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China Must Reduce Unbearable Smog, Government Adviser Says
2014-02-23 23:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Air pollution in China, the worlds biggest carbon emitter, has reached intolerable levels and the country should aggressively cut its reliance on coal, according to the governments climate-change adviser. Chinas pollution is at an unbearable stage, Li Junfeng, director general of the National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation, said at a conference in Beijing yesterday. Its like a smoker who needs to quit smoking at once otherwise he will risk getting lung...
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Beijing issues first orange pollution warning amid smog crisis
2014-02-22 11:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Beijing has issued a three-day emergency pollution alert, warning residents to keep outdoor activities to a minimum and ordering some industries to limit production. The Chinese capital issued its first ever orange alert the second most severe ranking out of four in a recently introduced pollution monitoring plan on Thursday. The move followed the detection of the particulate matter PM2.5 at a concentration of 237 micrograms per cubic metre nine times the levels recommended as being safe...
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Beijing Raises Pollution Alert as Smog Smothers Capital
2014-02-22 11:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Beijing raised its pollution alert a notch higher Friday, in a bid to improve air quality levels. The capital issued a rare "orange" alert, the second-highest level possible. The Chinese capital expects heavy smog to linger in the city for the next three days. Young children and the elderly have been asked to stay indoors. Beijing currently has a four-tier alert system, which uses blue, yellow, orange and red to indicate the levels of air pollution, according to Xinhua's earlier report. The...
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China state media criticizes government for lackluster smog efforts
2014-02-17 09:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Chinese government's failure to take emergency steps over the weekend to rein in pollution was "indefensible," state media said on Monday, in a rare show of defiance after several days of thick smog once again blanketed the capital, Beijing. The criticism will be a concern for the stability-obsessed government, which is keen to be seen as tough on pollution as affluent city dwellers weary of a growth-at-all-costs economic model that has tainted much of China's air, water and soil. "Their...
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China smog makes capital "barely suitable" for life: report
2014-02-13 01:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Severe pollution in Beijing has made the Chinese capital "barely suitable" for living, according to an official Chinese report, as the world's second-largest economy tries to reduce often hazardous levels of smog caused by decades of rapid growth. Pollution is a rising concern for China's stability-obsessed leaders, keen to douse potential unrest as affluent city dwellers turn against a growth-at-all-costs economic model that has tainted much of the country's air, water and soil. The report,...
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