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Yahoo! News: Pollution Copyright (c) 2007 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2068 Pollution en-us Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:16:25 GMT 5 Yahoo! News 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2068 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif UN climate talks in Vienna end with broad pledges, wobbly language (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/sc_afp/unclimatewarmingend afp/20070831/unclimatewarmingend Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:16:25 GMT <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/sc_afp/unclimatewarmingend"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070831/capt.sge.pwp33.310807201556.photo00.photo.default-512x363.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=dbH9HUwb46DOk7uRmjOrlw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo in January 2007. Parties to the UN's Kyoto Protocol wound up troubled talks here Friday with broad pledges but weak language to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions blamed for global warming.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Parties to the UN's Kyoto Protocol wound up troubled talks here Friday with broad pledges but weak language to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions blamed for global warming. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/sc_afp/unclimatewarmingend"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070831/capt.sge.pwp33.310807201556.photo00.photo.default-512x363.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=dbH9HUwb46DOk7uRmjOrlw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo in January 2007. Parties to the UN's Kyoto Protocol wound up troubled talks here Friday with broad pledges but weak language to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions blamed for global warming.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0"/></a> (AFP) Industrial nations agree step to new climate pact (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070831/ts_nm/climate_dc nm/20070831/climate_dc Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:26:57 GMT <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070831/ts_nm/climate_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070831/2007_08_31t162356_450x290_us_climate.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=FXt5uRtOMmEIx9vWztNdlg--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="An iceberg in Ilulissat fjord in Greenland, August 16, 2007. Industrial nations agreed to consider stiff 2020 goals for cutting greenhouse gases on Friday in a small step towards a new climate pact to replace the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol. (Michael Kappeler/Pool/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Industrial nations agreed on Friday to consider stiff 2020 goals for cutting greenhouse gases in a small step towards a new long-term pact to fight climate change. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070831/ts_nm/climate_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070831/2007_08_31t162356_450x290_us_climate.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=FXt5uRtOMmEIx9vWztNdlg--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="An iceberg in Ilulissat fjord in Greenland, August 16, 2007. Industrial nations agreed to consider stiff 2020 goals for cutting greenhouse gases on Friday in a small step towards a new climate pact to replace the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol. (Michael Kappeler/Pool/Reuters)" border="0"/></a> (Reuters) Climate change: row mars Vienna talks on future emissions cuts (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/sc_afp/unclimatewarming afp/20070831/unclimatewarming Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:11:28 GMT <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/sc_afp/unclimatewarming"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070831/capt.sge.pvj19.310807170005.photo00.photo.default-512x363.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=7ChdSj_eXLwDzFwLTTvM1w--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo in January 2007. Parties to the UN's Kyoto Protocol struggled here Friday to reach even a broad agreement on future cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions that are driving dangerous climate change.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Parties to the UN's Kyoto Protocol struggled here Friday to reach even a broad agreement on future cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions that are driving dangerous climate change. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/sc_afp/unclimatewarming"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070831/capt.sge.pvj19.310807170005.photo00.photo.default-512x363.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=7ChdSj_eXLwDzFwLTTvM1w--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo in January 2007. Parties to the UN's Kyoto Protocol struggled here Friday to reach even a broad agreement on future cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions that are driving dangerous climate change.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0"/></a> (AFP) Germany's Merkel urges U.S. to support climate deal (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070830/pl_nm/japan_germany_climate_dc nm/20070830/japan_germany_climate_dc Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:51:13 GMT <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070830/pl_nm/japan_germany_climate_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070831/2007_08_31t043539_450x331_us_japan_germany_climate.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=f8CG1vlRBMGqV2ny8b2kHQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech entitled 'Environmental Conservation and Globalism' at a symposium in the ancient capital of Kyoto in western Japan August 31, 2007. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The United States must support a global deal to cut carbon dioxide emissions and combat climate change as time is running out in the fight against global warming, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070830/pl_nm/japan_germany_climate_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070831/2007_08_31t043539_450x331_us_japan_germany_climate.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=f8CG1vlRBMGqV2ny8b2kHQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech entitled 'Environmental Conservation and Globalism' at a symposium in the ancient capital of Kyoto in western Japan August 31, 2007. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)" border="0"/></a> (Reuters) Germany's Merkel in Japan for climate change talks (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070829/ts_afp/japangermanydiplomacy afp/20070829/japangermanydiplomacy Wed, 29 Aug 2007 07:29:37 GMT <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070829/ts_afp/japangermanydiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070829/capt.sge.oyu80.290807132328.photo00.photo.default-416x512.jpg?x=105&y=130&sig=RevL9yV3VYYtbLXI4ms.tg--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="German Chancellor Angela Merkel(L) answers a question while Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe looks on during their joint press conference after their meeting at Abe's official residence in Tokyo. Merkel voiced hope Wednesday that Japan will renew support for US-led forces in Afghanistan, taking aim at Tokyo's emboldened opposition.(AFP/POOL/Toru Yakmanaka)" border="0" /></a>AFP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has made climate change a key focus of her presidency of the G8 group of world leaders, flew Wednesday into Japan for talks a decade after the Kyoto Protocol. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070829/ts_afp/japangermanydiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070829/capt.sge.oyu80.290807132328.photo00.photo.default-416x512.jpg?x=105&y=130&sig=RevL9yV3VYYtbLXI4ms.tg--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="photo" title="German Chancellor Angela Merkel(L) answers a question while Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe looks on during their joint press conference after their meeting at Abe's official residence in Tokyo. Merkel voiced hope Wednesday that Japan will renew support for US-led forces in Afghanistan, taking aim at Tokyo's emboldened opposition.(AFP/POOL/Toru Yakmanaka)" border="0"/></a> (AFP) $1B cleanup of Alaska bases drags on (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070824/ap_on_re_us/cold_war_pollution ap/20070824/cold_war_pollution Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:17:43 GMT <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070824/ap_on_re_us/cold_war_pollution"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070824/capt.b6f04dd655a748628a1a75eaa13cc44d.cold_war_pollution_akag901.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=X7EHSE2j29kdhC7MrnAW6w--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="This undated photo provided by the Alaska Community Action on Toxics shows a fox walking around an abandoned military defense site at Northeast Cape on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska before the site was cleaned up. This old Air Force base 140 miles from the Russian mainland, is one of at least 630 contaminated military installations dating from World War II and the Cold War scattered across Alaska, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. (AP Photo/Alaska Community Action on Toxics)" border="0" /></a>AP - Like countless generations of Yup'ik Eskimos, George Noongwook's grandfather once pulled salmon and trout from the Suqitughneq River on St. Lawrence Island. But Noongwook has never done so. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070824/ap_on_re_us/cold_war_pollution"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070824/capt.b6f04dd655a748628a1a75eaa13cc44d.cold_war_pollution_akag901.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=X7EHSE2j29kdhC7MrnAW6w--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="This undated photo provided by the Alaska Community Action on Toxics shows a fox walking around an abandoned military defense site at Northeast Cape on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska before the site was cleaned up. This old Air Force base 140 miles from the Russian mainland, is one of at least 630 contaminated military installations dating from World War II and the Cold War scattered across Alaska, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. (AP Photo/Alaska Community Action on Toxics)" border="0"/></a> (AP) UN climate chief sees variable treaty (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070824/ap_on_re_eu/netherlands_climate_change ap/20070824/netherlands_climate_change Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:00:13 GMT AP - The treaty that will eventually replace the Kyoto Protocol on climate change could be a potpourri of legal obligations, nonbinding commitments and aid arrangements for the developing world, but each nation should choose its own course, the U.N.'s top climate official said Thursday. Britain to miss carbon emissions targets: study (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070823/wl_uk_afp/britainclimateenvironment afp/20070823/britainclimateenvironment Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:42:39 GMT <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070823/wl_uk_afp/britainclimateenvironment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070823/capt.sge.ngs85.230807124234.photo00.photo.default-512x346.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=6DB89O33d65nmhRO_1mmjg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Steam rises from cooling towers at a power station near Leeds, 2006. Scientists warned in a report that the government will miss its self-imposed targets on cutting carbon dioxide emissions and promoting the use of renewable forms of energy.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The government will miss its self-imposed targets on cutting carbon dioxide emissions and promoting the use of renewable forms of energy, scientists warned in a report Thursday. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070823/wl_uk_afp/britainclimateenvironment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070823/capt.sge.ngs85.230807124234.photo00.photo.default-512x346.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=6DB89O33d65nmhRO_1mmjg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Steam rises from cooling towers at a power station near Leeds, 2006. Scientists warned in a report that the government will miss its self-imposed targets on cutting carbon dioxide emissions and promoting the use of renewable forms of energy.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)" border="0"/></a> (AFP) China's emissions drop but situation grim (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070821/sc_nm/emissions_china_dc nm/20070821/emissions_china_dc Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:56:43 GMT Reuters - China, the world's top emitter of sulphur dioxide, has managed to cut emissions of the acid-rain causing pollutant in first half of 2007, but the government said on Tuesday that meeting national targets would be tough. China claims success in anti-pollution car ban (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070820/sc_afp/oly2008chnchinaenvironmentpollutioncars afp/20070820/oly2008chnchinaenvironmentpollutioncars Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:17:54 GMT <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070820/sc_afp/oly2008chnchinaenvironmentpollutioncars"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070820/capt.sge.mgw19.200807101134.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=k6C6XauxaSV0EGZtKQgnPg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Commuters pack onto trains after Beijing banned more than one million cars from its roads, 17 August 2007. Beijing's notorious air quality improved during a four-day ban that kept 1.3 million cars off the road, officials said, though an unhealthy haze shrouded the city during the Olympic trial.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Beijing's notorious air quality improved during a four-day ban that kept 1.3 million cars off the road, officials said Monday, though an unhealthy haze shrouded the city during the Olympic trial. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070820/sc_afp/oly2008chnchinaenvironmentpollutioncars"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070820/capt.sge.mgw19.200807101134.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=k6C6XauxaSV0EGZtKQgnPg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Commuters pack onto trains after Beijing banned more than one million cars from its roads, 17 August 2007. Beijing's notorious air quality improved during a four-day ban that kept 1.3 million cars off the road, officials said, though an unhealthy haze shrouded the city during the Olympic trial.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)" border="0"/></a> (AFP) Mexico City pollution harms child lung growth: study (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070815/sc_nm/mexico_pollution_dc nm/20070815/mexico_pollution_dc Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:19:05 GMT <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070815/sc_nm/mexico_pollution_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070815/2007_08_15t151421_450x277_us_mexico_pollution.jpg?x=130&y=80&sig=8WC2isoEFXv0rPIs.QsX4A--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="A general view of Mexico City during early morning January 18, 2007. Contaminated air that hangs over the Mexican capital, one of the world???s biggest cities, does more damage to children than cigarette smoke and may cause chronic lung diseases when they are adults, a study showed on Wednesday. (Daniel Aguilar/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Contaminated air that hangs over the Mexican capital, one of the world's biggest cities, does more damage to children than cigarette smoke and may cause chronic lung diseases when they are adults, a study showed on Wednesday. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070815/sc_nm/mexico_pollution_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070815/2007_08_15t151421_450x277_us_mexico_pollution.jpg?x=130&y=80&sig=8WC2isoEFXv0rPIs.QsX4A--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="A general view of Mexico City during early morning January 18, 2007. Contaminated air that hangs over the Mexican capital, one of the world???s biggest cities, does more damage to children than cigarette smoke and may cause chronic lung diseases when they are adults, a study showed on Wednesday. (Daniel Aguilar/Reuters)" border="0"/></a> (Reuters) CORRECTED: Technology is key on global warming -Bush adviser (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070814/ts_nm/usa_china_environment_correction_dc nm/20070814/usa_china_environment_correction_dc Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:53:32 GMT Reuters - (Corrects paragraph 7 to show the United States signed the Kyoto Protocol but did not ratify it) Study says low-carbon research offers big payoff (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070813/sc_nm/usa_energy_carbon_costs_dc nm/20070813/usa_energy_carbon_costs_dc Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:01:49 GMT <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070813/sc_nm/usa_energy_carbon_costs_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070813/2007_08_13t135529_450x270_us_usa_energy_carbon_costs.jpg?x=130&y=78&sig=D8Nmox56BaOrfLxVREmFww--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="The full moon sets behind a wind farm in the Mojave Desert in California, January 8, 2004. It would cost up to $1.8 trillion to dramatically reduce U.S. carbon dioxide emissions by 2050, but spending $35 billion on research into cutting edge technology for nuclear and low-emission coal plants could cut the price tag in half, researchers said on Monday. (Toby Melville/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - It would cost up to $1.8 trillion to dramatically reduce U.S. carbon dioxide emissions by 2050, but spending $35 billion on research into cutting edge technology for nuclear and low-emission coal plants could cut the price tag in half, researchers said on Monday. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070813/sc_nm/usa_energy_carbon_costs_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070813/2007_08_13t135529_450x270_us_usa_energy_carbon_costs.jpg?x=130&y=78&sig=D8Nmox56BaOrfLxVREmFww--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="The full moon sets behind a wind farm in the Mojave Desert in California, January 8, 2004. It would cost up to $1.8 trillion to dramatically reduce U.S. carbon dioxide emissions by 2050, but spending $35 billion on research into cutting edge technology for nuclear and low-emission coal plants could cut the price tag in half, researchers said on Monday. (Toby Melville/Reuters)" border="0"/></a> (Reuters) Beijing dismisses pollution fears (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070809/wl_asia_afp/olychn2008china afp/20070809/olychn2008china Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:49:15 GMT <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070809/wl_asia_afp/olychn2008china"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070809/capt.sge.jog48.090807164708.photo00.photo.default-512x338.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=vXtLRJdrSn6AgOCzwdfglg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Fireworks erupt over Tiananmen Square in central Beijing, 08 August 2007, as seen from Coal Hill in Jingshan Park, once the city's highest lookout point. Beijing promised clean air for the Olympics and announced Thursday it would take 1.3 million cars off its roads for four days this month, following revelations that pollution could force events to be postponed.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Beijing promised clean air for the Olympics and announced Thursday it would take 1.3 million cars off its roads for four days this month, following revelations that pollution could force events to be postponed. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070809/wl_asia_afp/olychn2008china"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070809/capt.sge.jog48.090807164708.photo00.photo.default-512x338.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=vXtLRJdrSn6AgOCzwdfglg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="Fireworks erupt over Tiananmen Square in central Beijing, 08 August 2007, as seen from Coal Hill in Jingshan Park, once the city's highest lookout point. Beijing promised clean air for the Olympics and announced Thursday it would take 1.3 million cars off its roads for four days this month, following revelations that pollution could force events to be postponed.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)" border="0"/></a> (AFP) Beijing to take 1.3 million cars off streets in anti-pollute test drive (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070809/sc_afp/olychn2008chinaenvironmentpollutiontraffic afp/20070809/olychn2008chinaenvironmentpollutiontraffic Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:02:20 GMT <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070809/sc_afp/olychn2008chinaenvironmentpollutiontraffic"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070809/capt.sge.jmq69.090807135849.photo00.photo.default-328x512.jpg?x=83&y=130&sig=t34EAWf56x6M8Lbf8W8I5g--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="A Chinese family flies a kite as haze blankets Tiananmen Square in Beijing, 06 August 2007. More than a million cars will be taken off the streets of China's capital for four days this month, state media has said, amid mounting concern over air pollution during next year's Beijing Olympics.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)" border="0" /></a>AFP - More than a million cars will be taken off the streets of China's capital for four days this month, state media said Thursday, amid mounting concern over air pollution during next year's Beijing Olympics. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070809/sc_afp/olychn2008chinaenvironmentpollutiontraffic"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070809/capt.sge.jmq69.090807135849.photo00.photo.default-328x512.jpg?x=83&y=130&sig=t34EAWf56x6M8Lbf8W8I5g--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="photo" title="A Chinese family flies a kite as haze blankets Tiananmen Square in Beijing, 06 August 2007. More than a million cars will be taken off the streets of China's capital for four days this month, state media has said, amid mounting concern over air pollution during next year's Beijing Olympics.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)" border="0"/></a> (AFP) Beijing dismisses Olympics pollution fears (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070809/sc_afp/olychn2008chinaenvironmentpollution afp/20070809/olychn2008chinaenvironmentpollution Thu, 09 Aug 2007 06:39:27 GMT <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070809/sc_afp/olychn2008chinaenvironmentpollution"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070809/capt.sge.jmq69.090807135849.photo00.photo.default-328x512.jpg?x=83&y=130&sig=t34EAWf56x6M8Lbf8W8I5g--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="A Chinese family flies a kite as haze blankets Tiananmen Square in Beijing, 06 August 2007. More than a million cars will be taken off the streets of China's capital for four days this month, state media has said, amid mounting concern over air pollution during next year's Beijing Olympics.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Beijing Olympic organisers said Thursday they were confident that athletes would compete in clean air next year despite revelations that events could be postponed because of pollution. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070809/sc_afp/olychn2008chinaenvironmentpollution"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070809/capt.sge.jmq69.090807135849.photo00.photo.default-328x512.jpg?x=83&y=130&sig=t34EAWf56x6M8Lbf8W8I5g--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="photo" title="A Chinese family flies a kite as haze blankets Tiananmen Square in Beijing, 06 August 2007. More than a million cars will be taken off the streets of China's capital for four days this month, state media has said, amid mounting concern over air pollution during next year's Beijing Olympics.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)" border="0"/></a> (AFP) Amid smog, Beijing says it is winning war on pollution (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070806/sc_afp/oly2008chnyearenvironmentpollutionchina afp/20070806/oly2008chnyearenvironmentpollutionchina Mon, 06 Aug 2007 08:48:47 GMT <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070806/sc_afp/oly2008chnyearenvironmentpollutionchina"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070806/capt.sge.img28.060807084842.photo00.photo.default-512x339.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=ozvq61E2ni2ZBTUJqFUTUg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Haze cloaks the skyline in central Beijing, 06 July 2007. Olympic officials have insisted that they are winning the war against pollution even though Beijing remains shrouded in heavy smog nearly one year out from the start of the 2008 Games.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Olympic officials insisted Monday that they were winning the war against pollution even though Beijing remains shrouded in heavy smog nearly one year out from the start of the 2008 Games. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070806/sc_afp/oly2008chnyearenvironmentpollutionchina"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070806/capt.sge.img28.060807084842.photo00.photo.default-512x339.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=ozvq61E2ni2ZBTUJqFUTUg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Haze cloaks the skyline in central Beijing, 06 July 2007. Olympic officials have insisted that they are winning the war against pollution even though Beijing remains shrouded in heavy smog nearly one year out from the start of the 2008 Games.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)" border="0"/></a> (AFP) Beijing pollution to cast pall over olympic performance (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070806/sc_afp/oly2008chnyearhealth afp/20070806/oly2008chnyearhealth Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:28:57 GMT <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070806/sc_afp/oly2008chnyearhealth"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070806/capt.sge.img28.060807084842.photo00.photo.default-512x339.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=ozvq61E2ni2ZBTUJqFUTUg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Haze cloaks the skyline in central Beijing, 06 July 2007. Olympic officials have insisted that they are winning the war against pollution even though Beijing remains shrouded in heavy smog nearly one year out from the start of the 2008 Games.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Smog is spreading a toxic haze over hopes that the 2008 Beijing Olympics will be as superlative in sporting achievement as it will be in spending and glitz. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070806/sc_afp/oly2008chnyearhealth"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070806/capt.sge.img28.060807084842.photo00.photo.default-512x339.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=ozvq61E2ni2ZBTUJqFUTUg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Haze cloaks the skyline in central Beijing, 06 July 2007. Olympic officials have insisted that they are winning the war against pollution even though Beijing remains shrouded in heavy smog nearly one year out from the start of the 2008 Games.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)" border="0"/></a> (AFP) APEC finance ministers urge action on climate change (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070803/sc_afp/apecaustraliameeting afp/20070803/apecaustraliameeting Fri, 03 Aug 2007 07:32:59 GMT <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070803/sc_afp/apecaustraliameeting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070803/capt.sge.hvk79.030807073253.photo00.photo.default-512x329.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=fWuERKfX.AOXao2yjlZL1A--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="The "official family photo" on the first day of the APEC 2007 Finance Ministers Meeting taking place in Coolum, in the Australian state of Queensland. APEC finance ministers Friday said that the world needed to "go beyond" the Kyoto Protocol to adequately address climate change.(AFP/HO/AFP)" border="0" /></a>AFP - APEC finance ministers Friday said the world needs to "go beyond" the Kyoto Protocol to adequately address climate change and warned a rise in protectionist sentiment could threaten growth and living standards. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070803/sc_afp/apecaustraliameeting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070803/capt.sge.hvk79.030807073253.photo00.photo.default-512x329.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=fWuERKfX.AOXao2yjlZL1A--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="The "official family photo" on the first day of the APEC 2007 Finance Ministers Meeting taking place in Coolum, in the Australian state of Queensland. APEC finance ministers Friday said that the world needed to "go beyond" the Kyoto Protocol to adequately address climate change.(AFP/HO/AFP)" border="0"/></a> (AFP) APEC finance ministers see need to 'go beyond' Kyoto (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070803/sc_afp/apecaustraliameetingcommuniquewarmingclimate afp/20070803/apecaustraliameetingcommuniquewarmingclimate Fri, 03 Aug 2007 03:32:27 GMT <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070803/sc_afp/apecaustraliameetingcommuniquewarmingclimate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070803/capt.sge.hvk79.030807073253.photo00.photo.default-512x329.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=fWuERKfX.AOXao2yjlZL1A--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="The "official family photo" on the first day of the APEC 2007 Finance Ministers Meeting taking place in Coolum, in the Australian state of Queensland. APEC finance ministers Friday said that the world needed to "go beyond" the Kyoto Protocol to adequately address climate change.(AFP/HO/AFP)" border="0" /></a>AFP - APEC finance ministers Friday said that the world needed to "go beyond" the Kyoto Protocol to adequately address climate change. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pollution/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070803/sc_afp/apecaustraliameetingcommuniquewarmingclimate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070803/capt.sge.hvk79.030807073253.photo00.photo.default-512x329.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=fWuERKfX.AOXao2yjlZL1A--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="The "official family photo" on the first day of the APEC 2007 Finance Ministers Meeting taking place in Coolum, in the Australian state of Queensland. APEC finance ministers Friday said that the world needed to "go beyond" the Kyoto Protocol to adequately address climate change.(AFP/HO/AFP)" border="0"/></a> (AFP)