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China touts renewable energy as its future, but new research shows that coal-driven air pollution is hurting the country's progress. Pollution has dimmed the sun to a point that it's affecting the ...
Air pollution takes toll on China's tourism She said her husband went to work in a mask, that he could barely see a few meters ahead of him and that his usual bus had stopped running.
The annual Air Quality Life Index report, produced by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago, praised China’s “staggering success in combating pollution.” Pollution levels ...
Last month, China finally ended its coronavirus lockdown. While air quality improved dramatically during The Quiet Time, new data shows it was short-lived. What’s more, air pollution is coming ...
As China seeks to control the spread of COVID-19, fewer cars and factories are running. In some places, skies are clearer. But the drop in air pollution and carbon emissions is likely temporary.
China’s first concrete measure to curb air pollution from its coal fleet—which produces about 73% of the nation’s power—came into force in January 2012.
"This air pollution problem is on the scale of eastern China," she said. "It's definitely not just a Beijing problem. It's a national problem and it needs a national solution." ...
advertisement 11-14-2014 IMPACT China’s Air Pollution Solution If China’s going to keep its end of our new climate bargain, it may want to ask us for some lessons in curbing pollution.