Suzhou will try to cut its average PM2.5 density by 20 percent in 2016 from the 2013 level by carrying out 441 emission-control projects and upgrading 1,802 coal-fired boilers.The city completed 323 emission-control projects and upgraded 1,730 coal boilers last year. Off......
The action plan aims to manage the production, sale, and use of scattered coal; clean up four kinds of emissions (coal combustion emissions, VOCs emissions, industrial and vehicle emissions); reduce three types of dust (construction, road, and burning dust). Financial or......
BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Environmental Protection received nearly 15,000 public tipoffs about pollution in 2015, with air pollution dominating the complaints, it said on Tuesday.All the complaints were lodged through the telephone hotline "12369" and......
(Beijing) – Chinese leaders looking for a new way to breathe easier plan to prohibit the use of high_sulfur coal for home heating among farmers and poor families in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Province region.Local officials in these neighboring jurisdictions, which togeth......
Beijing will award those who report environmental violations starting in April, authorities said Friday, as the capital tightens supervision amid worsening environmental woes. Whistleblowers will be awarded between 2,000 yuan (308.8 US dollars) and 50,000 yuan for provid......
BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhua) -- China breathed significantly cleaner air in February 2016 than February 2015, with the average number of days with clear air across the country up nearly 10 percent, the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) said on Thursday.The air qua......
Beijing is expected to be covered by smog for an entire week starting on Wednesday, the longest period of hazardous air pollution the city has encountered so far this year.China's National Meteorological Center said Tuesday that the smog will spread to North China and th......
Guangzhou is an important transportation hub situated at the heart of the Pearl River Delta, so emissions reduction is a big challenge. However, monitoring data showed that the air quality has steadily improved because of its great efforts in four areas: 1) reducing the ......
China will not pursue economic growth at the expense of the environment despite the slowing economy, Minister of Environmental Protection Chen Jining said at a news conference on Friday.The country will continue to restructure its economy away from heavily polluting comp......
BEIJING, March 11 (Xinhua) -- China's environmental protection minister Chen Jining said Friday that the country is promoting the clean use of coal to curb air pollution."China's air quality is mainly caused by our energy structure, coal consumption specifically," Chen s......
