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China to close schools, stop outdoor activities during heavy smog
2013-11-06 12:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Chinese cities should close schools, cut working hours and stop outdoor activities during the most severe spells of air pollution, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said on Wednesday. "Every possible compulsory measure" must be taken to cut emissions during the heaviest smog, which has a serious impact on health, the ministry said, including suspending factory production and imposing traffic restrictions. The ministry's guidelines, issued in a circular, come as China grapples with frequent...
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Front Range smog complicates push for oil and gas industry air rules
2013-10-25 01:29:45| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Smog along Colorado's Front Range is thickening again, exceeding federal standards, and government-backed scientists say the oil and gas boom is partly to blame.
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Response to a Citys Smog Points to a Change in Chinese Attitude
2013-10-25 00:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Emergency measures came swiftly in Harbin, the northeastern city blanketed with hazardous smog this week: Schools were shut down, buses ordered off the roads, the airport closed, police roadblocks set up to check tailpipe emissions from cars. City officials even fanned out in the surrounding countryside, ordering farmers to stop burning the cornstalks left in their fields after the harvest. They were reacting to the first notable surge of air pollution in China this autumn. Residents across the...
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China blames weather for hampering efforts to banish smog
2013-10-22 13:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China's battle against a persistent air pollution crisis, which all but shut down a city of 11 million this week, is being hampered by tough weather conditions, an environmental official said on Tuesday. Air quality in cities is of increasing concern to China's stability-obsessed leaders, anxious to douse potential unrest as a more affluent urban population turns against a growth-at-all-costs economic model that has besmirched much of the country's air, water and soil. The government has announced...
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In Ulan Bator, winter stoves fuel a smog responsible for one in 10 deaths
2013-10-20 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: They call Mongolia the "land of blue sky"; its spectacular desert, forest and grasslands are blessed by sun for two-thirds of the year. But climb to a snow-dusted hilltop overlooking Ulan Bator and you see a thick grey band hanging over the city. In the coming weeks, as temperatures plummet, the smog will spread across the streets and into homes, shutting out the light. While Beijing's "airpocalypse" has made headlines worldwide, it pales beside the haze of the Mongolian capital. Ulan Bator is...
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