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......
Central government inspectors blitzed local authorities last year, promoting greater transparency and solving long-standing problems. Zheng Jinran reports from Beijing, with Tian Xuefei in Harbin and Li Yingqing in Kunming.The New Year saw northern China shrouded in a cl......
BEIJING, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- China's environment minister said he "felt guilty" and "wanted to reproach himself" as widespread air pollution has harassed people's lives, an official statement said Saturday.Chen Jining, minister of environmental protection, made the remark......
By Shan JuanAs China wages a long-term war against air pollution, the government is being urged to seriously study how air pollution, and smog in particular, impacts human health over the long term and deliver targeted interventions as soon as possible.Real-time air moni......
Such is the speed of China’s energy transition that it’s hard for plans to keep up.The country’s new five-year plan for the energy sector, released yesterday, set targets that would have been celebrated as groundbreaking just a couple of years ago, but now seem positiv......
China unveiled its 13th Five-Year-Plan on energy development with the most far-reaching aims yet, writes Ma TianijeChina’s 13th Five-Year-Plan on Energy Development (Energy 13FYP) might be one of the most anticipated energy blueprints in the world for its far-reaching im......
