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......
Recent spells of severe smog engulfing northeastern and northern regions of China contributed to November's alarming rise in pollution levels, according to the nation's top environmental watchdog.Beijing saw its readings of PM2.5－hazardous particulate matter smaller than......
BEIJING (AP) — China's push for a global climate pact was due in part to its own increasingly pressing need to solve serious environmental problems, observers said Sunday.China, the world's biggest source of climate-changing gases, was blamed for obstructing the last hig......
The National Development and Reform Committee, Ministry of Environmental Protection, and National Energy Administration released a notice on Supporting Policy for Coal-fired Power Plants with Ultra Low Emission on December 9th, announcing subsidies for coal-fired plants ......
Winter has come, and for China’s three north-eastern provinces, so has a blanket of smog. The region has leapfrogged the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area to become the most polluted in China during 2015. Levels of PM2.5 in Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning, hit a daily average......
BEIJING, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- For the first time in history, Beijing issued a red alert for air pollution earlier this week to limit car use and industrial activities until the smog dispersed. It helped cut pollutants substantially, said experts, as a new round of smog is......
