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WHO: air pollution causes cancer

Sarah Boseley 17 Oct 2013

June fires concentrated in peatlands, burned 1,500 sq km in Sumatra

Mongabay.com 16 Oct 2013

China punishes top oil companies for failing to clean up their acts

Jeremy Hance 3 Sep 2013

500 fires rage across Sumatra

Mongabay.com 29 Aug 2013

China pledges $275 billion over 5 years to cut record air pollution

Jeremy Hance 19 Aug 2013

Haze summit proposes sharing concession data, but keeping it hidden from the public

Mongabay.com 17 Jul 2013

Palm oil body, Greenpeace spar over Indonesia fire blame

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Jul 2013

Palm oil lobby group misleads on origin of haze, fires

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Jul 2013

Chinese lose 2.5 billion years of life expectancy due to coal burning

Mongabay.com 8 Jul 2013

Indonesia to spend $10M on cloud-seeding scheme to slow haze

Mongabay.com 27 Jun 2013

Wind, not big increase in forest fires, driving haze in Singapore

Mongabay.com 26 Jun 2013

Palm oil companies linked to haze see share prices drop

Mongabay.com 24 Jun 2013

Indonesia drops water bombs on fires, may resort to cloud-seeding

Mongabay.com 22 Jun 2013

Singapore air pollution hits worst level on record, government blames palm oil and timber plantations in Sumatra

Mongabay.com 21 Jun 2013

Mining in Indonesia taking a heavy social, environmental toll

Anne Usher 3 Jun 2013

Citizen group finds 30 toxic chemicals in air following tar sands oil spill in Arkansas

Jeremy Hance 30 Apr 2013

With addition of smog, trees may generate air pollution

Mongabay.com 26 Apr 2013

Air pollution killed 7 million people in 2010

Jeremy Hance 9 Apr 2013

China delays carbon tax

Mongabay.com 7 Mar 2013

Nitrogen pollution in China increased 60% annually between 1980 and 2010

Mongabay.com 25 Feb 2013

Indonesian fires trigger haze alerts in Malaysia

Mongabay.com 24 Jun 2012

Direct air capture of CO2 to fight global warming is too expensive to be feasible

Mongabay.com 9 Dec 2011

Plantation fires in Indonesia trigger haze-related health warnings in Malaysia

Mongabay.com 13 Jul 2011

EPA steps up greenhouse gas restrictions for nation’s biggest polluters

Morgan Erickson-Davis 28 Dec 2010

Oil palm plantation fires driving air pollution in Singapore

Mongabay.com 24 Oct 2010

Profit of biggest companies would be cut by a third if forced to pay for environmental damage from operations

Mongabay.com 19 Feb 2010

China is polluted: first national survey paints disturbing picture

Jeremy Hance 9 Feb 2010

Air pollution in China reduces rainfall

Mongabay.com 31 Aug 2009

Incinerators in China put health of Americans at risk

Mongabay.com 12 Aug 2009

Air quality worsens in Malaysia due to forest fires

Mongabay.com 10 Aug 2009

Burning by Asia Pulp & Paper contributes to haze in Indonesia, Malaysia

Mongabay.com 28 Jul 2009

Cellulosic ethanol healthier, better for the environment, than corn ethanol

Mongabay.com 3 Feb 2009

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