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Beijing's mayor urges "all-out effort" to curb air pollution
2014-01-27 10:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: (Reuters) - Beijing's mayor pledged on Thursday to cut coal use by 2.6 million tonnes and set aside 15 billion yuan ($2.4 billion) to improve air quality this year as part of the city's "all-out effort" to tackle air pollution, state news agency Xinhua said. The announcement by Wang Anshun came as the capital was blanketed in its worst smog in months. An index measuring PM2.5 particles, especially bad for health, reached 500 in much of the capital in the early hours. The U.S. Environmental Protection...
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Axalta Coats Beijings Iconic Blue Cat Subway Line
2013-12-16 06:00:00| Coatings World Breaking News
Can Drastic New Anti-Pollution Rules Help Clean Up Beijings Air?
2013-09-05 22:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Atlantic Cities: The air quality in Beijing has grown so bad that it's begun to produce its own catch-22s. All that smog is starting to keep tourists away, but tourism is just the kind of less energy-intensive industry that China needs to develop. The city is hoping to ramp up its public bike-share system, in an effort to shift a majority of trips through the city center onto public transportation. But who would want to ride a bike in this atmosphere? At least one perverse consequence could be helping. The pollution...
Beijing's Cola-Bow Turns 17,000 Plastic Coke Bottles Into a Curvaceous Shelter
2013-08-30 08:44:49| Beverages - Topix.net
A public art installation recently popped up in Beijing, turning a lot of trash into shelter.
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Beijing's 'Water Army' Swamps Social Media
2013-07-26 02:00:42| TechNewsWorld
Long known for its out-and-out censorship, Beijing now appears to be filling Chinese social media with pro-government messages. The new tack was on full display after the Thursday indictment of fallen Communist Party member Bo Xilai, who was busted for corruption and abuse of power in 2012. While China's social media censors were surely working overtime, so, too, were its copywriters.