BEIJING, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Pollution was "top enemy" among provincial lawmakers and political advisors at the ongoing plenary meetings across China as various local governments have vowed to tackle the issue.In Beijing, 18.2 billion yuan (2.6 billion U.S. dollars) will......
Vice Mayor Liang Luoye points to the crystal blue lake and green saplings growing alongside and describes the controversy that was raging three years ago over the future of this newly developed Ecological Park. The area had been excavated since 1956 as an open pit mine, ......
China is planning to reduce coal capacity by closing idle mines and giving markets a greater role, says Xu ZhaoyuanXu Zhaoyuan is a senior figure at the industrial economy department in China's State Council Development Research Centre, an agency responsible for policy r......
In his address to the World Economic Forum today, Chinese President Xi showed China’s willingness to step into a growing global leadership role, including on climate change. Xi called for all countries to hold fast to the hard-won Paris Agreement, saying “walking away”......
The Chinese government is taking dramatic steps in order to comply with the coal capacity target laid out in its latest Five Year Plan.The National Energy Administration has announced that 104 planned and under-construction coal power projects – with a total capacity of ......
ZHENGZHOU, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- People in central China's Henan Province are likely to miss out on the fun of ushering in Chinese New Year with a bang -- the noise of exploding firecrackers. The benefit? Cleaner air.The province, like many others in northern China, fell v......
The central environmental authority and Shanxi provincial government have sent experts to uncover the reasons and provide solutions for reducing the alarmingly high concentration of sulfur dioxide in Linfen, Shanxi province, which has engulfed the northern city for days ......
In 2016 the annual average PM2.5 concentration in Shanghai was 45 µg/m3. It has decreased 27.4 percent since 2013 and 15.1 percent since 2015. This means that Shanghai met its PM2.5 target one year earlier than expected. Meanwhile SO2, particulate matter, and NO2 concent......
Beijing plans special action, investigations, and workshops to improve air quality this year, specific objectives for which will be developed. Committee members submitted proposals regarding air quality management during the meeting. These included applying more clean en......
By Tina Hilding, Voiland College of Engineering & ArchitectureKatie ZhongPULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University researchers have developed a soy-based air filter that can capture toxic chemicals, such as carbon monoxide and formaldehyde, that current air filters ca......
