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China arrests anti-smog campaigners
2015-03-09 14:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Police in northern China have arrested two citizen activists who took to the streets with placards reading: "The government has a duty to control smog". Feng Honglian and Zhang Hui were taken into custody on Sunday, one day after China's environment minister promised to "guarantee the public's rights to supervise the fight against air pollution". Earlier in the day, the pair had been among a small group of activists who held an anti-pollution protest in Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province....
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Anti-Smog Film Pulled In China; Protesters Reportedly Detained
2015-03-09 13:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: A human rights group says that police in China detained two people Monday for protesting the government's approach to air pollution. One of the protesters was detained for slander, according to China Human Rights Defenders. The group says the pair were released after being held overnight, with an update published Monday citing "the pressure of public opinion at home and abroad." "Photographs released by the group China Human Rights Defenders show seven people holding up signs outside a shopping...
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China to remove five million vehicles in latest anti-smog drive
2014-05-27 12:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: China is set to remove more than five million ageing vehicles off its roads this year as part of efforts to combat the deadly air pollution enveloping many of its cities. Around 330,000 vehicles are to be removed from the roads of the capital Beijing, where the struggle with smog has caught the attention of international media, even though it was only the 10th worst affected city in China last year for air pollution. Public anger at the "airpocalypse" affecting cities across China has prompted...
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China tests anti-smog drone aircraft
2014-03-09 04:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China tested a domestically-produced drone aircraft designed to disperse smog on Saturday, official media reported, in an important step for the country's domestic aviation industry. At the opening of an annual parliament meeting last week, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said that China will "declare war on pollution. Almost all Chinese cities monitored for pollution last year failed to meet state standards. The environment has emerged as one of Beijing's key priorities amid growing public disquiet...
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Obama pitches big anti-smog effort in environmental push
2013-04-03 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PlanetArk: smog effort in environmental push Date: 03-Apr-13 Country: USA Author: Kim Dixon and Timothy Gardner President Barack Obama pitched the first major environmental effort of his second term on Friday in a bid to slash smog-forming emissions from gasoline that have been linked to lung and heart ailments, setting up a fight with Republicans and the oil industry. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the so-called Tier 3 rules that would require refiners to cut the sulfur content...
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