tag air pollution

New Gas Turbine to Curb Tehran’s Water Consumption, Air Pollution

EghtesadOnline: The replacement of dilapidated gas turbine in 52-year-old Besat Thermal Power Plant in southern Tehran with a domestically-manufactured F-class gas turbine will help curb water consumption by 95% from 18 million liters to 800,000 liters per day, director of combined-cycle projects at the Thermal Power Plants Holding Company said.
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Publish Date:28/June/2021 | 11:00

While Smog Suffocates Tehran Bureaucrats Play Blame Games

EghtesadOnline: With air pollution hovering above emergency levels in Tehran amid news of widespread low-quality mazut use in power stations, bureaucrats are scapegoating the public and waging blame games.
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Publish Date:07/January/2021 | 15:35

Zanganeh Proposes Motorbike’s Fuel Conversion to CNG

EghtesadOnline: To curb air pollution and reliance on fossil fuels, Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh has set forth a plan to convert carbureted motorcycles into using compressed natural gas (CNG).
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Publish Date:26/January/2020 | 05:16

Traffic Police Cracking Down on Dilapidated Cars in Karaj, Isfahan

EghtesadOnline: To put a cap on the increasing air pollution in Iranian megacities, Karaj and Isfahan, urban managers have once again employed restrictive traffic rules, the efficiency of which has been repeatedly questioned.
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Publish Date:12/January/2020 | 11:26

Tehran Air Pollution Here to Stay

EghtesadOnline: Autumn ended on Saturday, but the thick blanket of atmospheric pollution and toxic dust shrouds the skies of the capital city Tehran, once again forcing the shutdown of schools.
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Publish Date:22/December/2019 | 24:48

Tehran Has a New Plan to Cut Traffic Congestion

EghtesadOnline: The Tehran Transportation Council has proposed a new plan for curbing traffic and air pollution in central parts of the metropolis, after an arduous debate among environmentalists and urban planners about one traffic scheme in place for more than a decade that simply failed to deliver.
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Publish Date:06/February/2019 | 14:18

50% of Taxis Should Be in the Junkyard

EghtesadOnline: There are 150,000 dilapidated taxis in the country terribly contributing to the worsening air pollution . The figure comprises nearly half the total 360,000 vehicles in the taxi fleet, the head of Islamic Republic of Iran Taxi Union said.
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Publish Date:19/January/2019 | 24:25

Air Pollution Deadlier Than Smoking or War

EghtesadOnline: US researchers have said that air pollution , primarily caused by burning fossil fuels, is the world's top killer.
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Publish Date:24/November/2018 | 13:20

Tehran Gears Up for New Foray Against Polluting Cars

EghtesadOnline: With the winter fast approaching and air pollution levels peaking in Tehran, the low emission zone (LEZ) scheme introduced by the municipality is on the cusp of becoming a tad stricter in the hope of making life slightly more bearable in the sprawling capital which has struggled with suffocating air pollution for decades.
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Publish Date:16/October/2018 | 09:27

Tehran: a Capital City Not Cherished by Residents

EghtesadOnline: There is indeed much to hate about Tehran, including its harrowing traffic jams and persistent air pollution , the polarization of city services between its northern and southern districts, and high population density.
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Publish Date:21/July/2018 | 09:07

TPPHC Elaborates on Operations to Improve Power Plant Efficiency

EghtesadOnline: To save natural resources in power stations and fight the menace of air pollution , plans are underway to boost thermal power plants' efficiency from 37% to 40% by the end of the Sixth Five-Year Development Plan (2022), the head of Iran’s Thermal Power Plants Holding Company said.
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Publish Date:18/July/2018 | 13:00

Iran seeking clean energies development

EghtesadOnline: Clean energies development as a way to decrease air pollution is on Iran's agenda, said Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade on Saturday.
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Publish Date:12/June/2017 | 24:20

Gas Flaring Aggravates Pollution, Climate Change

EghtesadOnline: Gas flaring is the main contributor of air pollution in oil-rich provinces and drives climate change, the director of the Center for Weather and Climate Change at the Department of Environment said.
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Publish Date:24/January/2017 | 05:53

"Real" LEZ Scheme Next Year

EghtesadOnline: Despite the claims of officials about the implementation of Low Emission Zone, the scheme has not yet entered the phase where it can alleviate Tehran's air pollution crisis.
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Publish Date:30/December/2016 | 10:40

World’s Worst Air Has Mongolians Seeing Red, Planning Action

EghtesadOnline: If you think air pollution in China has been bad, just look at Mongolia. Levels of particulate matter in the air have risen to almost 80 times the recommended safety level set by the World Health Organization -- and five times worse than Beijing during the past week’s bout with the worst smog of the year.
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Publish Date:24/December/2016 | 13:58

412 citizens die of air pollution in Tehran in 23 days

EghtesadOnline: High level of air pollution in Tehran has claimed lives of 412 citizens in the October 22 to November 13 period, forcing schools in the capital city to be shutdown for the third consecutive days.
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Publish Date:17/November/2016 | 19:37

Obama power plant rules face key test in court

EghtesadOnline: The centerpiece of President Barack Obama's climate change strategy faced a key test on Tuesday as conservative appeals court judges questioned whether his administration overstepped its legal authority under an air pollution law to make sweeping changes to the U.S. electric sector.
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Publish Date:28/September/2016 | 05:19