$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.
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.
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
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 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, c
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.
Beijing will implement strict controls and targets for airborne sulphur from coal, Xinhua said, citing the Beijing Municipal Administration of Quality and Technology Supervision.
Beijing's fine-particulate pollutant intensity is expected to drop to the internationally recognised safe level in 16 years, environmental authorities said.
