Pollution In China
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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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Man Dropped Out Of School, Taught Himself Law To Take On China's Largest Chemical Firm
Wang Enlin, an elderly farmer who left school when he was 10 years old and taught himself law armed with a single textbook and dictionary, makes for an unlikely eco-warrior.
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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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Schools In China Begin Installing Anti-Smog Domes
Several schools in northern China are installing huge domes where children can play and exercise during recess to protect them from the smog outside, officials reported on Friday.
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Beijing City Issues First Air Pollution Alert
Beijing city today issued its first yellow alert for air pollution in the second half of this year with Met department forecasting that smog will continue to engulf the Chinese capital till tomorrow.
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China Deploys Electric Sanitation Vehicles To Curb Pollution
China's capital Beijing has deployed electric sanitation vehicles replacing the gas driven ones to cut down emissions levels in the city which has been battling heavy pollution.
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Air Pollution In China Abates, But Winter A Problem: Greenpeace
Air pollution levels fell in most cities in China last year, environmental group Greenpeace said on Wednesday, but a humid and windless winter shrouded swaths of the country in choking smog, slowing improvement in the second half.
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More Than Money: Employees In China Demand Cleaner Office Air
It's not only about salaries, promotions and career prospects - many companies in China have found they need to offer cleaner air within their offices to lure and retain staff.
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Smog to Blanket China; Schools to Suspend Outdoor Activities
Heavy smog today returned to blanket China partially as it is expected to cause high-level air pollution in coming days, forcing schools to suspend outdoor activities.
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Heavy Air Pollution in 80 Per cent of Chinese Cities: Greenpeace
Pollution in nearly 80 percent of Chinese cities surveyed by Greenpeace "greatly exceeded" national standards over the first nine months of this year, the advocacy group said today.
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Cleaner Air Could Save 1.4 Million Lives in India, China: Study
Improving air quality could prevent up to 1.4 million premature deaths per year in polluted countries such as China and India, a new study has found.
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China Will Take 6 Million Vehicles Off Roads to Ease Pollution
Smog-hit China plans to remove 6 million vehicles that do not meet emission standards off the roads this year, in a bid to reduce air pollution in the world's largest auto market.
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In China, jar of French mountain air fetches $860
Beijing artist Liang Kegang returned from a business trip in southern France with well-rested lungs and a small item of protest against his home city's choking pollution: a glass jar of clean, Provence air.
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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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Man Dropped Out Of School, Taught Himself Law To Take On China's Largest Chemical Firm
Wang Enlin, an elderly farmer who left school when he was 10 years old and taught himself law armed with a single textbook and dictionary, makes for an unlikely eco-warrior.
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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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Schools In China Begin Installing Anti-Smog Domes
Several schools in northern China are installing huge domes where children can play and exercise during recess to protect them from the smog outside, officials reported on Friday.
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Beijing City Issues First Air Pollution Alert
Beijing city today issued its first yellow alert for air pollution in the second half of this year with Met department forecasting that smog will continue to engulf the Chinese capital till tomorrow.
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China Deploys Electric Sanitation Vehicles To Curb Pollution
China's capital Beijing has deployed electric sanitation vehicles replacing the gas driven ones to cut down emissions levels in the city which has been battling heavy pollution.
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Air Pollution In China Abates, But Winter A Problem: Greenpeace
Air pollution levels fell in most cities in China last year, environmental group Greenpeace said on Wednesday, but a humid and windless winter shrouded swaths of the country in choking smog, slowing improvement in the second half.
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More Than Money: Employees In China Demand Cleaner Office Air
It's not only about salaries, promotions and career prospects - many companies in China have found they need to offer cleaner air within their offices to lure and retain staff.
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Smog to Blanket China; Schools to Suspend Outdoor Activities
Heavy smog today returned to blanket China partially as it is expected to cause high-level air pollution in coming days, forcing schools to suspend outdoor activities.
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Heavy Air Pollution in 80 Per cent of Chinese Cities: Greenpeace
Pollution in nearly 80 percent of Chinese cities surveyed by Greenpeace "greatly exceeded" national standards over the first nine months of this year, the advocacy group said today.
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Cleaner Air Could Save 1.4 Million Lives in India, China: Study
Improving air quality could prevent up to 1.4 million premature deaths per year in polluted countries such as China and India, a new study has found.
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China Will Take 6 Million Vehicles Off Roads to Ease Pollution
Smog-hit China plans to remove 6 million vehicles that do not meet emission standards off the roads this year, in a bid to reduce air pollution in the world's largest auto market.
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In China, jar of French mountain air fetches $860
Beijing artist Liang Kegang returned from a business trip in southern France with well-rested lungs and a small item of protest against his home city's choking pollution: a glass jar of clean, Provence air.
