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4241. December 10, 2012 | CBC News
Contractor hurt in chemical spill at Prince Albert water treatment plant, Canada
A contractor was hurt following a leak of a corrosive chemical at the Prince Albert water treatment plant Monday. The city's water supply was never in danger, according to authorities...

4242. December 10, 2012 | bdpost.co.uk
London Assembly probes air pollution deaths in Barking and Dagenham, UK
Environment chiefs today urged London boroughs to improve air quality after figures showed more than 4,000 deaths could be attributed to pollution in the capital...

4243. December 9, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Doha Climate Conference Opens Gateway to Greater Ambition and Action on Climate Change, Qatar
Countries have successfully launched a new commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol, agreed a firm timetable to adopt a universal climate agreement by 2015 and agreed a path to raise necessary ambition to respond to climate change...

4244. December 9, 2012 | NYTime.com
Grappling With Italian Steel Plant That Provides and Pollutes, Italy
TARANTO, Italy — Every morning, Graziella Lumino cleans the black soot from her kitchen window, which looks out on the hulking Ilva steel plant where her husband, Giuseppe Corisi, worked for 30 years...

4245. December 9, 2012 | The Denver Post
Drilling spills reaching Colorado groundwater; state mulls test rules, USA
Oil and gas have contaminated groundwater in 17 percent of the 2,078 spills and slow releases that companies reported to state regulators over the past five years, state data show...

4246. December 9, 2012 | Mail Online
Diesel sales surge in Delhi as drivers defy price hike, UK
Despite a straight hike of Rs5 in diesel prices earlier this year, consumption of diesel in Delhi surged by 15 per cent in 2011-12, reflecting the soaring number of diesel vehicles on the Capital's roads..

4247. December 9, 2012 | ContraCostaTimes.com
EPA finishes hauling off contaminated soil on Barstow residential property, USA
BARSTOW - After removing 98 truckloads of perchlorate-contaminated soil, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday purged a 5-acre parcel of residential property of a pollution source, which for a brief period in 2010 halted the drinking use of this city's water supply...

4248. December 8, 2012 | ContraCostaTimes.com
Santa Susana Field Lab activists divided over how clean Rocketdyne site should be, USA
After two decades of fighting to clean up the Santa Susana Field Laboratory site, longtime activists say their efforts are being subverted by a Boeing-backed effort to recruit new community voices...

4249. December 8, 2012 | The Associated Press (AP)
4 people sickened after dog vomits toxic chemical, USA
EDWARDS, Colo. — Four people at an Edwards veterinary clinic were hospitalized after a dog that ingested what was likely rat poison vomited, filling the clinic with toxic fumes...

4250. December 7, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNEP Executive Director Receives Top German Sustainability Award, Germa
Dusseldorf, Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme, received Friday a top German honorary award for his distinguished efforts to protect the global environment...

4251. December 7, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNEP Establishes New Body to Advance Environmental Law, Justice and Governance, USA
The World Congress on Justice, Governance and Law for Environmental Sustainability saw representatives of over 60 countries calling for the creation of an international network to support efforts to achieve sustainability through stronger legal responses to environmental pressures...

4252. December 7, 2012 | DHNS
Toxic fumes from Malur metal factory killing cattle: Farmers, INdia
Members of the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha taluk unit on Friday staged a protest outside the Chloride Alloys India Private Limited plant near Seethanayakanahalli, alleging the death of a cow after breathing the toxic air emanating from the plant...

4253. December 7, 2012 | Proactiveinvestors (AU)
China looks to reduce air pollution, China
China's Ministry of Environmental Protection said it will spend $56 billion (350 billion yuan) to reduce air pollution in major cities...

4254. December 6, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Ministers from 25 Nations Commit to Scaling Up Voluntary Action to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants, Qatar
Rapid Growth of Country Members-from 6 to 25 in Less Than 12 Months - Underlines World-Wide Interest in Voluntary Initiative...

4255. December 6, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNEP Launches New Initiative to Support Climate Change Adaptation in Africa, Kenya
Information Portal will Make Available Research, Experiences and Lessons Learned from Projects Across the Continent...

4256. December 6, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Corporate Climate Champions Meet at COP18, Qatar
Reflecting the increased importance of the private sector to the climate negotiations and global sustainability, signatories of Caring for Climate (C4C), the UN’s climate action platform for business, met with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Doha today...

4257. December 6, 2012 | Independent.ie
2,000 on alert over plume of toxic gas, UK
NEARLY 2,000 people were told to stay indoors and keep their windows and doors closed amid concerns a plume of toxic gas would fall on popular tourist villages...

4258. December 6, 2012 | Examinaer.com
NASA aircraft to study climate change and air pollution next month, USA
A collection of NASA Earth science missions will take to the skies in January to study climate change and air pollution, the agency announced on Thursday. These airborne missions are all based at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Southern California...

4259. December 6, 2012 | The Gulf Today
Green group fears higher air pollution deaths in Asia, Hong Kong
HONG KONG: Air pollution in Asia, which already kills at least 800,000 people each year, will likely lead to even higher death rates as the region’s air quality worsens, an environmental group warned on Wednesday...

4260. December 6, 2012 | The Gulf Today
Dangerous level of pollution hits Tehran, Iran
TEHRAN: Residents of Tehran were on Wednesday urged to leave the city, if possible, to escape a stagnant stew of choking air pollution that officials warned had reached “dangerous” levels...