air pollution
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$3.4m to Help Ease Air Pollution in Isfahan
EghtesadOnline: The government has allocated 400 billion rials ($3.4 million) to curb the growing air pollution and smog in the metropolis of Isfahan in central Iran, the head of Isfahan Disaster…
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Traffic Scheme Revenues Spent on Tehran's Transportation Development
EghtesadOnline: Tehran Municipality has announced that revenues earned from traffic and air pollution schemes underway in the capital city of Tehran are being spent on expanding the city's urban…
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Air Pollution Control Scheme Under Magnifying Glass
EghtesaadOnline: Since a new traffic scheme was launched about 100 days ago in central Tehran for curbing traffic and air pollution, urban managers have ignited debates over its weak and strong…
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Air Pollution Annually Costs Tehran Residents $2.6 Billion
EghtesadOnline: Air pollution annually costs Tehran residents $2.6 billion, an official with the Department of Environment says.
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Iran: Call for National Ban on Polluting Cars
EghtesadOnline: The Interior Ministry has called for a national ban on dilapidated cars that contribute to the worsening air pollution in Iranian cities.
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Public Transportation Gets a Boost in Tehran, Qom
EghtesadOnline: From adding new vehicles to the public bus fleet to purchasing new wagons for the subway, urban managers across Iran are taking measures for tackling air pollution and facilitating…
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Motorcycles Set to Take Over Tehran, Worsen Air Pollution
EghtesadOnline: Dilapidated motorcycles plying the streets of Tehran will observe a 56% jump by 2023 and exceed 2.4 million, deputy director of Tehran Air Quality Control Company says.
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Ozone Pollution Suffocating Tehran
EghtesadOnline: The Iranian capital city of Tehran, which has long been notorious for high levels of toxic emissions, is recently breathing ground-level ozone—an uncommon type of air pollution.
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New Tehran Traffic Scheme Takes Off
EghtesadOnline: A new scheme for tackling traffic and air pollution in the central parts of the Iranian capital was inaugurated on Saturday, the director of Tehran Municipality’s Transport and…
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New Traffic Scheme for Tehran
EghtesadOnline: A new scheme for curbing traffic and air pollution in the central parts of Tehran has been planned, the director of Tehran Municipality’s Transport and Traffic Organization says.
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Fuel-Efficiency List: All Locally-Made Cars Get Zero
EghtesadOnline: Gasoline consumption has reached an unprecedented average of 90 million liters per day and substandard cars are definitely the major contributors to the worsening air pollution…
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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…
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Tehran Municipality Subsidizing e-Bikes
EghtesadOnline: As part of efforts to curb air pollution and promote electric motorcycles, Tehran Municipality is offering an incentive to e-bike buyers worth 25 million rials ($208).
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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…
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Autumn Heralds Pollution Season in Tehran
EghtesadOnline: With winter approaching, a blanket of smog is enveloping Tehran. As the mountains in the north gradually vanish in the autumn haze, residents and environmentalists are once again…
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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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Tehran Air Pollution Reduction Plan Set for Weekend Launch: Better Late Than Never
EghtesadOnline: Despite extended delays, a plan introduced by Tehran Municipality to help curb air pollution will take effect on November 24. The plan bans dilapidated vehicles from the sprawling…
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JICA Helps Improve Air Quality Monitoring Systems in Tehran
EghtesadOnline: As part of a joint effort between Japan International Cooperation Agency and Tehran Municipality to reduce air pollution, decades-old air quality monitoring systems in the capital…
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New Measure to Curb Smog in Downtown Tehran
EghtesadOnline: In the latest move to curb air pollution in Tehran Province, dilapidated vehicles and motorbikes will be barred from Eslamshahr County in the southwest.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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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…
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"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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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…
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Economic Lever to Curtail Air Pollution
EghtesadOnline: The mechanisms of economic development in Iran are not focused on reduction of air pollution.
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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…
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Lawmakers call on Rouhani to solve Tehran air pollution problem
EghtesadOnline: The representatives of Tehran in Majlis have sent a letter to President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday calling on him to pay special attention to the issue of air pollution in the…
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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…