will go ahead -- and around -- the White House to reduce greenhouse gases.

22.04.2008 Chileläisen sellutehtaan suunnitelma rakentaa kymmeniä kilometrejä pitkä jäteputki merelle on saanut rannikon kalastajat tappelemaan verisesti toisiaan vastaan.

22.04.2008 As the smog of pollution has cleared from the skies, a true measurement of global warming can finally be made. It's not good news.
From: New Scientist

21.04.2008 Foods such as beef and dairy make a far deeper impression on a consumer's carbon footprint than the distance the food has travelled.
From: New Scientist

17.04.2008 The mass diversion of the North American grain harvest into ethanol plants for fuel is reaching its political and moral limits.
From: The Telegraph

16.04.2008 The rich world has failed to set a clear example on cutting carbon emissions, according to the UN's top climate official.
From: The Guardian

15.04.2008 Two companies are starting a new project to use carbon dioxide emissions from cement manufacture to make biodiesel... with a little help from some microorganisms.
From: AutoblogGreen

10.04.2008 A new, high-resolution, interactive map of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels shows some surprising - and accurate - results.
From: Science Daily

10.04.2008 Global warming has plunged the planet into a crisis and the fossil fuel industries are trying to hide the extent of the problem from the public, NASA's top climate scientist James Hansen has warned.
From: TerraDaily

09.04.2008 Coca-Cola’s bottling plant in northern India has been facing the ire of local people. They say the soft drink maker has been operating illegally and has caused the severe water crisis in the area.

09.04.2008 Polluting electricity generators in Europe are set to reap another round of extraordinary windfall profits from the carbon trading scheme meant to curb their carbon emissions, a new report reveals.

07.04.2008 All quoted companies will be forced to detail carbon emissions in their annual reports after the Government caved in to backbench pressure.
From: The Independent

05.04.2008 SAN FRANCISCO, Apr 5 (OneWorld) - Amid new calls for the resignation of George W. Bush's top environment official, 12 states and 11 non-profit groups went to court this week accusing the Bush administration of refusing to comply with an environmental order handed down a year ago by the U.S. Supreme Court.

01.04.2008 UK energy minister John Hutton 'has been caught trying to sabotage the EU renewable energy targets'.