(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......
China is quickening the pace of putting together its compulsory environmental pollution liability insurance implementation plan－and joint regulation and product designs could be key issues, experts said on Monday.The China Insurance Regulatory Commission and the Ministry......
Editor's note: With the environment being one of most important issues on the agenda at the ongoing annual sessions of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee, the country's to......
Chinese scientists have discovered that smog can indirectly reduce water pollution.Chen Fahu, research director of Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems at Lanzhou University, discovered that a high level of man-made aerosol - a colloid of particles or ......
China's top environmental official called for patience with the cleaning up of air pollution in the country, but vowed to solve the problem faster than the time taken by the developed countries."The campaign against air pollution cannot be accomplished in a short period ......
Eighteen inspection teams tasked with the thematic inspection on air quality in the first quarter of the year continued with the field inspections on the air quality of 18 cities in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area and surrounding area between Feb. 21 and 22. The inspection te......
