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 Over-farming and dust storms
Dangerous dust storms in Asia have intensified 5-fold in 50 years. The storms originate in
Mongolian deserts & increasingly China, where 30% of the land is parched by
over-farming, overgrazing, deforestation.Associated Press
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Unfit even for a swim
Kolkata’s Rabindra Sarovar is not fit for swimming, let alone drinking, says an
official report. This is bad news for 8 city clubs situated inside the lake complex and
tourists who come there to swim.
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To clean air, grab a bucket Tamil
Nadu’s Cuddalore residents, living near oil refineries, are taking air samples with a
huge bucket equipped with a plastic bag and a hand-held vacuum pump provided by a group
called the "Bucket Brigade". The samples are then tested, helping the fight
against air pollution.
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Wild City
Intensive farming is driving many British animal species away from the countryside to seek
a new life in the cities, where they can thrive in parks and gardens. Some species such as
hedgehogs, shrews, dormice and hares are declining in number in rural areas, but are
flourishing in cities.
AFP
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anti-pollution steps A sea of devotees stunned US experts by taking just 24
hours to clean and de-silt the huge Golden Temple tank inAmritsar. The holy tank is
cleaned every 50 years, but pollution compelled preponing the ritual.
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 Choking coal in numbers
Number of cars it takes to generate 10,000 tonnes of nitrogen oxide (NOx), the principal
constituent of lung-inflaming smog, in a year is 500,000 Number of average-sized
coal-burning power plants it takes to generate the same amount of NOx is 1
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