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Smog in Beijing Triggers New Warnings to Avoid Outdoors
2014-03-24 05:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Pollution in Beijing rose to nearly 10 times levels considered safe by the World Health Organization, triggering warnings to avoid outdoor activity. The concentration of PM2.5 -- the small particles that pose the greatest risk to human health -- hit 242 in the Chinese capital as of 3 p.m., a U.S. Embassy monitor said. The WHO recommends 24-hour exposure to PM2.5 levels of less than 25. High pollution levels prompted Premier Li Keqiang to say earlier this month the government would declare...
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Chinese insurer offers Beijing residents cover against smog
2014-03-18 12:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A state-owned Chinese insurer will offer residents of Beijing insurance cover against health risks caused by air pollution, promising to pay out 1,500 yuan ($240) to policy holders hospitalized by smog. The policy, available for 10-50 year olds, will also pay out 300 yuan ($48.56) when the city's official smog index exceeds 300 for five consecutive days, a level considered "hazardous", according to a notice posted on the People's Insurance Company of China (PICC) website (www.epicc.com.cn). Beijing's...
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Planting forests may ease Beijing pollution crisis
2014-03-18 12:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Planting an army of trees in the Chinese capital Beijing could help combat the citys severe air pollution crisis, but such a strategy should not be seen as an easy way out, a scientist has said. Writing for the Conversation, Jun Yang, an associate professor at Tsinghua University`s Centre for Earth System Science, says that Beijing has been affected as much as the next city by polluted air. The capital recently introduced a new pollution-monitoring plan in response to growing concern over...
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Nine Chinese Cities Outpaced Beijing in Air Pollution in 2013, Report Finds
2014-03-12 17:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: China's air pollution problems are more severe and widespread than previously thought, with nine cities experiencing more days of extreme air pollution than Beijing in 2013, according to a new analysis by Greenpeace's Energy Desk. Fine particulate (PM2.5) pollution plagued dozens of cities and millions of people in China most of them outside of Beijing, although the Chinese capital captured the most air pollution headlines last year. The city of Xingtai, southwest of the capital, fared worst, with...
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Taiwan warned of potential terrorist attack at Beijing Capital Airport
2014-03-11 01:00:00| Airport Technology
Taiwanese authorities received information on a potential terrorist attack at the Beijing Capital International Airport on 4 March, just days before the disappearance of the Beijing-bound Malaysian Airlines flight MH370.
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