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Air quality moderate today for particle pollution (Evansville Courier & Press)

Posted on December 31, 2007 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution

Air quality in the Vanderburgh County area is forecast to be moderate today for fine particulate pollution.

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Air quality moderate today for particle pollution (Evansville Courier & Press)

Posted on December 31, 2007 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution

Air quality in the Vanderburgh County area is forecast to be moderate today for fine particulate pollution.

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No More Free Ride: Global Warming Pollution from Ships Must be Regulated (Environmental News Network)

Posted on December 31, 2007 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution

Despite their impact on the global climate, greenhouse gases and other global warming pollution from ships remain unregulated by the U.S. Government. These emissions also have not been limited by the Kyoto Protocol or any other international treaty. However, ships are a major source of global warming pollutants, including carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and black carbon.

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Pep Boys fined over ATV pollution (BizJournals)

Posted on December 31, 2007 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution

The Pep Boys — Manny, Moe & Jack has paid a $154,000 settlement to the California Air Resources Board for selling all-terrain vehicles at multiple stores in California in violation of state air-quality standards. (PBY)

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Mercury in ponds tied to air pollution (Provincetown Banner)

Posted on December 31, 2007 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution

New scientific evidence to bolster the unflattering perception of the Cape spit as the â??tailpipe of North Americaâ? came to light in a recent study of five ponds in Truro and Wellfleet.

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Mercury in ponds tied to air pollution (Provincetown Banner)

Posted on December 31, 2007 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution

New scientific evidence to bolster the unflattering perception of the Cape spit as the â??tailpipe of North Americaâ? came to light in a recent study of five ponds in Truro and Wellfleet.

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Beijing ‘meets pollution target’ (BBC News)

Posted on December 31, 2007 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution

Blue skies on the last day of the year mean that Beijing has more than met an air pollution target, officials say.

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Beijing ‘meets pollution target’ (BBC News)

Posted on December 31, 2007 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution

Blue skies on the last day of the year mean that Beijing has more than met an air pollution target, officials say.

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Study: Boise’s namesake trees suck up air, water pollution (Casper Star-Tribune)

Posted on December 31, 2007 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution

BOISE, Idaho — When a 19th-century French military guide on a U.S. Army incursion deep into the West purportedly cried “Les Bois! Les Bois!” while standing atop a rise overlooking Idaho’s present-day capital, he never imagined the lush green trees he was clamoring about after weeks in the bleak high desert would later be lauded for sucking up pollution.

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Study: Boise’s namesake trees suck up air, water pollution (Casper Star-Tribune)

Posted on December 31, 2007 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution

BOISE, Idaho — When a 19th-century French military guide on a U.S. Army incursion deep into the West purportedly cried “Les Bois! Les Bois!” while standing atop a rise overlooking Idaho’s present-day capital, he never imagined the lush green trees he was clamoring about after weeks in the bleak high desert would later be lauded for sucking up pollution.

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