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5101. June 4, 2012 | Pakistan Today
Future of online pollution monitoring at stake, Pakistan
ISLAMABAD - The future of modern online pollution monitoring system capable of watching air and water waste pollution in the country is on stake due to insufficient funds...

5102. June 4, 2012 | Wandsworth Guardian
Not enough smog alerts for polluted Putney, UK
London Assembly Member Jenny Jones has hit out at the Mayor of London for not issuing smog alerts...

5103. June 4, 2012 | Chemical & Engineering News
EPA Fails To Act On Pharmaceutical Waste, USA
Although federal occupational safety organizations have identified more than 100 pharmaceuticals as hazardous, EPA has failed to determine whether the drugs should be regulated as hazardous waste, a report from the agency’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) concludes...

5104. June 3, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Brazil Launches Green Passport Campaign on Eve of World Environment Day, Brazil
Rio de Janeiro, 1 June 2012 - World Environment Day (WED) celebrations got underway today under the shadow of Rio de Janeiro's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue as the Government of Brazil and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) launched...

5105. June 3, 2012 | Postmedia News
Feds suggest U.S. EPA could replace Canadian pollution team, Canada
OTTAWA — The federal government has suggested it could replace a team of smokestack pollution specialists by turning to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, appearing to contradict its own description of the scientists...

5106. June 3, 2012 | PE.com - Press-Enterprise
RIVERSIDE: Study shows open-fire smoke harms young brains, USA
A UCR researcher finds memory problems when a child is exposed to burning wood, dung or straw...

5107. June 3, 2012 | The Guardian
Leaked documents reveal UK fight to dilute EU green energy targets, UK
Allegations of coalition hypocrisy over green issues as critics say documents show UK has caved in to fossil fuel lobbyists...

5108. June 3, 2012 | jconline.com
Scientists suspect storms polluting, USA
As if there weren’t enough forces spreading pollution around the planet, scientists are looking at one other contributor: thunderstorms...

5109. June 1, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Green Economy Will Boost Jobs & Economic Growth, New Global Poll, UK
LONDON, UK (1 JUNE 2012) - A Green Economy would have a more positive impact on major economic, social and environmental problems than today's economy, according to two new global surveys of consumers and thought leaders released today...

5110. May 31, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UN to Announce Winners of Champions of the Earth Environment Awards, Kenya
Nairobi, 31 May 2012 - A president who is spearheading green policies in Asia, a conservationist tackling poaching in Kenya and a renewable energy entrepreneur from the Middle East are among the winners of the United Nations' flagship environmental awards, to be announced on 4 June 2012 in Brazil...

5111. May 31, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
CITES Secretary-General Urges Action to Combat Illegal Wildlife Trade at US Senate Committee Hearing, Switzerland
Geneva, 31 May 2012 - The Secretary-General of theConvention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), Mr John E. Scanlon, testified this week on the topic of "Ivory and Insecurity: The Global Implications of Poaching in Africa" in front of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations...

5112. May 30, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Countdown Begins to World Environment Day 2012, Kenya/Brazil
Nairobi/Rio de Janeiro, 30 May 2012 - From the floor of the National Senate, to the streets of Rio de Janeiro, the countdown to World Environment Day (WED) on 5 June 2012 is well underway in Brazil...

5113. May 29, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Transition to Green Economy Could Yield up to 60 Million Jobs, Switzerland
GENEVA, 29 May 2012 - The transformation to a greener economy could generate 15 to 60 million additional jobs globally over the next two decades and lift tens of millions of workers out of poverty, according to a new report led by the Green Jobs Initiative...

5114. May 29, 2012 | Environmental Health News
Elevated mercury exposure a by-product of Peruvian gold mining, Peru
Living in Peruvian towns with small-scale mining is associated with an unhealthy body burden of mercury, a link confirmed by a recently published study. The risk increased in those eating fish and working as miners...

5115. May 28, 2012 | The Daily Star
Import ban fails to curb asbestos danger, Lebanon
BEIRUT: Known for its stunning beaches, the Batroun town of Shekka has a less pristine past that might still be killing its residents. Until 2000, Shekka housed the Eternit Company, the country’s biggest importer of the carcinogen asbestos....

5116. May 28, 2012 | ABC News
North Korea suffering severe drought, North Korea
North Korean state media says the impoverished communist country is suffering a prolonged and widespread drought, raising fears it will worsen already dire food shortages...

5117. May 28, 2012 | Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN)
Pharma Strives For Green Goals, UK
Technology and metrics are major factors in drug firms’ approaches to reducing waste...

5118. May 28, 2012 | CBC News
Chemicals in tsunami debris could pose coastal threat, Canada
The spill and spread of industrial chemicals across the coastline of British Columbia is a possibility as slower-moving tsunami debris from Japan approaches the west coast, according to experts observing its movements...

5119. May 28, 2012 | nzherald
Report questions NZ's environment action, New Zealand
New Zealand can "hold its head up high" at next month's Rio Earth Summit, Environment Minister Amy Adams says, despite a report saying the country has failed to meet environmental commitments...

5120. May 28, 2012 | PressTV
PVC flooring chemicals taken up by children's bodies, Iran
Higher levels of the potentially harmful plastic chemicals known as phthalates have been detected in the bodies of children from homes with PVC flooring...