According to China’s Meteorological Administration, 2015 was the warmest year since 1961. The national average temperature was 10.5℃−about 1℃ higher than usual. Annual average concentrations of three key greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, N2O) were also slightly higher in Chi......
BEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- China's air quality improved in 2015, despite the frequent winter smog covering the country's north and east, Minister of Environmental Protection Chen Jining said on Monday.The average PM2.5 density in 74 major cities dropped 14.1 percent fr......
The Ministry of Environmental Protection quietly began publishing air quality forecasts for three key regions (Jing-Jin-Ji, Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta), all provinces (including autonomous districts and municipalities), and 36 cities. The 24- and 48-hour fore......
(Beijing) – The government of the capital is considering taking half of the city's private cars off the road for the rest of the winter in a bid to end the severe bouts of smog that have recently plagued the city, several people close to the matter say.The city's Communi......
On January 4th, the Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau published the 2015 Beijing Air Quality Report, which found the annual average PM2.5 concentration had dropped by 6.2 percent compared to the previous year, but is still 2.3 times the national standard.......
A 40 percent drop in PM2.5 by 2020 from the average level in 2013 has been targeted for the heavily polluted Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei cluster.The reduction in airborne particulate matter that has a diameter of less than 2.5 microns－and can penetrate the lungs－has been set ......
China’s new Air Pollution Prevention and Control Law—also called the New Air Law—will come into full effect starting January 1. The Law was revised and passed by the National People’s Congress in the summer, and is the powerful document to address air quality in 15 year......
In the 4day Red Alert for air pollution, the Beijing government implemented air quality management measures such as restricted traffic based on even and odd license plate numbers, suspended construction, and temporarily closed classes in middle and primary schools. Howev......
Despite a commitment by China’s government that it will cut the amount of coal in the country’s generation mix, state-owned utilities continue to build new power stations using the fossil fuel blamed most for climate change, encouraged by incentives built into the count......
International Workshop on Emission Permits was held on December 4-5 in Beijing, hosted by Department of Pollution Emission Control of the Ministry of Environment Protection (MEP), organized by Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning, and jointly supported by Environme......
