Coal Global Pollution South America 
Green Car Congress
MARCH 8, 2015
Leaded gasoline was a larger emission source of the toxic heavy metal lead than mining in South America, even though the extraction of metals from the region’s mines historically released huge quantities of lead into the environment, according to a study by researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and the University of Bern.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 6, 2015
Between 1990 and 2013, global population-weighted PM 2.5 increased by 20.4%, driven by trends in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and China, according to the team’s findings. Additionally, the study found that the population-weighted mean concentrations of ozone increased globally by 8.9% were evident in most high income countries.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 17, 2015
The report, “ Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2014 ”, concludes that biomass, hydropower, geothermal and onshore wind are all competitive with or cheaper than coal, oil and gas-fired power stations, even without financial support and despite falling oil prices. —Adnan Z. Amin, Director-General of IRENA.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 13, 2013
Unintentional emission sectors: Coal burning, ferrous- and non-ferrous (Au, Cu, Hg, Pb, Zn) metal production, cement production. Apart from contaminated sites, the mercury pollution detected today is often found in locations very far away from its original source. These global percentages will, of course, vary on a regional basis.
Creative Greenius
JANUARY 12, 2009
So let me get this straight - while those of us who are trying to lead greener lives, have been cutting our carbon footprints and working with our cities, states and the rest of the USA to help them do likewise, Killer Coal has been playing us for chumps and wiping out all our efforts every single second of every day.
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