Pollution Disaster News Today

Government closed schools for three days. some of the worst par tick lat pollution was 40 times the level the world health organization says is safe. air pollution is so bad now that sometimes the result -- it results in highway closures because you literally cannot see through the air well enough to drive safely at that speed. air pollution is a visible problem in china in all its terrifying toxic awfulness. you can look at it. not every environmental disaster comes billowing at you in ways you...

Pollution was 40 times the level the world health organization says is safe. air pollution is so bad now that sometimes the result -- it results in highway closures because you literally cannot see through the air well enough to drive safely at that speed. air pollution is a visible problem in china in all its terrifying toxic awfulness. you can look at it. not every environmental disaster comes billowing at you in ways you can see. but when it comes to reacting to disasters like that, then insp...

Disasters like that, then inspiring action, seeing it, sometimes helps. last week we reported on a giant ongoing pollution disaster, a huge gas leak in california. the san fernando valley in southern california. the leak is coming from a storage facility, a storage well more than 8,000 feet under ground. it went bad in october. its been leaking natural gas, plus the additive they put in natch gas so you can smell it when its leaking. people nearby have been getting headaches and nosebleeds and r...

Were seeing is a grand experiment in one of americas most important waters. this is an area where our food comes pr, where our seafood is produced. the boats in the distance are boats heading out to cleanup, rather than boats going out to fish. a very heartbreaking thing. last evening, i spent time with some of the fishermen. they are very, very worried. their future is at risk. they have reason to be. they suffered through hurricane katrina and now they are suffering through a pollution disaste...