Pollution

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• Siding Spring observatory under threat from coal seam gas light pollution

  21 Oct 2014: Astronomers warn light pollution from planned Santos coal seam gas developments in NSW may force Australia’s top observatory to close

• India’s air quality figures can't be trusted

  20 Oct 2014: Janaki Lenin: Delhi is the most polluted city in the world, but it may actually be worse as faulty instruments, data fudging and lack of regulation allow industries to pollute with impunity

• Beijing’s smog clouds city’s marathon

  20 Oct 2014: Runners wear face masks to project against “hazardous” levels of air pollution during Beijing marathon

• India launches air quality index to warn over dangerous pollution events

  17 Oct 2014: Index will track eight major pollutants, after World Health Organisation said New Delhi was world’s most-polluted city

• Commonwealth Bank sued in bid to reveal carbon pollution it finances

  14 Oct 2014: Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility launches proceedings after failing to force bank to put the issue up for shareholder vote

• Beijing residents use humour as defence against smog

  13 Oct 2014: Jennifer Duggan: Beijingers take to the internet to vent as the city is once again hit by hazardous levels of air pollution

• Drugs flushed into the environment could be cause of wildlife decline

  13 Oct 2014: New studies show antidepressants causing starlings to feed less and contraceptive drugs reducing fish populations in lakes
  

• Pollutionwatch: Fine weather – with added particulates and SO2

  12 Oct 2014: Gary Fuller on a month of settled weather, allowing a buildup of nitrate particles and volcanic sulphur dioxide

• China pollution levels hit 20 times safe limit

  10 Oct 2014: Visibility dropped dramatically as small pollutant particles reached dangerous levels in northern China’s Hebei province

• Bavarian farmer puts cow in nappy to protest EU fertiliser rule

  9 Oct 2014: German farmer has put a nappy on his cow to protest at an EU directive banning fertilisers on hills with a gradient of more than 15%, saying it will prevent him grazing his cattle

• Boeing investing in UAE effort as detractors warn of ‘peak travel’

  8 Oct 2014: At the SXSW Eco conference, Boeing butted heads with activists concerned about aviation’s contribution to global warming

• Can coffee stimulate renewable energy in Central America?

  Guardian Professional, 8 Oct 2014: A project to turn coffee wastewater into biogas is creating healthier environments, for farmers, flora and fauna, writes Mira-Bai Simon
  

• 8 lessons from Egypt in building a cleaner chemicals industry

  Guardian Professional, 8 Oct 2014: The technology is there to reduce the environmental impact of Egypt’s chemical sector, but finance and capacity are still lacking

• Pennsylvania seeks record $4.5m fine on 'leaking' fracking waste site

  7 Oct 2014: Environmental agency cites 200 leaks from impoundment but fracking company EQT accuses regulators of seeking headlines

• Break up the Treasury to tackle our major environmental challenges

  6 Oct 2014: Duncan Hames: Reform is needed to stop policy short-sightedness and restore the UK’s long-term view on issues like climate change

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