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Pollution has gone global, we’re contaminating eac...

Pollution has gone global, we’re contaminating each other via high-altitude winds.

Linked on 30th May 2006 Details

“we face a clear choice: reduce aviation’s expansi...

“we face a clear choice: reduce aviation’s expansion, or give up on tackling climate change altogether”

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Posted on 22nd June 2006 Details

“we face a clear choice: reduce aviation's expansi...

“we face a clear choice: reduce aviation's expansion, or give up on tackling climate change altogether”

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Posted on 22nd June 2006 Details

Yes, it’s unbelievably hot and we’re in the middle...

Yes, it’s unbelievably hot and we’re in the middle of a big ass ozone peak which can do permanent damage to your lungs. And what do the authorities do? They ask you to stay inside and avoid exercise because attacking the root causes requires courage (on our part too).

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Posted on 19th July 2006 Details

We can’t keep our destructive hands off anything. ...

We can’t keep our destructive hands off anything. The seas are dying and turning into a toxic soup thanks to our industrial use of fertilisers and other ugly byproducts bacteria thrive on.

Linked on 4th August 2006 Details

“Klavitter has calculated that albatross feed thei...

“Klavitter has calculated that albatross feed their chicks about 5 tons of plastic a year at Midway”

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Posted on 8th August 2006 Details

Milan is to start charging vehicles entering the c...

Milan is to start charging vehicles entering the city based on their emissions.

Linked on 20th August 2006 Details

“I am still in Beijing as I write this. It is goin...

“I am still in Beijing as I write this. It is going to be a long walk home.”

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Posted on 24th October 2006 Details

“If I didn't hail from the countryside, I might th...

“If I didn't hail from the countryside, I might think fruit 'n' veg grew in foam trays”

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Posted on 15th November 2006 Details

Hollywood is the second largest polluter in the Lo...

Hollywood is the second largest polluter in the Los Angeles area. The full report is online. (thanks Dimitri)

Linked on 15th November 2006 Details

“They walk out of the house to get something in th...

“They walk out of the house to get something in the yard and become so nauseous they collapse. When they retain consciousness, they crawl back into the house.”

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Posted on 31st December 2006 Details

Inside your car you inhale 5 times more smog than ...

Inside your car you inhale 5 times more smog than outside.

Linked on 31st January 2007 Details

Dear Mr Winterkorn, you could actually choose not ...

Dear Mr Winterkorn, you could actually choose not to give customers what they want, or rather what your advertising makes them want.

Linked on 11th March 2007 Details

Don’t overdo it today, we’re in the middle of a po...

Don’t overdo it today, we’re in the middle of a pollution peak. Coincidentally, coach drivers will be protesting a new European law by driving en masse through Brussels. Great timing…

Linked on 14th March 2007 Details

“Air pollution in major cities may be more damagin...

“Air pollution in major cities may be more damaging to health than the radiation exposure suffered by survivors of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster”

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Posted on 3rd April 2007 Details

Scraping the vehicle pollution off tunnel walls cr...

Scraping the vehicle pollution off tunnel walls creates the art of Alexandre Orion.

Linked on 22nd April 2007 Details

“Mankind's appetite for the plastic bag is deeply ...

“Mankind's appetite for the plastic bag is deeply daunting. It is estimated that one million are used every minute - their average working life just 12 minutes before they are discarded”

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Posted on 1st May 2007 Details

“Companies that are polluting in China are owned b...

“Companies that are polluting in China are owned by American, European, Japanese and others. They are benefiting from the cheap labour, from the resources and at the same time accusing China of pollution.”

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Posted on 25th June 2007 Details

The health effects of shipping fuel fumes have bee...

The health effects of shipping fuel fumes have been under the radar for a long time but statistics are starting to show up. No mention of the port of Antwerp in there, but considering its size, I imagine there must be consequences to the local population.

Linked on 11th November 2007 Details

Air quality is downright horrible today so moderat...

Air quality is [downright horrible][1] today so moderate your cycling speed and don’t get into that car if you’re a driver.

[1]: http://deus.irceline.be/~celinair/pm/pm10.php?lan=en (Particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) concentrations in ambient air [site language: English])

Linked on 19th December 2007 Details

China, smokestack of the world....

China, smokestack of the world.

Linked on 24th December 2007 Details

Good move: Berlin, Cologne and Hannover have banne...

Good move: Berlin, Cologne and Hannover have banned heavily polluting cars from their city centers.

Linked on 2nd January 2008 Details

Berlin, Cologne and Hannover have banned heavily polluting cars.

Good move: Berlin, Cologne and Hannover have banned heavily polluting cars from their city centers.

Linked on 2nd January 2008 Details

A visit to the Pacific's toxic garbage island.

A visit to the Pacific's toxic garbage island, where our plastic goes to die/kill. It's a 12 part video so I'm not embedding it, just start with the link and you'll see the rest.

Linked on 27th April 2009 Details

A visit to the Pacific’s toxic garbage island, whe...

A visit to the Pacific’s toxic garbage island, where our plastic goes to die/kill. It’s a 12 part video so I’m not embedding it, just start with the link and you’ll see the rest.

Linked on 27th April 2009 Details