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Chinese struggle through 'airpocalypse' smog
2013-02-16 20:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Hu Li's heart sank when she realised that she could gauge how close she was to home by the colour of the air. Driving 140 kilometres from Tianjin City to Beijing last week, she held her breath as the chalky-white horizon became a charcoal grey haze. The 39-year-old businesswoman has lived in Beijing for a decade, and this past month, she said, brought the worst air pollution she has ever seen. It gave her husband a hacking cough and left her seven-year-old daughter housebound. "I'm working here and...
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Beijing's Apocalyptic Smog: Could It Happen in the U.S.?
2013-02-04 16:00:08| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Early last month, Beijing's pollution index reached 750 out of a scale of 500. The weather patterns that contributed to the hazardous conditions can and do occur in the U.S. So is it only a matter of time before we experience similar pollution levels?
Less bang for Beijing New Year due to smog
2013-02-01 09:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China's notoriously smog-bound capital Beijing asked residents on Friday to set off fewer fireworks over this month's Chinese New Year period as it battles a persistent air quality crisis. Air quality in Beijing has mostly stayed above "very unhealthy" and "hazardous" levels for about two weeks, though strong winds cleared the haze away on Friday. Chinese New Year, which begins February 10, is marked by riotous fireworks displays traditionally thought to bring good luck for the year ahead,...
China's smog continues to wreak havoc - video
2013-01-31 13:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The haze which has consumed much of China for weeks continues to cause major disruption to civilians. A 40-car pile-up in the northern Tianjin Municipality caused major delays, with 100 more cars being abandoned on the highway. Air pollution, which has reached 'hazardous' levels, has also caused health concerns and airport delays
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China's coal conundrum as smog worsens
2013-01-31 04:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Locals in Datong call it the coal capital of China - and it is not hard to see why. Outside the city you can see enormous mining towers and buildings scarring the landscape. At one coal pit the bulldozers are hard at work. They push huge mounds of coal close to the waiting trucks. The air is filthy, blackened by the coal dust. This is a dirty, grimy business but in China it is crucial work. Coal has fuelled the country's economic boom, with consumption tripling in little over a decade. Currently,...
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