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In Countdown to 2008 Olympics, Beijing Besieged

Pollution, human
rights, food safety issues all draw fire

Aug 7, 07 6:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the one-year countdown to the Beijing Olympics begins tomorrow, activists and Olympic organizers alike have been vocal in their concerns about the host city. The government is under fire for press harassment: journalists were detained for several hours yesterday after a Reporters Without Borders conference, and six Free Tibet... More »

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China • human rights • pollution • Beijing • 2008 Beijing Olympics • athlete • food safety • Hu Jintao • Tibet • journalist • Olympic Games • air pollution

Smog Cloud Menaces Asia

Asian Brown Cloud is melting Himalayan glaciers

Aug 3, 07 1:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - An enormous cloud of smog over southern Asia threatens 2 billion people with flooding and drought, a new study shows. The "Asian Brown Cloud" is melting Himalayan glaciers, the Times of London reports, and the resulting floods will menace heavily populated downstream areas. And the cloud's driving up temperatures... More »

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pollution • drought • global warming • Asia • flood • glacier • Asian Brown Cloud • smog • Himalayas • air pollution

So Cal May Ban Wood-Burning Fireplaces 

Proposed regs will eliminate new fireplaces; limit current ones in winter

Jun 1, 07 5:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Southern Californians will be roasting their chestnuts in the oven if an air pollution plan is passed that would ban fireplaces in all new homes and prohibit wood-fueled blazes for as many as 20 days every winter. The regulations, proposed by South Coast Air Quality Management, seeks to clean up... More »

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environment • California • fireplaces • pollution • Southern California • nitrogen oxides • realty • South Coast Air Quality Management • air pollution

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