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Poor air quality forces two-day public holiday
++AP Television is adhering to Iranian law that stipulates all media are banned from providing BBC Persian or VOA Persian any coverage from Iran, and under this law if any media violate this ban the Iranian authorities can immediately...
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Drought, famine and floods greet UN Climate Change conference
AP Television
Turkana, northern Kenya - October 28, 2011
1. Various of flood water at Kawalaze bridge with people and vehicles stranded on each side of the bridge that separates Lodwar town and Kakuma
2. Various of the flood waters...
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CHINA: BEIJING: SERVICE STATIONS TO PHASE OUT LEADED PETROL
Mandarin/Nat
China's capital city, Beijing, took a significant step towards cleaning up its air on Sunday.
In an effort to cut emissions from motor vehicle exhausts, the city's service stations will phase out leaded petrol by June 1,...
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Indonesia - Latest on smog crisis
The deputy head of pollution control for the Indonesian government said that he issued warnings in May that the practice of slashing and burning to clear land had to be stopped or "this is going to bad."
Nabiel Markarim, who works for...
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Obama on emissions agreement; tells Xi US had no involvement in fomenting Hong Kong unrest
U.S. President Barack Obama told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Wednesday that the U.S. did not fuel the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.
Xi commented on the protests, saying the calls for universal suffrage in Hong Kong are...
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NEWS FEATURE Climate summit criticised for carbon footprint
AP Television
Nusa Dua, Bali - 2 December 2007
1. Wide exterior of hotel
2. Close-up of water feature at hotel
3. Mid of man playing gamelan instrument in hotel lobby as woman dances in traditional costume
4. Close-up of player's...
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Hayfever is costing the Japanese economy billions
Tokyo, Japan, March 30 2009
1. Various people with masks in Shibuya, central Tokyo
2. Various shots of trees, pine tree waiving and Tokyo Street scene.
3. Various shots of Hay fever sufferer Miho Nitta playing with children.
4. SOUNDBITE...
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INDONESIA: KALIMANTAN: FIREFIGHTERS BATTLE FOREST WILDFIRES
Natural Sound
Wildfires on the Indonesian side of Kalimantan have destroyed more than 30,900 acres of forest, and generated health-threatening billows of haze.
As fire fighters and forestry workers attempt to tackle the blaze, the...
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UN talks open, Ban Ki-moon comment, protest
AP Television
1. Wide of traffic in Poznan city
2. Mid of Poznan cathedral
3. Mid of statue of Neptune in Poznan central square
4. Wide of United Nations Climate Change Conference Centre
5. Mid of sign on exterior of building reads:...
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Residents react as smog shrouds capital, raising pollution levels
Pollution levels soared in Beijing and a dense smog enveloped the city on Saturday despite most workplaces having been closed for the past week for the annual "Golden Week" holiday.
The US Embassy's measurement of the density of airborne...
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Lead poisoning sickens hundreds of children
1. Wide of Dongling Lead and Zinc Smelting Company plant
2. Various exteriors of smelting plant
3. Exterior of plant with newly built houses designed for relocation of villagers
4. Tilt down from factory smoke stack to street in one...
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Alternative energy buses being trialed in London
1. Hybrid bus pulling away from stop
2. Close up of bus driver
3. Various of bus driving
4. Close up of bus driver in rear vision mirror, pull out to driver in seat
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jermaine Kelly, Bus Driver:
"This bus is...
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JAPAN: KYOTO: CLIMATE CONFERENCE: AGREEMENT ON FUEL EMISSIONS (3)
Kyoto Japan, 11th December, 1997 PLEASE NOTE QUALITY AS INCOMING
1. Meeting room
2. Raul Estrada, Chairman of Conference on Climate Change announcing
3.. SOUNDBITE (English) Raul Estrada, Chairman of Conference on Climate...
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Indonesia - Burning scrubland causes problems
Constantly-burning scrubland in Indonesia's South Kalimantan region is an environmental problem and a hazard to aviation. The government is being accused of not doing enough to stop it. The practice of "slash and burn" is used frequently...
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WRAP State council on climate change ahead of Hu's G8 visit
Beijing - 26 February 2007
1. Wide pan of exterior of steel factory
2. Mid of steel factory
FILE: Gansu province - 27 April 2007
3. Various of smoke stacks
Beijing - 4 June 2007
4. Wide of news conference
5. Cutaway of reporters...
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MALAYSIA: SMOG COVERING MOST OF SOUTHEAST ASIA LIFTS SLIGHTLY
Eng/French/Nat
The smog which has blanketed Malaysia along with much of southeast Asia lifted slightly on Sunday.
In an attempt to reduce the haze, the government has called for water to be sprayed from the roofs of all the high...
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Pollution left by Ukraine's industrial Communist past
AP Television
Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukraine, October 11 2009
1. Mid sun blocked out by pollution in Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukraine
2. Wide GV Smokestacks emit pollution in Dniprodzerzhynsk
3. Wide Smokestacks emit pollution over the Dnieper river...
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Over half of San Francisco''s taxis are environmentally friendly
AP Television
San Francisco, Calif. - March 22, 2009
1. Close shot door of Green Cab fleet car
2. Athan Rebelos opens the hood of his car
3. Close up inside of hood
4. Wide shot Rebelos opening trunk of car
4. Close shot front hub cap...
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Learning how air pollution can contribute to global warming
Rosamond, California -14 May 2008
1. Wide of dry lake bed at Edwards AFB used as runway.
2. Wide of researchers test facility set up on dry lake bed.
3. Medium of researchers with test equipment.
4. Medium as researcher attached wing to...
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Carmakers upbeat as US powers sales, Europe lags; luxury cars popular at show
The world's auto manufacturers are moving on from turbulent times - without help from Europe's lagging car markets.
Recovering auto sales in the United States and continuing strength in China have helped lighten the mood at this year's...
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KOSOVO: PRE-DAWN RAID ON MINES
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NATO-led peacekeepers moved to take control of a Serb-run mining complex in the northern part of Kosovo early on Monday amid claims that the mines were polluting the area.
The mines, historically a source of employment...
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Restaurant works hard to be carbon neutral
Berlin - 14 November, 2008
1. Wide of street scene in Berlin, pan to Foodorama, a carbon neutral restaurant
2. Close of menu
3. Close of sign reading (in German) "Climate neutral
4. Close of sign reading (in German) "The first climate...
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Indonesian and Malaysian environment ministers hold talks on fires polluting region
1. Exterior of Indonesian Environment Ministry
2. Entrance to meeting room where the Indonesian and Malaysian environment ministers met
3. Close-up of Indonesia Environment Ministry emblem on wall
4. Mid of Indonesian and Malaysian...
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Greenpeace demo against Bush's stand on enviroment
1. Greenpeace activists standing in road outside US embassy arguing with security - tracking view of scene, with some activists locking arms
2. Protesters sitting in road (blocking traffic) with arms locked - tracking view followed by...