This report shows how air quality in the People's Republic of China's fast-growing Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei industrial hub has deteriorated and presents an integrated, cost-effective model to reduce carbon emissions and other pollutants. Analyzing the costs and benefits of different scenarios, it sets out a modeling framework and shows how adapting policies …
Delhi may draw favourable comparisons with Beijing with every smog attack, but the Chinese capital has beaten Delhi in addressing air pollution, a Greenpeace analysis released on Saturday said. While Delhi's total number of "bad air" days in 2014 have far outnumbered Beijing's, the latter has put in place a …
This report studies Beijing’s existing parking policies and systems and studies several parking locations, residential, commercial, office and mixed use areas, both on-street and off-street, documenting existing parking practices in Beijing. An analysis of problems identifies the main parking issues and Chinese and international best practices described. Recommendations are given …
Nearly 90% of China's big cities failed to meet air quality standards in 2014, but that was still an improvement on 2013 as the country's "war on pollution" began to take effect, the environment ministry said on Monday. The Ministry of Environmental Protection said on its website (www.mep.gov.cn) that only …
Pollution levels soared in Beijing on Thursday to readings more than 20 times WHO recommended limits, as an annual bout of intense smog returned to haunt the Chinese capital despite government vows to address the plague. Levels of PM2.5 particulates, the smallest and most dangerous, with a diameter small enough …
For parents who live in the nine million-strong industrial city of Zhengzhou in China's central Henan province, dropping the children off at school is no longer a chore. Starting this year, the Zhengzhou Yuntong bus company-one of the main suppliers of school buses-launched a project that cities across China are …
Ever wondered how poor is the air we are breathing? A comparison of cities across the globe reveals the capital's dismal condition. Around 4pm (IST) on Tuesday, Delhi's Anand Vihar had an air quality index (AQI) of 399 which falls in the hazardous category. At the same time, Beijing recorded …
Hyderabad: Particulate matter pollution has risen almost three times faster than previously expected in Hyderabad. Though faring better than cities like Delhi, where particulate matter pollution has risen by an astronomical four times, the rise in the city is still among the highest in the world. The average annual concentrations …
Smoke rises from chimneys and facilities of steel plants on a hazy day in Benxi, Liaoning province November 3, 2013. Chinese steel mills, among the biggest in the world, are altering their production schedules to offset disruption from forced plant closures aimed at curbing choking air pollution during a summit …
In this study the researchers developed improved global exposure estimates of ambient PM2.5 mass and trend using PM2.5 concentrations inferred from multiple satellites.
Runners wear face masks to project against “hazardous” levels of air pollution during Beijing marathon. Athletes donning face masks, running though clouds of smog became the latest image of China’s air pollution crisis as thousands took part in the Beijing marathon amid “hazardous” levels of smog. Around 30,000 runners were …
As air pollution levels soared once again in Beijing and other parts of northern China last week to lung-choking levels, some residents vented their frustration through humour. On social media outlets some Beijing residents made jokes about the lack of visibility as a thick layer of smog blanketed the city. …
$1.6b allocated to tackle problem in 3 of country's main industrial areas. The heavy smog in Beijing last week has once again focused attention on the city's air pollution. In May, the central government allocated 10 billion yuan ($1.6 billion) to three major industrial zones to curb air pollution in …
Investigation of the chemical nature and sources of particulate matter at urban locations in four Chinese cities during a severe haze pollution event finds that the event was driven to a large extent by secondary aerosol formation.
Air pollution across 74 major Chinese cities worsened in July compared to last year, according to government data released on Tuesday, showing that the government is having trouble shaking its smog problem. The 74 cities struggled with pollution on 26.9 percent of the days in July, up from 19.5% a …
BEIJING: China's smog-plagued capital has announced plans to ban the use of coal by the end of 2020 as the country fights deadly levels of pollution, especially in major cities. Beijing's municipal environmental protection bureau posted the plan on its website yesterday, saying the city would instead prioritize electricity and …
Beijing has closed the first of four large coal-fired power plants set to be de-commissioned as part of the city's efforts to cut air pollution, official news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday, citing the local planning agency. Xinhua said the authorities had shut down the Gaojing Thermal Power Plant's six …
Beijing will implement strict controls and targets for airborne sulphur from coal, Xinhua said, citing the Beijing Municipal Administration of Quality and Technology Supervision. This is the first time China has enforced the use of low-sulphur coal across all industries to tackle pollution. Air quality in cities is of increasing …
Beijing's average PM2.5 index of 91.6 micrograms per cubic meter in first half of 2014 represents an 11.2 percent year-on-year decrease, according to a city report. The level of PM2.5, airborne particles smaller than 2.5 microns in diameter that contribute to Beijing's notorious smog, is still far above the national …
Babcock & Wilcox Co., a U.S. energy-equipment manufacturer, has found itself again in the cross hairs of Beijing’s environmental protection bureau. Although Babcock was just one of 114 companies cited in June for violating Beijing’s air-pollution laws, the bureau appears to be singling out the company as one of its …
Beijing's fine-particulate pollutant intensity is expected to drop to the internationally recognised safe level in 16 years, environmental authorities said. Pan Tao, head of the Beijing Municipal Research Institute of Environmental Protection, said the concentration of 2.5 particulate matter with a diameter of 2.5 micrograms or less per cubic metre …
