Celebrating the constant blue skies this winter, Beijing will move forward with a new phase of its environmental campaign of mixed controls on air pollution, focusing on vehicles with high exhaust levels, the acting mayor said on Wednesday.Beijing will make every effort ......
Beijing residents experienced a December unlike any in recent memory, with the air quality as good as in southern coastal regions like tropical Hainan island. The clean air placed the capital for the first time among the 10 best cities for air quality, the top environmen......
The Ministry of Environmental Protection on Thursday released air quality rankings of 72 major cities across the country in Dec, 2017.Xiamen and Fuzhou, two cities in Southeast China's Fujian province, took two of the top 10 slots on the list, ranking 4th and 5th respect......
BEIJING -- China saw major air pollutants plummet in 2017 thanks to a string of measures taken by the government to improve air quality, according to an environmental authority statement Thursday.The average density of PM2.5 in 338 cities nationwide monitored by the Mini......
MEP printed out the Administrative Measures for Pollutant Emission Permitting (on trial) (hereinafter referred to as the Administrative Measures), which stipulates the procedures for the examination and issuance of pollutant emission permits, and specifies the legal liab......
What are the key challenges for environmental governance in the year ahead and what actions should China take?Few expected that in 2017 China would become the new leadership hope for climate change action and defender of globalisation. So what might 2018 bring? To get an......
Sanchi, the Panama-registered oil tanker that set fire after colliding with a Hong Kong freighter on January 6, sank at about 5pm on Sunday, according to a report by China Science Daily. CCTV reported that flames at the location where the vessel sank went out the followi......
China will levy tax on businesses and public institutions that discharge pollutants from April onward, based on the country's Environmental Protection Tax Law, which came into effect on Jan 1.The law, which relates to air, water, solid waste and noise pollution, encourag......
Ministry calls for tighter controls as unfavorable weather loomsBeijing and surrounding areas have been mostly blessed with blue skies this winter, after massive reductions in air pollutants. But that may change this month as the wind dies down, according to forecasts.Th......
Hebei Province, which neighbors Beijing and is known for severe winter smog, has recorded its best air quality since pollution control measures were implemented five years ago, local authorities said Friday.Hebei's average PM2.5 level in 2017 was 65 micrograms per cubic ......
