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China Issues Highest Pollution Alert As Dense Fog Reduces Visibility
Beijing said it would implement traffic control measures if the capital activates its highest air pollution warning.
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China To Extend Winter Anti-Smog Measures For Another Year
China will extend winter anti-smog measures such as production cuts and traffic restrictions for a third successive winter, the environment ministry said in a pollution battle plan for 2019 published on Wednesday.The Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) also vowed to speed up the elimination of small coal-fired heating boilers in major regions...
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Chinese Cities Issue "Orange" Smog Alert, State Radio
Second-level, or "orange", pollution alerts was issued in at least nine cities in China's industrial heartland of Hebei, Shandong, Henan and Shanxi in response to a wave of smog expected to blanket the region, state radio reported on Friday.
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China Turns to Science for Effective Treatments in War on Smog
China's industry ministry will adopt a more nuanced, "scientific" approach when it comes to curbing emissions from polluting firms, it said on Wednesday.
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China's War On Air Pollution At Risk Of Reaching A "Stalemate"
China's war on pollution is at risk of reaching a "stalemate", with poor weather conditions undermining the country's efforts to reduce smog, an environment ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
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China Makes Progress to Cut Smog But Damage To Health Already Done: Study
While China has made progress cutting smog, the damage to the health of millions of people may already have been done, especially as the population ages, the head of a U.S.-based research agency said.
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China "Winning" War On Smog, Helping Life Expectancy: Study
China appears to be "winning" its war on air pollution, making so much progress that life expectancy could rise by more than two years, according to a US university study.
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China Urges Regions To Take Responsibility After Yangtze Smog Surge
China's regional governments need to take more responsibility for local pollution and stop blaming others, a senior environmental official said on Tuesday, following increases in smog in the Yangtze and Pearl river delta regions in January.
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China Government Warns Northern Cities To Get Serious In War On Smog
The government of China has warned provincial officials to comply with stringent steps to clear the skies as some northern Chinese cities failed to improve air quality by much last month, hitting the smog-prone region's overall results in a drive against pollution.
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China's War On Pollution Means Little To A Chemical Park's Neighbours
Though China's Hebei province promised to close down companies that are poisoning the environment, villagers living in the shadows of the Guantao chemical park remain sceptical.
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As Toxic Air Shrouds Beijing Again, China Vows Fresh Smog Crackdown
China's smoggiest cities have pledged to ramp up the battle on pollution after air quality deteriorated in the first few months of this year, the China Daily reported on Monday, as smog blanketed the capital, Beijing, and the surrounding region.
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Smog-Hit Beijing Plans 'Green Necklace' To Block Pollution
Beijing and the surrounding province of Hebei will plant trees, establish green belts and make use of rivers and wetlands to create a "green necklace" to protect China's smog-hit capital from pollution, the Hebei government said on Thursday.
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1,300 Firms Punished In China For Violating Pollution Norms
Over 1,300 companies have been punished in China's Shanxi Province, which suffered the worst smog this winter, for violating anti-pollution regulations with a fine of USD 3.1 million collected from them.
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China's Poorest, Trying To Stay Warm, Add Greatly To Smog
An overloaded coal truck rumbles down from the steel factory and hits a bump, sending chunks of its black cargo skittering and click-clicking along the asphalt. Waiting by the roadside, a farmer swaddled in thick, cotton-padded winter clothing scrambles into onrushing traffic to pick up the pieces.
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Choked By Smog, Beijing Creates New Environmental Police
Officials in Beijing have announced a new environmental police squad to root out illegal burning, the latest government response to the widespread public anger over China's persistent problems with smog.
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China Issues Highest Pollution Alert As Dense Fog Reduces Visibility
Beijing said it would implement traffic control measures if the capital activates its highest air pollution warning.
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China To Extend Winter Anti-Smog Measures For Another Year
China will extend winter anti-smog measures such as production cuts and traffic restrictions for a third successive winter, the environment ministry said in a pollution battle plan for 2019 published on Wednesday.The Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) also vowed to speed up the elimination of small coal-fired heating boilers in major regions...
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Chinese Cities Issue "Orange" Smog Alert, State Radio
Second-level, or "orange", pollution alerts was issued in at least nine cities in China's industrial heartland of Hebei, Shandong, Henan and Shanxi in response to a wave of smog expected to blanket the region, state radio reported on Friday.
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China Turns to Science for Effective Treatments in War on Smog
China's industry ministry will adopt a more nuanced, "scientific" approach when it comes to curbing emissions from polluting firms, it said on Wednesday.
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China's War On Air Pollution At Risk Of Reaching A "Stalemate"
China's war on pollution is at risk of reaching a "stalemate", with poor weather conditions undermining the country's efforts to reduce smog, an environment ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
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China Makes Progress to Cut Smog But Damage To Health Already Done: Study
While China has made progress cutting smog, the damage to the health of millions of people may already have been done, especially as the population ages, the head of a U.S.-based research agency said.
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China "Winning" War On Smog, Helping Life Expectancy: Study
China appears to be "winning" its war on air pollution, making so much progress that life expectancy could rise by more than two years, according to a US university study.
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China Urges Regions To Take Responsibility After Yangtze Smog Surge
China's regional governments need to take more responsibility for local pollution and stop blaming others, a senior environmental official said on Tuesday, following increases in smog in the Yangtze and Pearl river delta regions in January.
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China Government Warns Northern Cities To Get Serious In War On Smog
The government of China has warned provincial officials to comply with stringent steps to clear the skies as some northern Chinese cities failed to improve air quality by much last month, hitting the smog-prone region's overall results in a drive against pollution.
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China's War On Pollution Means Little To A Chemical Park's Neighbours
Though China's Hebei province promised to close down companies that are poisoning the environment, villagers living in the shadows of the Guantao chemical park remain sceptical.
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As Toxic Air Shrouds Beijing Again, China Vows Fresh Smog Crackdown
China's smoggiest cities have pledged to ramp up the battle on pollution after air quality deteriorated in the first few months of this year, the China Daily reported on Monday, as smog blanketed the capital, Beijing, and the surrounding region.
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Smog-Hit Beijing Plans 'Green Necklace' To Block Pollution
Beijing and the surrounding province of Hebei will plant trees, establish green belts and make use of rivers and wetlands to create a "green necklace" to protect China's smog-hit capital from pollution, the Hebei government said on Thursday.
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1,300 Firms Punished In China For Violating Pollution Norms
Over 1,300 companies have been punished in China's Shanxi Province, which suffered the worst smog this winter, for violating anti-pollution regulations with a fine of USD 3.1 million collected from them.
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China's Poorest, Trying To Stay Warm, Add Greatly To Smog
An overloaded coal truck rumbles down from the steel factory and hits a bump, sending chunks of its black cargo skittering and click-clicking along the asphalt. Waiting by the roadside, a farmer swaddled in thick, cotton-padded winter clothing scrambles into onrushing traffic to pick up the pieces.
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Choked By Smog, Beijing Creates New Environmental Police
Officials in Beijing have announced a new environmental police squad to root out illegal burning, the latest government response to the widespread public anger over China's persistent problems with smog.
