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Areas of Hamilton hit ‘high-risk’ air quality readings due to wildfire smokeResidents on the Mountain saw the worst of it with the AQHI moving beyond 10 on the scale between Noon and 2 p.m. indicating a 'very high health risk.'WeatherJun 28, 2023
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Clean energy group targets Hamilton for development of carbon conversion technologiesResearchers will take some $24 million from a federal government fund to develop clean energy technologies that can be tailored to different communities.EnvironmentApr 25, 2023
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Annual air pollution levels rise in Hamilton, but remain near the historic lowsClean Air Hamilton revealed the agency's 2021 report this week with levels of benzene, nitrogen dioxide and other particulate matter high on their study's list of priorities.EnvironmentMar 22, 2023
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Earth’s ozone layer is slowly healing, UN says. When will it fully recover?A once-every-four-years scientific assessment found recovery in progress, more than 35 years after every nation in the world agreed to stop producing chemicals that chomp on ozone.ScienceJan 9, 2023
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Higher air pollution linked to more severe cases of COVID-19, study suggestsThe research found a link between chronic exposure to air pollution and hospitalization, ICU admission and death among COVID-19 cases.HealthMay 23, 2022
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Hamilton air quality study positive on common irritants, concern over a gaseous air pollutantClean Air Hamilton revealed there were not any big drop in air pollution in 2020 during COVID lockdowns, but a trend of improvements since the 1990's.EnvironmentJan 13, 2022
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Alberta brewery makes beer from cleaned municipal wastewaterThe water comes from the Pine Creek wastewater treatment plant by the Bow River in southeast Calgary.CanadaAug 17, 2020
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Ozone layer repairing, redirecting wind flows, new study saysNew research finds a hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica has continued to recover, leading to changes in atmospheric circulation.TrendingMar 26, 2020
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Second air quality statement issued this weekend for London-MiddlesexEnvironment Canada has issued a special air quality statement for London, Parkhill, Strathroy, Komoka and Middlesex County.CanadaMay 27, 2018
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Industrial distributor fined $500,000 for violating ban on ozone-depleting productsIndustrial product distributor Acklands-Grainger Inc. is being fined $500,000 after pleading guilty to breaking environmental protection laws.CanadaDec 13, 2016
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