air pollution
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Experts Blame Air Pollution on Poor Government Supervision
EghtesadOnline: Reducing environmental pollution has turned into one of the main concerns of human beings.
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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…
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CO2 Recycling Plant Helps Curb Air Pollution in Khuzestan Oil Province
EghtesadOnline: The first industrial and food-grade carbon dioxide cargo, produced at a CO2 recycling plant by the Sugarcane and Byproducts Development Company in Khuzestan Province, was exported…
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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…
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Main Tehran Air Pollution Culprit: 100,000 Dilapidated Passenger Cars
EghtesadOnline: There are over 100,000 dilapidated passenger cars in Tehran, spewing poison into air and endangering the citizens’ health, the head of Tehran Air Quality Control Company said.
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No End in Sight for Dilapidated Vehicles Plying Tehran Streets
EghtesadOnline: Dilapidated vehicles are blamed for over 40% of Tehran’s worsening air pollution, which problem has not been resolved yet, the head of Tehran Vehicle Technical Inspection Bureau…
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Tehran Ozone Pollution Worsens
EghtesadOnline: Air pollution monitoring stations of the capital city Tehran have recorded more days with ground-level ozone in July, posing a serious risk to citizens’ health and the environment.
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Tehran Ozone Alarm Goes Off
EghtesadOnline: With the onset of summer, air pollution control stations around the capital city of Tehran are recording more days with high-density ozone pollution, which have a harmful impact…
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Concerns Over Battle Against Air Pollution Losing Traction
EghtesadOnline: The new Iranian Parliament seemingly has no interest in working on government bills for controlling air pollution, an environmental expert says.
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COVID-19, Air Pollution Endanger Lives in Tehran
EghtesadOnline: Although winter is on the way out, Tehran is still struggling with persistent air pollution. With the coronavirus gaining strength in the country, health experts caution that…
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Iran Air Pollution Claims 30,000 Lives Every Year
EghtesadOnline: Toxic air pollution in Iranian metropolises is twice as lethal as road crashes, as it annually claims over 30,000 lives, director of the Department of Environment said.
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Tabriz, Mashhad Investing on Speedy Subway Expansion
EghtesadOnline: The recent subway network expansion in Tabriz and the holy city of Mashhad are expected to help curb air pollution and ease traffic congestion, making life easier for the citizens…
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Ambitious Iran JV Envisages Electric Vehicle Production
EghtesadOnline: Major Iranian automaker SAIPA forged an agreement with MAPNA Group this week to develop and commercialize electric vehicles in the hope of reducing fossil fuel consumption and…
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Tehran's Air Pollution Control Scheme’s Effectiveness Under Scrutiny
EghtesadOnline: Tehran’s Traffic Police announced that the Air Pollution Control scheme, currently underway in the capital, will most probably undergo some modifications in the new Iranian year…
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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…
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E-Bikes to Help Curb Air Pollution in Iran
EghtesadOnline: Providing ecofriendly and efficient transportation has become a real challenge in Iranian megacities with a growing population and soaring demand.
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Iran's DoE Says Unable to Combat Air Pollution in the Short-Term
EghtesadOnline: The determination of the Department of Environment to fight air pollution notwithstanding, the issue is too complicated to be addressed in the short-term and only by one department,…
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DoE Blames Gasoline, Diesel Quality for Air Pollution
EghtesadOnline: A study conducted by the Department of Environment on gasoline and diesel quality indicates both fuels sold in the country contain dangerous chemicals above acceptable standards,…
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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…
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Tehran's Air Pollution Culprits: A Breakdown
EghtesadOnline: Air pollution has long been an environmental and health nuisance both for the citizens and urban managers of Tehran.
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Iran: Power Plants Not Big Polluters
EghtesadOnline: Thermal power plants have a small share in air pollution as almost all use gas, and emissions from gas combustion are way below those from other fossil fuels like diesel and mazut,…
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Iran: Gov’t Officials, Urban Managers Taken to Task Over Air Pollution
EghtesadOnline: A Tehran councilor has blamed government officials and urban managers for the lack of traction in combating the persistently toxic air pollution that has blighted the city’s residents…
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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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Air Pollution and Continued Absence of Responsibility
EghtesadOnline: As air pollution moves from bad to worse in most mega cities, officials and relevant organizations keep evading their responsibility and tightly embrace the blame game.
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Public Transport Problems and Tehran’s All-Pervasive Smog
EghtesadOnline: The inefficient public transportation network in the Iranian capital has been repeatedly blamed for exacerbating Tehran’s suffocating air pollution, which recently hit the emergency…
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No Silver Lining for Tehran Smog
EghtesadOnline: Air pollution has become a source of serious concern to the Iranian capital’s residents in the absence of workable solutions, Tehran’s Mayor Pirouz Hanachi said while detailing…
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Tehran Municipality Resorts to Failed Plans to Curb Tehran Air Pollution
EghtesadOnline: While the Iranian capital has been suffocating under a blanket of smog that has refused to budge over the past seven days, urban managers seem to be content taking ineffectual…
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Iran's DoE Discounts Gasoline Rationing Scheme
EghtesadOnline: Gasoline rationing that started on Nov. 15 will not have any significant effect on curbing air pollution if the temperature is below 15° C, head of the Department of Environment…
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Toxic Smog Puts Tehran on Alert
EghtesadOnline: Outdoor physical exercises in all school grades have been cancelled until Friday (Nov. 15), as the sprawling city experienced its seventh consecutive day of dangerously high air…
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Tehran Mulls Modifications to Air Pollution Control Scheme
EghtesadOnline: After prolonged debates over the deficiencies of Air Pollution Control scheme, which is currently underway in the Iranian capital, Tehran Police have urged urban managers to revise…