It's no pea-souper, but
Europe's air is still bad. Despite massive cuts in emissions of polluting
chemicals, over 90 per cent of European city dwellers are exposed to dangerous
levels of air pollution, according to a new report. The European Commission is
currently considering tightening its rules on air pollution, but the European
Union is not even meeting its existing standards.
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Americans face six-fold hike in exposure to extreme heat by 2070 - 0 views
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""Our results indicate that areas of eastern Texas, Florida, the south-east and mid-Atlantic are areas where rapid population growth, acting in concert with a warming climate, will lead to a significant increase in exposure to heat extremes," says Jones."
China to promote energy efficient appliances - 0 views
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China is planning to promote energy efficient appliances such as air conditioners in a bid to save 75 TW hours of power a year, according to report from Reuters.
Market-Driven High-Efficiency Commercial Air Conditioners Boosted - 1 views
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To help achieve the best-in-class rooftop units requested by industry partners, DOE's national laboratories, including Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will provide technical assistance to manufacturers or developers who want to build the more efficient units. Interested manufacturers will receive assistance in designing, constructing, measuring, and testing the new air conditioner units produced to the new specification.
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