“Mist cannons” are being used to fight smog but are they a distraction from tackling the root causes of polluted air? Asks Renske BuismanAs seasonal smog shrouds China’s cities, triggering red alerts in Beijing and across the northeast, local governments have been depl......
BEIJING - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Tuesday that it has approved a loan of $499.6 million for a green financing platform targeting the air pollution-heavy greater Beijing area.The platform -- the first of its kind for the region -- will mobilize domestic fina......
The Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) recently released the “Notice on implementing the complete emission compliance plan for industrial pollution sources” (hereinafter referred to as the “Notice”), requiring the 8 industries including iron and steel, power p......
During 2010-2015 the national average annual growth rate for cars was 15.9 percent and for other motor vehicles it was 6.5 percent. There are 279 million motor vehicles in China and emissions from these are considered a major source of PM2.5 pollution. However, environme......
In China the government takes responsibility for environmental pollution abatement and requires polluters to control and treat pollution discharge themselves. It can be technically and financially challenging for the individual polluter to install treatment and control e......
As part of “Pollution Management and Environmental Health Business Week” in Beijing, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau hosted a series of events with the support of the World Bank. At an international workshop on ai......
The Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau released their data on Substituting Clean Energy for Coal on November 30. The resulting statistics revealed that coal consumption was reduced by more than 2.5 million tons this year.In light of recent concerns over he......
China’s leaders must reform energy subsidies and level the playing field for high and low carbon sources, Peng Peng tells chinadialogueA look at the numbers in China’s new plan for energy, passed on November 17, shows that its leaders will continue to prioritise both lo......
China will strengthen efforts to improve environment quality and enhance environment governance during the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020), according to a plan issued by the State Council on Dec 5.Improving the environment is one of the major issues for the world’......
As heavy smog blanketed North China's Hebei Province on Sunday, with levels of PM2.5 higher than 500 micrograms per cubic meter in places, some areas in the province are still failing to reveal complete pollution data, despite a damning report in August that said this co......
