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WHO Warns Beijing Residents of Hazardous Pollution Risk

The World Health Organization on Tuesday called on China to improve its air quality and urged residents of Beijing to stay indoors as the capital city suffered a sixth day of hazardous-level air pollution. Bernhard Schwartländer, the organization’s China chief, … Continue reading

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China’s toxic air pollution resembles nuclear winter, say scientists

Chinese scientists have warned that the country’s toxic air pollution is now so bad that it resembles a nuclear winter, slowing photosynthesis in plants – and potentially wreaking havoc on the country’s food supply. Beijing and broad swaths of six … Continue reading

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China Strengthens Monitoring as Beijing’s Air Pollution Persists

Beijing’s air pollution reached eight times World Health Organization-recommended levels as smog in the city persisted for a fourth day, prompting China’s environmental protection regulator to send inspection teams to the capital and surrounding areas. The concentration of PM2.5, fine … Continue reading

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‘Delhi air pollution higher than Beijing’ report denied

The head of an environment measurement index has denied media reports suggesting it found air quality in the Indian capital, Delhi, to be worse than the China’s capital, Beijing. The Environmental Preference Index did not rank cities as it did … Continue reading

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Why is Provo air pollution so much worse than Salt Lake?

The volume of pollution in the air over Utah Valley is regularly at least double that of Salt Lake Valley, according to local monitoring data. Yet Salt Lake County’s population is double Utah Valley’s, and the population per square mile … Continue reading

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Initiative to reduce air pollution

The Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers is set to launch an initiative to reduce air pollution at the Lumbini World Heritage Site. A high-level meeting held under Bhola Prasad Siwakoti, acting secretary of the OPMCM, has … Continue reading

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India and China, Besieged by Air Pollution

The United States space agency published a map in September that showed how rates of premature deaths from air pollution vary around the world. It indicated that northern China has one of the worst rates, attributed to the density of … Continue reading

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Beijing to spend £76bn to improve air quality

In an attempt to clean up the smoggy air in the Chinese capital, Beijing’s authorities have introduced a new set of measures to cut emissions and allocated 760 billion yuan (£75.8 billion) to improve the city’s air quality by 2017. … Continue reading

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