MEP announced the theme for this year’s World Environment Day on Apr. 27 as “Lucid Waters and Lush Mountains are Invaluable Assets”, with an aim to mobilize all walks of life to firmly establish the awareness that “Lucid Waters and Lush Mountains are Invaluable Assets......
Clear strategy of the State Council will employ best minds, channel resourcesChina's State Council established a clear strategy for tackling air pollution and its causes by establishing a new body of procedures and processes that will include input from different ministr......
Non-road vehicles, mainly agricultural and construction equipment, are a key source of pollution in many countries and regions: In the United States, they account for almost three quarters of the fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and one quarter of the nitrogen oxides (NOX......
(Beijing) — The spring breeze in late March can barely clear the dusty air in the storage yards inside the Tianjin port area, as heavily laden trucks unload millions of tons of coal.The black mineral dug up in northern China has traveled 500 to 900 km in heavy-duty truck......
But as the government expands its emission control area, enforcement is expected to get harderChina is the world’s busiest shipping nation but all those ships entering its ports and plying its waters are contributing to the country’s air pollution.Every year, over 60% o......
Air pollution is often seen as a local problem requiring local and regional solutions. Karachi, London, Lagos, Mexico City and Paris are just a few of the world’s cities grappling with poor air quality. With city-dwellers increasingly being asked to ditch the car – espec......
The Ministry of Environmental Protection will revise around 900 standards during the 13th five-year-plan period. Adding to this, about 800 new standards will be developed, including 100 standards for pollutant emission control and 400 standards for environmental monitori......
BEIJING, April 14 (Xinhua) -- To curb air pollution, Hebei Province, Beijing and Tianjin will enforce a unified standard to reduce the use of coatings and adhesives in construction.According to the standard issued Thursday, the amount of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)......
(Beijing) — Beijing’s air became more toxic in the first three months of the year, and the numbers of days with heavy pollution went up compared with the same period last year amid an uptick in manufacturing activity.The Chinese capital and its neighbors — Tianjin and He......
Beijing, 11 April, 2017 - A new report on the co-benefits of wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) power in China by Greenpeace East Asia and partner organisations finds that by 2030, China’s wind and solar power generation could replace fossil energy sources by up to 300 mil......
