Topic: Beijing
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will introduce stricter air pollution standards from next year to monitor tiny floating pollution particles in Beijing and other big cities but may not start releasing the results to the public until 2016, state media said on Thursday.Swathes ...
China on Tuesday ordered local governments to reduce emissions of "major pollutants" by as much as 10 percent by 2015, amid growing public anxiety over the country's bad air.Authorities will also start to monitor the smallest and most dangerous airborne pollution, known ...
BEIJING (Reuters) - China promised Tuesday to contain heavy metal pollution but admitted it faces a challenge with inadequate environment protection resources in a rapidly growing economy.China wants to cut its heavy metal pollution by 15 percent of 2007 levels by 2015, ...
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's air pollution standards are too lax, a senior environment official said in comments published on Friday, the highest level comment following complaints that authorities are understating the extent of smog that often envelops Beijing.The level of air pollution ...
Several Chinese celebrities have joined an online campaign aimed at pressuring the government into improving the way it measures air pollution, as residents increasingly worry about their health.The campaign comes as locals in Beijing -- one of the world's most polluted cities ...
Environmental authorities in Beijing have accused the US embassy of "hype" after its widely-publicised measurements of air quality in the Chinese capital sparked concern, state media said Friday.The embassy's readings, published on Twitter, often clash with official data. On Sunday, it rated ...
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese environmental groups accused Apple Inc of turning a blind eye as its suppliers pollute the country, the latest criticism of the technology company's environmental record.Toxic discharges from "suspected Apple suppliers" have been encroaching on local communities and environments, ...
BEIJING (Reuters) - More than half of China's cities are affected by acid rain and one-sixth of major rivers are so polluted the water is unfit even for farmland, a senior official said on Friday in a bleak assessment of the environmental ...
The Ministry of Environmental Protection said in a statement that 17 key industries must install filters on all emission-producing equipment by June 2011.However, the 10 percent target is not an outright cut in dioxin emissions, but instead a reduction in intensity -- ...
When most people think about the Olympic Games, they envision blazing torches, gold medals, and triumphant athletes. The first analysis of this "experiment" concludes that China's efforts produced only a slight improvement in Beijing's air quality.. From 20 July to 20 September ...
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