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                    [Title] => Most major Chinese cities seen failing on air quality
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The air quality in 66 of China's 74 major cities, including the capital Beijing, failed to meet basic standards last year, China's Environment Ministry said, underlining the struggles the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitter has in reining in threats to public health and quality of life.

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Indonesia on Thursday commemorated the 2014 World Environment Day by rewarding a number of cities, organizations and individuals for their outstanding contribution to environment protection.

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Two years after the triple calamities of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster ravaged Japan's northeastern Pacific coast, debris containing asbestos, lead, PCBs — and perhaps most worrying — radioactive waste due to the crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant looms as a threat for the region.

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For 70-year-old Toshiko Murakami, memories of the terrifying earthquake and tsunami that destroyed much of her seaside town and swept away her sister brought fresh tears yesterday, exactly a year after the disaster.

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Japan on Sunday was remembering the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck the nation one year ago, killing just over 19,000 people and unleashing the world's worst nuclear crisis in a quarter century.

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Workers in rubber boots chip at the frozen ground, scraping until they've removed the top 2 inches (5 centimeters) of radioactive soil from the yard of a single home. Total amount of waste gathered: roughly 60 tons.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-07 22:44:21 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 772751 [Title] => Japan Cabinet OKs bill to cap nuke reactor life [Summary] =>

Japan's Cabinet approved bills Tuesday aimed at bolstering nuclear safety regulations following last year's Fukushima disaster, including one that would put a 40-year cap on the operational life of nuclear reactors.

[DatePublished] => 2012-01-31 12:39:05 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 751574 [Title] => Thousands protest against Peru gold mine [Summary] =>

At least 10,000 people in northern Peru joined protests on Thursday against a $4.8 billion open-pit gold mining project they fear will damage their water supply.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-25 10:00:18 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 716711 [Title] => China orders chemical plant shut after protests [Summary] =>

  Riot police stood watch Monday over a square where thousands of protesters scuffled with police in a demonstration that prompted authorities to meet their demand to shut down a local petrochemical factory.

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An environmental group warned yesterday that India was fast becoming a dumping ground for electronic waste and asked the government to frame stringent laws to control illegal trade and its recycling.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-19 02:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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The air quality in 66 of China's 74 major cities, including the capital Beijing, failed to meet basic standards last year, China's Environment Ministry said, underlining the struggles the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitter has in reining in threats to public health and quality of life.

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Indonesia on Thursday commemorated the 2014 World Environment Day by rewarding a number of cities, organizations and individuals for their outstanding contribution to environment protection.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-05 22:30:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 918046 [Title] => Japan's cleanup lags from tsunami, nuke accident [Summary] =>

Two years after the triple calamities of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster ravaged Japan's northeastern Pacific coast, debris containing asbestos, lead, PCBs — and perhaps most worrying — radioactive waste due to the crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant looms as a threat for the region.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-10 17:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 786068 [Title] => Japan marks 1 year since quake, tsunami disaster [Summary] =>

For 70-year-old Toshiko Murakami, memories of the terrifying earthquake and tsunami that destroyed much of her seaside town and swept away her sister brought fresh tears yesterday, exactly a year after the disaster.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-12 07:24:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 785740 [Title] => Japan marks 1 year since quake, tsunami disaster [Summary] =>

Japan on Sunday was remembering the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck the nation one year ago, killing just over 19,000 people and unleashing the world's worst nuclear crisis in a quarter century.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-11 10:00:15 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 784630 [Title] => Japan cleans up radiation zone, unsure of success [Summary] =>

Workers in rubber boots chip at the frozen ground, scraping until they've removed the top 2 inches (5 centimeters) of radioactive soil from the yard of a single home. Total amount of waste gathered: roughly 60 tons.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-07 22:44:21 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 772751 [Title] => Japan Cabinet OKs bill to cap nuke reactor life [Summary] =>

Japan's Cabinet approved bills Tuesday aimed at bolstering nuclear safety regulations following last year's Fukushima disaster, including one that would put a 40-year cap on the operational life of nuclear reactors.

[DatePublished] => 2012-01-31 12:39:05 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 751574 [Title] => Thousands protest against Peru gold mine [Summary] =>

At least 10,000 people in northern Peru joined protests on Thursday against a $4.8 billion open-pit gold mining project they fear will damage their water supply.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-25 10:00:18 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 716711 [Title] => China orders chemical plant shut after protests [Summary] =>

  Riot police stood watch Monday over a square where thousands of protesters scuffled with police in a demonstration that prompted authorities to meet their demand to shut down a local petrochemical factory.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-15 11:37:14 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 576221 [Title] => Experts: India becoming dumping ground for e-waste [Summary] =>

An environmental group warned yesterday that India was fast becoming a dumping ground for electronic waste and asked the government to frame stringent laws to control illegal trade and its recycling.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-19 02:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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