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London, L.A., Beijing, Delhi, Nairobi Is Smog an Inevitable Urban Growing Pain?
2015-02-15 15:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Gardiner Harris has a detailed story in The Times on what could be seen as New Delhis race to outdo Beijing in the deadly flows of air pollution from its traffic, industries, garbage dumps and kitchens. The soupy air is, on closer look, deadlier than that in Chinas cities, he reports: Delhis air is the worlds most toxic in part because of high concentrations of PM2.5, particulate matter less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter that is believed to pose the greatest health risk because it penetrates...
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Beijing smog makes city unliveable, says mayor
2015-01-28 17:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Beijings mayor, Wang Anshun, has called the city unliveable because of its noxious smog, according to state media. To establish a first-tier, international, liveable and harmonious city, it is very important to establish a system of standards, and Beijing is currently doing this, he said last Friday, according to the China Youth Daily newspaper. At the present time, however, Beijing is not a liveable city. Anshuns speech came days before the market research company Euromonitor International...
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Beijing's smog is toxic for China's politicians
2015-01-20 15:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The smog is back and the threat of another airpocalypse hangs heavy over Beijing. Late last week, PM2.5 readings hit 550 micrograms per cubic meter, more than 20 times higher than the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended limit of 25g/m. Theres no mystery to the cause of this soupy, polluted, metallic-tasting concoction that makes up the capitals air: fossil fuel combustion. Three decades of industrialisation have brought a prosperity to China that those living under Mao would have...
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Airpocalypse Now: Beijing Toxic Smog Measures Beyond Index Levels
2015-01-16 21:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Desk: Again. No matter what desperate steps the Chinese government takes--banning coal burning plants within the city limits, shuttering more than 300 factories, wiping out old vehicles and boilers, forcing heavy trucking to go nocturnal--this just keeps happening: Beijing`s smog has yet again soared off the charts. On Thursday local time, Beijing measured "beyond index" levels of the dangerous airborne particulate matter known as PM2.5--considered hazardous to human health because the tiny particles...
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Beijing Smog Hits Hazardous Levels
2015-01-16 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Pollution has soared to hazardous levels in Beijing, reaching 20 times the limit recommended by the World Health Organisation. Since Saturday visibility has been low and many people were seen wearing masks. Experts say car emissions and construction in cities are to blame. Parts of China experience heavy smog periodically. After an intense bout in Beijing last year in January, the government pledged to improve air quality. Last year Beijing experienced a smog crisis which continued for...
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