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Why China needs dissuading from a dash-for-gas energy solution
Posted by Ecologist: Lorna Howarth on January 21st, 2013
Ecologist: Already known as the 'Smog Capital' of China, Beijing is currently experiencing a spike in deadly PM-25 particulates emitted from vehicles and coal-fired power stations, with levels over 20 times the World Health Organisation (WHO) safe limit.
The city is now on orange alert with residents advised not to venture outside. Unlike other developed cities, Beijing saw exponential growth in car ownership before it phased-out coal-fired power stations, leading to high smog levels and residents resorting...
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Posted by Ecologist: Lorna Howarth on January 12th, 2013
Ecologist: There's little good environmental news coming from Canada these days, but two recent stories buck this trend. The 'Idle No More' movement consisting of Canada's First Nations people has organized the biggest Indigenous mass mobilization in recent history to highlight what they consider to be an all out assault on Indigenous rights, in particular, recent alterations to Bill C-45 which removes environmental protection and erodes long-standing treaties with First Nations people under the Indian Act....
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