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Beijing Set To Exit List Of World's Top 200 Most-Polluted Cities: Report
China's capital of Beijing is on track to drop out from the list of the world's top 200 most-polluted cities this year, with hazardous smog concentrations falling to their lowest on record in August, data compiled by IQAir AirVisual showed on Thursday.
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Beijing Takes 180,000 Polluting Cars Off The Road In Four Months
In January and February, average PM2.5 readings reached 95 micrograms per cubic metre in Beijing. The World Health Organization recommends concentrations of just 10 micrograms.
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Beijing Enjoys Brief Respite, But Smog Returning On Tuesday
Heavy smog that blanketed parts of China at the weekend cleared somewhat on Monday, with flights in Beijing back to normal, but it was likely only to be a brief respite with more choking smog expected to return to the wintry north within 24 hours.
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Heavy Pollution Dampens New Year Celebrations In Beijing
Beijing saw one of its worst ever New Year days today as heavy pollution engulfed China's capital with concentration of hazardous particles 20 times higher than acceptable levels, casting a smoggy pall of gloom on the festive spirit.
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China Warns Northern Provinces To Prepare For More Heavy Smog
China's environment ministry has warned northern regions to be ready to take emergency action as the country prepares for another onslaught of heavy smog.
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Blue Skies Return To Beijing As Wind Clears Dangerous Pollution
Blue skies returned to Beijing on Thursday after overnight winds blew away the dangerously high levels of pollution that had blanketed the Chinese capital for five days prompting a pollution red alert.
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Under Pollution Alert, Beijing Orders 1,200 Factories to Shut
Beijing's city government has ordered 1,200 factories near the Chinese capital, including an oil refinery run by state oil major Sinopec and a Cofco food plant, to either shut or cut output following its highest possible air pollution warning.
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China On Higher Alert For Pollution As Smog Worsens
China's meteorological authority today upgraded its smog alert from yellow to orange, the second most serious level, after air pollution worsened in many parts of the country, including capital Beijing.
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China Presses In 'Mist Canon' To Fight Pollution
As smog continues blanket capital Beijing and several cities in China, engineers pressed in pollution-fighting artillery called "mist canon" which sprays moist water to dilute the haze.
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China To Adopt World's Strictest Vehicle Emission Standards
Chinese capital Beijing will implement the world's new strictest vehicle emission standards by next year to reduce hazardous hydrocarbon emissions by five per cent, authorities said today.
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Beijing Says Pollution Lessened In 2015 Despite Smog Alerts
Environmental authorities in Beijing say air quality improved in 2015, a year in which they issued the city's first two red smog alerts and showed a greater willingness to disrupt industry and ordinary people in search of cleaner air.
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Beijing Shivers As Natural Gas Import Delay Turns Down Heat
Beijing ordered offices to cut heating to as low as 14 degrees Celsius (57 Fahrenheit) in response to a natural-gas shortage that resulted from import delays by PetroChina Co.
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Beijing Shuts 326 Polluting Enterprises
China's capital city of Beijing has closed down 326 polluting enterprises so far this year, a media report said today.
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Beijing On Pollution 'Red Alert', But Smog Not As Severe As Forecast
China's capital Beijing was bracing for four days of choking smog starting Saturday, but residents said the haze was less severe than forecast, with some questioning why the government had issued its highest air pollution alert.
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Surveillance Secret Weapon In China Pollution Struggle
In the future, China will shut down a factory before it even pollutes -- or so it hopes, as it deploys big data in the fight against bad air.
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Beijing Set To Exit List Of World's Top 200 Most-Polluted Cities: Report
China's capital of Beijing is on track to drop out from the list of the world's top 200 most-polluted cities this year, with hazardous smog concentrations falling to their lowest on record in August, data compiled by IQAir AirVisual showed on Thursday.
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Beijing Takes 180,000 Polluting Cars Off The Road In Four Months
In January and February, average PM2.5 readings reached 95 micrograms per cubic metre in Beijing. The World Health Organization recommends concentrations of just 10 micrograms.
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Beijing Enjoys Brief Respite, But Smog Returning On Tuesday
Heavy smog that blanketed parts of China at the weekend cleared somewhat on Monday, with flights in Beijing back to normal, but it was likely only to be a brief respite with more choking smog expected to return to the wintry north within 24 hours.
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Heavy Pollution Dampens New Year Celebrations In Beijing
Beijing saw one of its worst ever New Year days today as heavy pollution engulfed China's capital with concentration of hazardous particles 20 times higher than acceptable levels, casting a smoggy pall of gloom on the festive spirit.
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China Warns Northern Provinces To Prepare For More Heavy Smog
China's environment ministry has warned northern regions to be ready to take emergency action as the country prepares for another onslaught of heavy smog.
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Blue Skies Return To Beijing As Wind Clears Dangerous Pollution
Blue skies returned to Beijing on Thursday after overnight winds blew away the dangerously high levels of pollution that had blanketed the Chinese capital for five days prompting a pollution red alert.
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Under Pollution Alert, Beijing Orders 1,200 Factories to Shut
Beijing's city government has ordered 1,200 factories near the Chinese capital, including an oil refinery run by state oil major Sinopec and a Cofco food plant, to either shut or cut output following its highest possible air pollution warning.
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China On Higher Alert For Pollution As Smog Worsens
China's meteorological authority today upgraded its smog alert from yellow to orange, the second most serious level, after air pollution worsened in many parts of the country, including capital Beijing.
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China Presses In 'Mist Canon' To Fight Pollution
As smog continues blanket capital Beijing and several cities in China, engineers pressed in pollution-fighting artillery called "mist canon" which sprays moist water to dilute the haze.
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China To Adopt World's Strictest Vehicle Emission Standards
Chinese capital Beijing will implement the world's new strictest vehicle emission standards by next year to reduce hazardous hydrocarbon emissions by five per cent, authorities said today.
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Beijing Says Pollution Lessened In 2015 Despite Smog Alerts
Environmental authorities in Beijing say air quality improved in 2015, a year in which they issued the city's first two red smog alerts and showed a greater willingness to disrupt industry and ordinary people in search of cleaner air.
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Beijing Shivers As Natural Gas Import Delay Turns Down Heat
Beijing ordered offices to cut heating to as low as 14 degrees Celsius (57 Fahrenheit) in response to a natural-gas shortage that resulted from import delays by PetroChina Co.
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Beijing Shuts 326 Polluting Enterprises
China's capital city of Beijing has closed down 326 polluting enterprises so far this year, a media report said today.
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Beijing On Pollution 'Red Alert', But Smog Not As Severe As Forecast
China's capital Beijing was bracing for four days of choking smog starting Saturday, but residents said the haze was less severe than forecast, with some questioning why the government had issued its highest air pollution alert.
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Surveillance Secret Weapon In China Pollution Struggle
In the future, China will shut down a factory before it even pollutes -- or so it hopes, as it deploys big data in the fight against bad air.
