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 Stories About: air pollution AND Netherlands
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Dear Father, Who Art in Heaven, Polluted Be Thy Air
Church air may be bad for believers' lungs |
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23 Nov 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Dear Father, Who Art in Heaven, Polluted Be Thy Air Church air may be bad for believers' lungs Whatever its effects on your soul, spending lots of time in church may be bad for your lungs, according to a new study out of Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Researchers measured air quality in a small chapel and a large basilica and found levels of particulate matter up to 20 times higher than minimal European safety standar ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, Netherlands (all these topics) |
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Dutch Treat
The Netherlands tackles nitrogen pollution with a game |
Erik Ness |
10 May 2002 |
Main Dish |
| Confess: You've played more than one hand of solitaire on company time. Tetris anyone? Maybe you've even been a MYSTic or a QUAKEr. If you happen to work for the Dutch Ministry of the Environment, playing computer games is now part of your job description. Or at least playing a computer game -- the world's only computer game designed to solve the problem of nitrogen pollution. The Netherlands is home to i ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, Netherlands, video games, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Sharri Baby
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22 Apr 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Sharri Baby After years of mistrust and fear, Albanians and Serbs are coming together over a common interest: protecting the environment. In a project funded by the Norwegian and Dutch governments, environmental groups in Kosovo are setting up an electronic network to enable the former enemies to share resources and information on ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, deforestation, European Union, green living, Kosovo, Netherlands, Norway, pollution and waste, wilderness (all these topics) |
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