Pollution

Emission targets set to clean up rural China

China's rapid industrial growth over the last generation has come at a cost. Air pollution causes an estimated 400,000 deaths a year along with 75 million asthma attacks. This year...

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EPA Warns of Illegal, Harmful Pesticide Sales Online

More than 2,800 online shoppers across the US have been warned by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about potentially serious risks that are linked to a banned substance found in...

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Can green gloop make nuclear waste safe?

Whatever the future of the nuclear power industry, as it struggles for survival in the wake of the unfolding nuclear crisis in Japan, one thing the world can't escape from...

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Dame Helen Mirren against 'super sewer' plans

Dame Helen Mirren has joined a campaign against a ''super sewer'' being built over her local park in London. The Oscar winning actress has backed the fight to save King...

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