China is exploring how publicly available environmental data can be used to boost green finance, writes Guo PeiyuanThe enormous potential of publicly available environmental data (PAED) is being taken more seriously by policymakers worldwide. The role that this informati......
Areas around Beijing would see cleaner air by the end of this yearChina unveiled an environmental plan on Wednesday to curb air pollution in its northern region, which constantly suffers smog in the winter.Twenty-eight cities in and around the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei regio......
The Ministry of Environmental Protection, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Finance, and National Energy Administration together with local governments announced the plan to improve regional environmental air quality, reduce heavy pollution, and int......
BEIJING, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Beijing plans to meet the national air quality standard by 2030, according to a blueprint for the city's overall planning (2016-2030).The blueprint was submitted to the standing committee of the municipal people's congress for deliberation o......
The national system, which builds on carbon trading pilots in Beijing, Shanghai, and five other municipalities and provinces, is expected to launch in July. The first phase of the national market will cover key industries such as power, iron and steel, and paper mills. T......
(Beijing) — Health issues linked to incinerating unsorted garbage in Beijing could end up costing the city nearly 28 billion yuan ($4.1 billion) in medical insurance claims by 2020, a team of researchers at Renmin University of China in Beijing found.If current incinerat......
ZHENGZHOU, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Polluters in central China's Henan Province may find illegal emissions impossible as there will be eyes almost everywhere.The province will have inspectors stationed at plants and install cameras to fight air pollution, provincial pollutio......
Beijing is aiming to eliminate the use of coal in six urban districts and 700 rural villages by the end of this year, officials said.Instead, residents are encouraged to use electricity and alternative clean energy amid the capital's efforts to cut emissions and fight sm......
A new fund will be set up to pool the knowledge of the country's top scientists to discover the "unique" cause of smog that frequently blankets northern China in winter, Premier Li Keqiang announced Wednesday."Blue skies will not be, and should not be, a luxury," he said......
China's severe winter air pollution problems may be worsened by changes in atmospheric circulation prompted by Arctic sea ice loss and increased Eurasian snowfall -- both caused by global climate change.Modeling and data analysis done by researchers at the Georgia Instit......
