Category Archives: Air Pollution

When Worlds Collide #64: Good Governance for Clean Energy

Posted on 27 April 2013 by

Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 28 April 2013 One of my favourite cartoons on energy is one drawn years ago by Australian cartoonist Ron Tandberg. It shows two men standing on … Continue reading →

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When Worlds Collide #62: Don’t be a Fossil Fool: Towards a Climate-smart Sri Lanka…

Posted on 13 April 2013 by

Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 14 April 2013 Last week’s column, on Sri Lanka’s climate change adaptation needs and priorities, elicited some predictable reactions. Environmentalist friends — with whom I frequently … Continue reading →

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When Worlds Collide #51: When Your Home Becomes a ‘Gas Chamber’

Posted on 26 January 2013 by

Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 27 January 2013 The new Global Burden of Disease (GBD) report, released in December 2012, says air pollution has become one of the top 10 killers … Continue reading →

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When Worlds Collide #49: Living with Our Toxic Heritage…

Posted on 12 January 2013 by

Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 13 January 2013 My column on 30 December 2012, which assessed the lasting influence of Silent Spring and its author Rachel Carson, was focused on the … Continue reading →

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When Worlds Collide #33: Montreal Protocol @25 – Saluting Defenders of the Sky

Posted on 15 September 2012 by

Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 16 September 2012 Today, 16 September, is observed worldwide as the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. The theme this year is “Protecting … Continue reading →

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When Worlds Collide #24: Kicking Lead in Petrol – Lessons for Cleaning up Dirty Diesel?

Posted on 15 July 2012 by

Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 15 July 2012 My column last week – about World Health Organisation confirming diesel fumes cause lung causer – elicited many responses. Some cautioned that phasing … Continue reading →

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When Worlds Collide #23: ‘Slow Murder’ by Subsidised Diesel Fumes

Posted on 7 July 2012 by

Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 8 July 2012 Sometimes well-meaning yet ill-informed environmentalists can be their own worst enemy. By barking up the wrong tree, they distort public sentiments and even … Continue reading →

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When Worlds Collide #16: Meet ELCA, Lanka’s own zero emission electric car!

Posted on 20 May 2012 by

Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 20 May 2012 What’s the worst human invention of all time? The answer depends on whom we ask. As a cheer-leader of innovation and currently host … Continue reading →

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When Worlds Collide #13: Wake Up to our Urban Nightmares!

Posted on 29 April 2012 by

Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 29 April 2012 As I lie awake in the wee hours of the morning struggling to breathe, I remember Saneeya Hussain. And when I see yet … Continue reading →

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