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China Air Quality

China's Love Affair With Cars Chokes Air In Cities

AP | LOUISE WATT | Posted 01.31.2013 | World

BEIJING -- Endless lines of slow-moving cars emerge like apparitions and then disappear again into the gloom of the thick smog that has shrouded Beiji...

Official Claims Illegal For Others To Monitor China's Pollution

Reuters | Posted 08.05.2012 | Green

(Adds State Department comment) By Ben Blanchard BEIJING, June 5 (Reuters) - A senior Chinese official demanded on Tues...

Most China Cities Failing To Meet Air Standards

AP | Posted 03.02.2012 | Green

BEIJING -- Two-thirds of China's cities currently fail to meet stricter air quality standards that the government wants to phase in over four years to...

Olympics, Economy Give China Cleanest Air In A Decade

AP | TINI TRAN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

BEIJING — Last summer, Xu Demin struggled to cut emissions from his coal-fired factories as part of China's all-out effort to clean the air for ...

China's Downfall: the Ultimate Impact of Environmental Degradation

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Jeff Schweitzer

The destruction in China is so staggering, it's hard to comprehend. Sixteen of the world's 20 most polluted cities are in China, and many regions can now lay claim to the most polluted air in the world.

Beijing Will Give Drivers Money To Give Up Polluting Cars

Treehugger | Alex Pasternack | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Beijing is so desperate to get high-polluting cars off the roads, the city has devised a scheme that will pay citizens as much as $3600 to give up he...

US Olympic Cyclists Fly Into China Wearing Face Masks

Reuters | Doug Hamilton | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

BEIJING - Some members of the U.S. cycling squad arrived for the Olympic Games on Tuesday wearing black respiratory masks, apparently concerned over r...

Beijing's Olympic Pollution Forecast: Hot Air

Alex Pasternack | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Alex Pasternack

For an idea of what kind of air athletes and spectators can expect during the Olympics -- and what Beijingers can expect for some time to come -- the past week has offered telling indications.

$17B, 1 Million Cars Lighter, China Still Mired In Smog

Wall Street Journal | Shai Oster | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

BEIJING -- China has gone to Olympian lengths to try to ensure that its skies are clear for the Summer Games, which formally kick off in 10 days. It h...

Is $27 Billion Dollars Enough To Clean Up China?

TreeHugger | Alex Pasternack | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

The Chinese government will invest 1.35 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) each year for the next three years in environmental protection, or...