Category Archives: Asia

What Delhi’s air pollution says about India and climate change

The thick winter haze that settles over Delhi – a nasty mix of smog, vehicle exhaust and smoke from cooking fires – abated somewhat when President Obama arrived in India this week for talks. A bit of rain came and … Continue reading

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Watch This Haunting Seven-Minute Film About China’s Insane Air Pollution

It’s haunting and eerily beautiful Greenpeace East Asia today released a seven-minute film by director Jia Zhangke about China’s toxic air. The impressionistic piece, Smog Journeys, follows two families — one rural, one urban — as they live, play, and … Continue reading

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Obama’s About to Get a Whiff of India’s Air Pollution

The Times of India newspaper carried a cartoon this month of U.S. President Barack Obama wearing a gas mask when he attends the Republic Day parade in New Delhi on Jan. 26. Next to it was table showing air quality, … Continue reading

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Beijing’s smog is increasingly toxic for China’s politicians

As Beijing faces the possibility of another ‘airpocalypse’ this winter, the Chinese people are more environmentally conscious and increasingly willing to protest against dangerous pollution The smog is back and the threat of another “airpocalypse” hangs heavy over Beijing. Late … Continue reading

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REVIEW: Tested! Respro® Pollution masks… And they’re awesome!

We all love biking, but the one down part about urban motorcycling is the exposure to the elements. Pollution to be exact. We have all been behind a fume spewing bus or truck, or worse still, stuck behind either while … Continue reading

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Bacon blamed for air pollution in northeast Sichuan

While experts point to car emissions and construction projects as the cause of China’s air pollution, a government official in Dazhou in Sichuan has laid the blame on smoked bacon. The city of Dazhou in Sichuan province has been plagued … Continue reading

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Worst smog of the year leaves Beijing choking as US embassy’s air quality reading hits 545

Beijing is choking in its worst smog so far this year, with air pollution at hazardous levels and the reading at the US embassy hitting as high as 545 on Thursday afternoon. An air quality index (AQI) reading of more … Continue reading

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Beijing in first smog alert of year

Beijing issued its first smog alert of 2015 on Tuesday, with the PM2.5 index passing the 200 level. The alert will probably remain in force until Friday, the municipal environmental authority said. Based on the official daily air quality forecast, … Continue reading

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