The New York Times TODD WOODY and CLIFFORD KRAUSS SAN FRANCISCO — If electric cars have any future in the United States, this may be the city where they arrive first. The San Francisco building code will soon be revised to require that new structures be wired for car chargers. Across the street from City Hall, some...
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Washington, Feb 13 : Exposure to air pollution accelerates the thickening of artery walls that leads to cardiovascular disease, say researchers. The study, by boffins at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC), in collaboration with international partners in Spain and Switzerland and colleagues in California, has been published in...
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LEADING RESTAURANTS TO ASSIST CLEAN AIR NETWORK IN GATHERING SIGNATURES FOR THE PETITION FOR CLEAN AIR Zuma and Roka will kick off CAN’s petition sign-up campaign at Hong Kong’s leading restaurants on 16 February. For two weeks, staff will don black t-shirts, emblazoned with CAN’s campaign slogan, ”Clean up the air one signature at a time,” at lunch hour, presenting patrons...
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Study reveals direct link between air pollution (PM2.5) and atherosclerosis (artery thickening) for the first time.
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SCMP Shi Jiangtao A senior environment official says the mainland’s emissions of pollutants may have peaked, marking a turning point in the country’s uphill battle to clean up its environment….
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Already one of the leaders in the United States’ clean energy economy drive, California launched on Wednesday another program, this time to kick start the purchase of medium- and heavy-duty hybrid vehicles in the state.
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SCMP Young Post Wong Yat-hei On February 6, a large crowd gathered in front of the video screen at Sogo in Causeway Bay to launch a two-minute video about air pollution. The video, Clean-Air-One-Two-Go!, was created by 200 secondary school students from 10 schools in Hong Kong to raise public awareness about air pollution. The footage, which...
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