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| May.3 |
Beijing |
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Sandstorm blankets huge area of China in dusty pollution| A sandstorm blown by gusting winds has enveloped a huge area of central and northern China in thick pollution hazardous to people venturing outdoors | |
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| Jan.7 |
Beijing |
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Beijing pollution: Police force to combat toxic smog  | A new team of environmental police will try to reduce hazardous levels of toxic smog engulfing Beijing, the city's acting mayor has said | |
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| May.24 |
Mexico |
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Mexico City issues 6th smog alert after ozone levels spike  Map of Mexico City Mexico Mexico City officials have issued their sixth pollution alert of the year and ordered more cars off the road to reduce emissions
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| May.3 |
Mexico |
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Mexico City extends traffic cuts into Wednesday over smog Map of Mexico City Mexico| Mexico City has extended into Wednesday a pollution alert that requires 40 percent of cars and trucks to keep off the streets | |
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| Apr.4 |
Mexico |
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Pollution alert in Mexico City on eve of new driving rule Map of Mexico City Mexico City has declared an alert after smog rose to 1½ times acceptable limits on the eve of an unpopular program to reduce the number of cars
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| Mar.16 |
Mexico |
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Mexico City extends air pollution alert for into 4th day Map of Mexico City Mexico The authorities saying that despite slight improvements smog levels remained at almost 1½ times acceptable limits in some areas
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| Feb.12 |
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Polluted air causes 5.5m deaths a year More than 5.5 million people worldwide are dying prematurely every year as a result of air pollution, according to new research
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| Dec.17 |
Beijing |
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Beijing issues second ever pollution red alert| Beijing authorities have issued a second pollution red alert, little more than a week after the first ever such warning | |
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| Nov.27 |
Beijing |
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Beijing hit with severe air pollution Smog engulfed large parts of the country despite efforts to clean up the foul air. The U.S. Embassy reported the level of the poisonous, tiny...
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Urgent pollution alert for Bacalar fresh-water lagoon Mexico's environmental protection agency has issued a call for local authorities to stop sewage and waste discharges into the fresh-water la...
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| Nov.21 |
Brazil |
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Brazil dam toxic mud reaches Atlantic via Rio Doce estuary A wave of toxic mud travelling down the river from a collapsed dam has reached the Atlantic Ocean, amid concerns it will cause severe pollut...
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| Oct.19 |
Beijing |
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Beijing Marathon runners wear masks to combat smog
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| Apr.17 |
Beijing |
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China says one-fifth of its farmland is polluted Nearly one-fifth of China's farmland is polluted, mostly from yearslong accumulations of toxins from factories, mining and agriculture
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| Apr.14 |
China |
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Asian air pollution strengthens Pacific storms Air pollution in China and other Asian countries is having far-reaching impacts on weather patterns across the Northern Hemisphere
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| Apr.12 |
Western China |
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China water pollution hits 2.4m China's biggest oil company has been blamed for water contamination affecting over 2.4 million people in Lanzhou
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| Mar.25 |
Global |
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Air pollution 'killed seven million' Seven million people died as a result of air pollution in 2012, the World Health Organization estimates
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| Mar.16 |
Paris |
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Car ban to start in polluted Paris Hundreds of police will monitor traffic in Paris on Monday after pollution levels prompted the French government to impose major restriction...
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| Mar.15 |
Paris |
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Pollution prompts Paris car ban Alternative driving days are being introduced in the French capital, Paris, in an attempt to tackle dangerous levels of air pollution
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| Feb.5 |
Southern France |
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Cargo ship splits on French coast France has raised a pollution alert after an empty Spanish cargo ship split in half on a breakwater near Bayonne on the Atlantic coast
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| Jan.15 |
Beijing |
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Beijing air pollution at dangerously high levels Air pollution has reached dangerously high levels in China's capital, where toxic small particles registered 26 times the level considered s...
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| Nov.9 |
Beijing |
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Lung cancer cases soar in Beijing Beijing health officials say smoking is still the number one cause of lung cancer, but they admit air pollution is also a factor
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| Oct.23 |
Beijing |
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Beijing announces emergency measures amid fog of pollution Skies regularly shrouded by a filthy gray smog, bringing chaos to the transportation network and forcing millions to seek refuge behind surgical masks
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| Jun.24 |
Jakarta |
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 Indonesia formally apologizes for smoky haze Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has apologized to Singapore and Malaysia for record-bad pollution caused by forest fires in his...
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| Jun.20 |
Singapore |
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New high as haze chokes Singapore Pollution levels reached a new record high for a third day in a row in Singapore, as smoky haze from fires in Indonesia shrouded the city state
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| Jan.19 |
Geneva |
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Countries agree UN mercury rules| More than 140 countries have agreed on a set of legally binding measures to curb mercury pollution, at UN talks | |
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| Jan.12 |
Beijing |
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Beijing pollution at hazard level | Air pollution in the Chinese capital Beijing has reached levels judged as hazardous to human health | |
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| May.28 |
San Diego |
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 Tuna record Fukushima pollution| Pacific Bluefin tuna caught off the coast of California have been found to have radioactive contamination from Fukushima nuclear accident | |
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| Oct.8 |
Milan |
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Milan bans cars to stop pollution| The city of Milan is banning all traffic from its streets for 10 hours on Sunday in an attempt to reduce smog | |
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| Nov.30 |
Tehran |
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Holiday as air pollution plagues capital Map of Tehran Iran
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| May.19 |
Washington |
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 Obama to curb vehicle emissions President is to announce limits on pollution that will set national standards on car and lorry emissions in the US for the first time
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| Jan.31 |
China |
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Sharp rise in birth defects| A senior family planning official in China has noted an alarming rise in the number of babies with birth defects blaming environmental pollution | |
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| Aug.1 |
Beijing |
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IOC meets amid concerns
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| Jul.31 |
Beijing |
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Emergency Olympics smog plan announced| Chinese officials have announced a plan to deal with Beijing's persistent pollution problem as athletes flock toward the country | |
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| Jul.28 |
Beijing |
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Lingering pollution worries China| China has admitted it could introduce further emergency measures to cut air pollution during the Olympics | |
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| Jul.22 |
China |
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Most Chinese happy with nation's direction| Strikingly large numbers are happy with nation's direction and economy yet are deeply worried about prices, pollution and the rich/poor gap | |
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| Apr.14 |
Beijing |
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Building ban for Olympics| All building sites in Beijing will be shut three weeks before the start of the Games, as the city tries to clear its skies of pollution | |
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| Dec.19 |
Germany |
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German ire at EU fine on car CO2 Chancellor Merkel has opposed European Union plans to cut pollution from new cars, saying it was 'not economically favourable'
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| Oct.27 |
Southern California |
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Pollution warning over fires| Residents in five southern counties hit by the deadly wildfires have been warned to beware of extremely hazardous air quality | |
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| Oct.25 |
Beijing |
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Pollution casts shadow over Games| The International Olympic Committee said that Beijing's air pollution problem means some outdoor events may be postponed | |
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| Aug.8 |
Beijing |
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Pollution risk for Olympic events| Olympic chief Rogge says air pollution could lead to some events at the 2008 Games being postponed | |
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| Jun.7 |
European Union |
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Europe's seas face 'bleak future'| EU-funded report: seas are in a serious state of decline as a result of coastal development and pollution from agriculture, | |
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| Jun.3 |
Australia |
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PM pledges climate plan | John Howard has announced a shift in policy, promising to set up a carbon trading scheme to cut pollution | |
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| Feb.15 |
USA |
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 Mine giant settles pollution case Map of North USA| Newmont has agreed to pay Indonesia $30m in an out-of-court settlement over a pollution in North Sulawesi | |
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| Dec.10 |
Tehran |
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Hundreds treated over Tehran smog| More than 1,600 people have been taken to hospitals as pollution in the capital reaches critical levels | |
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| Nov.20 |
New Delhi |
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Workers' Protests Bring Chaos to Delhi| Workers protesting against rigorous pollution controls | |
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 Chirac attacks U.S. over pollution| At U.N. conference on climate change | |
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