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Dublin: 15 °C Sunday 19 May, 2013

Pollution

# pollution - Monday 6 May, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Pollution

Phil Hogan: I want smoky coal to be banned within the next 3 years

Smoky coal is already banned in 27 towns and cities around the country, but now the Minister for the Environment says he wants to see it nationwide.

# pollution - Tuesday 9 April, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Air Quality

Pollution ’causes 3,400 early deaths’ in Ireland, says An Taisce

An Taisce also said that poor air quality is costing the country up to €6.3 billion per year in lost days at work and health costs.

# pollution - Tuesday 29 January, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Environment

EU delegation to visit Shannon estuary on environmental hazards probe

The fact-finding mission this coming September is a response to complaints in relation to Aughinish Alumina plant and plans for a liquefied natural gas terminal.

# pollution - Tuesday 26 June, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Breathe Deep

Here’s one thing Ireland is getting right…

That air you’re breathing right now? It’s some of the best in Europe.

# pollution - Sunday 1 April, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Shipping

Who gets to keep goods salvaged from ships – and at what risk?

In the wake of the Rena and Concordia disasters, TheJournal.ie takes a look into ship salvaging and the ownership of ‘lost’ cargo.

# pollution - Saturday 21 January, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Costa Concordia

Fuel detected in sea around capsized Costa Concordia

But it’s thought the substance is diesel from machinery aboard the stricken cruise ship – not the heavy fuel oil from its huge tanks.

From TheJournal.ie Limerick

1,500 without water as Limerick contamination ‘worse than initially feared’

Water tankers are in place in west Limerick after a volume of oil entered the river Deel on Thursday night.

# pollution - Wednesday 4 January, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Ecuador

Court upholds ruling that Chevron must pay $18bn for Amazon pollution

The lawsuit sought damages on behalf of 30,000 people for environmental contamination and illnesses that allegedly resulted from operations in the Amazon rain forest over an 18-year period.

# pollution - Thursday 10 November, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Pollution

Transport pollution falls by 10 per cent in recession

Ireland’s overall greenhouse gas emissions fell by one per cent in 2010, meaning we are on track to meet our Kyoto targets.

# pollution - Thursday 13 October, 2011

From TheJournal.ie BP Oil Spill

BP and contractors face $45million fine over Deepwater Horizon spill

The three companies could be fined up to $35,000 per day – but that figure is reportedly dwarfed by their profits.

# pollution - Monday 26 September, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Pollution This post contains images

Gallery: The world’s most polluted cities

Air pollution killed 1.3million people in 2008, according to the World Health Organisation. Here are the globe’s worst offenders…

# pollution - Monday 19 September, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Environment

China: Factory shuts after hundreds protest over pollution

Hundreds of villagers staged demonstrations against a solar panel company in eastern China, saying that its factory was polluting the local environment.

# pollution - Monday 5 September, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Car Ban

Bolivia bans cars for a day to help reduce pollution

Bolivia’s President even left the car behind and jogged to work yesterday.

# pollution - Sunday 10 July, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Environment This post contains videos

Australia to tax the nation’s worst polluters

Australia aims to reduce carbon pollution by 160 million tons by 2020 with the tax – but the opposition says the move is simply “socialism masquerading as environmentalism”.

# pollution - Wednesday 15 June, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Water

Ireland faces cost of millions to clean up polluted water

If Ireland wants to abide by European clean water directives, it’ll have to spend millions cleaning lakes and rivers.