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Earlier this month the European Environment Agency (EEA) gave access to information on emissions from European industrial facilities. Included are annual data for 91 substances and more than 24 000 facilities in 65 economic activities. The around 3600 g ...>>

1 liter gasoline/petrol - burnt in a car - emitts about 2.3 kilogramm carbon dioxyde. Diesel even more: 2.6 kg CO2. Only 10 per cent of the fuels energy are effectively used to transport you. The rest is wasted for moving iron , tires and oil. Of course ca ...>>

Nearly a year after its launch, 28 April 2006, the French - U.S.A. mission CALIPSO collected numerous measurements of the structure of Earth's atmosphere in unprecedented detail. Equiped with a sort of optical radar, Calipso is designed to identify the imp ...>>

Quoted from press release, Jan 28 2007: New survey shows students think climate should be Government's biggest priority A hard-hitting climate change advertising campaign showing condoms covering a coal station chimney, a car exhaust and aeroplane e ...>>

The World Health Organization states: Poor nutrition contributes to 1 out of 2 deaths (53%) associated with infectious diseases among children aged under five in developing countries. 1 out of 4 preschool children suffers from under-nutrition, which ca ...>>

Aviation contributes to global climate change, and its contribution is increasing. While the EU's total greenhouse gas emissions fell by 3 % from 1990 to 2002, emissions from international aviation increased by almost 70 %. In spite of significant improv ...>>

Car buyers now have a simple way to compare the "greenness" of their automotive choices. Environmental Defense has partnered with Yahoo!Autos to make Green Ratings widely available to consumers—right next to vehicle prices and other common car specs anyon ...>>

The EU's public register of industrial emissions to air and water, the European Pollutant Emission Register (EPER), was today updated with the latest emissions data from some 12,000 industrial installations across Europe. The data for 2004 for the first ti ...>>

The greater Tokyo area counts a population of more than 35mill inhabitants and is Planet's largest metropolitan area. Photo taken by Daily Terra, 2006-10-19. Do you see the ice cap of Mount Fuji? Info: Effect of Sea-level Rise on Japan ...>>

Excessive power consumption, high traffic with unfiltered diesel fuel and coal-fired power plants affect the air quality in the 6,8 million city located in south-east China. Caused by smog Hong Kong has poor visibility 45 per cent of the time, sometimes ev ...>>

While still under attack by Israeli forces tens of thousands of people flee Lebanon for their lives. Picture, taken by Daily Aqua, 2006-07-17, shows burning oil refineries near the coast. via: Deutsche Welle, Detroit Free Press, Antiwar.com ...>>

Environmental Defense a national nonprofit organization released a report with a focus on emmisions of CO2 caused by traffic in the U.S. In 2004 the amount from personal vehicles totaled 314 million metric tons. The transportation sector is responsible for abo ...>>