Shanghai is experiencing unprecedented levels of pollution. Last week fine particulate levels reached almost 20 times WHO guidelines, and they are still at dangerous levels. Matthew Currell reports on China's pollution crisis.
… 'airpocalypse': can China fix its deadly pollution? Matthew Currell | 13th December 2013 News Air Pollution China Particulates shanghai-pollution-cut.jpg Shanghai is experiencing …
Beijing is to plant trees over an area 200 times the size of Central Park in the city's latest effort to neutralise its choking pollution. But Jun Yang asks - how much will the trees really help, unless accompanied by drastic reductions in emissions?
… Beijing's $5bn tree project - will it cut pollution? Jun Yang | 16th March 2014 Comment China Pollution Forests Cities beijing-tree-smog.png … latest effort to neutralise its choking pollution. But Jun Yang asks - how much will …
China's smog is an increasing cause of public discontent, writes Oliver Wild - and no wonder! New research shows that the country's air pollution is killing over a million people every year. Thanks to China's geography the problem is hard to solve, but the rapid rise of renewables and the slow demise of coal do offer the promise of cleaner, healthier future.
… University | 19th October 2015 News Health Pollution Air China Energy Coal Renewables … New research shows that the country's air pollution is killing over a million people … the promise of cleaner, healthier future. Air pollution is rarely a major concern for most …
The Chinese government may be effectively cracking down on some forms of air pollution, but toxic ozone levels are rising , reports LAURI MYLLYVIRTA for Greenpeace Unearthed
… China ozone pollution levels hit record high amid … 2018 Comment Unearthed Ozone China Industrial Pollution gp0stpgpx_medium_res.jpg The Chinese … cracking down on some forms of air pollution, but toxic ozone levels are rising , …
Half a century of heavy industrial pollution in eastern China is reducing rainfall, increasing the risk of drought and threatening harvests.
… Air pollution reduces rainfall in China The Ecologist | 1st September 2009 News Pollution China Health Climate Change Air Pollution Rainfall factorypolluting.jpg Heavy …
In a damning cover up the Chinese government has used its involvement in a World Bank report on the environment to conceal results that show around three quarters of a million people in the country die prematurely each year due to pollution.
… 750,000 a year killed by Chinese pollution 3rd July 2007 News China Pollution Sepa World Bank Industrial Fresh Water Health Politics And Economics Pollution News web pic 2_172.jpg In a damning …
The world's growing waste mountain of mobile phones, computers and other electronic goods is being illegally recycled in unregulated and primitive conditions in China and causing significant toxic pollution
… September 2010 News Waste And Recycling China Pollution E-waste Electronics Mobile Phone … in China and causing significant toxic pollution China's family-run cottage industry …
Cost of pollution, deteriorating soil and other impacts surged to 1.3tr yuan in 2008 - equivalent to 3.9 per cent of country's GDP - as officials warn of threats to ecology, food safety and flood control
… correspondent | 29th December 2010 News China Pollution Degradation Flooding Natural World … Ecology factorypolluting.jpg The cost of pollution spills and other environmental … per cent in the five years up to 2008 Cost of pollution, deteriorating soil and other …
There are hopeful signs that China, the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, is becoming less reliant on the polluting coal that powered its rapid economic rise, writes Kieran Cooke. Great news for China, and the planet - but worrying for coal exporters!
… economy. But as incomes have risen, so has pollution. The country is now the world's No.1 … on by a much-vaunted government "war on pollution" campaign . The state-run National … in coal use are is difficult to gauge. Air pollution - much of it caused by the burning …
Air pollution in China fell 48 percent due to economic impact of Covid-19 policies.
… China's covid drop in air pollution Staff Reporter | 20th July 2020 News … Science Systems Science And Systems China Air Pollution Beijing smig Air pollution in China fell 48 percent due to …
Research from China suggests that even low levels of nitrites in drinking water can cause cancer. Why is the West ignoring the evidence? asks Oliver Tickell
… Nitrates Cancer Food And Health Water Health Pollution nitrateslg.jpg Research from China … incidence and mortality. Indeed, nitrite pollution may be responsible for up to half of … in his monograph Chemical Fertilizers, Pollution and Esophageal Cancer. Based upon …
Boading, dubbed China's 'greenest city', is the world's biggest maker of solar panels and wind turbines, write Caleb Goods & Carla Lipsig-Mumme. But it's also has the country's worst pollution. Green energy, electric cars and the batteries that power them are great, but with the heavy toxic footprint they carry from mine to factory, we must not delude ourselves that they are 'sustainable'.
… revolution is exciting - but don't forget the pollution! Caleb Goods Carla Lipsig-Mumme | 3rd June 2015 News Pollution China Transport Renewables … But it's also has the country's worst pollution. Green energy, electric cars and the …
The Balkans are determined to stay in the coal era - even while most countries in Europe are making plans for a future without coal, argues MARINA KELAVA.
… Tuzla, as having the second highest air pollution levels in Europe. Bosnia and … has the second highest morality rate from air pollution in Europe. Denis Žiško, programme … argued: "Newer technologies might lower the pollution, but not entirely. For these kind of …
Beijing has called a halt to new coal mines and will close hundreds of existing operations, writes Kieran Cooke. The move reflects the slowing economy, falling energy demand, concerns over air pollution and climate change, and the massive rollout of renewables.
… falling energy demand, concerns over air pollution and climate change, and the massive … public concern about hazardous levels of pollution, which have blanketed many cities … two red smog alerts - the most serious air pollution warning - in December, causing …
Brendan Montague of the Ecologist interviews environment lawyer and founder of ClientEarth, James Thornton.
… “failing to protect its citizens against air pollution”. Aspects of the case were taken up … air, particularly in London where traffic pollution is harming people’s physical and … clean air, and do not want to die from air pollution. I think it would be hard to reduce …
China is attempting to pursue the same impossible path as the rest of the world: generating consumer demand and wealth without destroying its natural resources and the planet
… these cars have contributed to the severe air pollution and smog that blights many of … have enough capacity to find all the cases of pollution all over China; they rely on … on Open Environmental Information, to obtain pollution statistics about companies and …
To tackle its serious air pollution, China is imposing stringent restrictions on dirty coal high in ash or sulphur, writes Shabbir Ahmad. One result: half of Australia's coal exports to China face exclusion, or extra 'washing' costs. But Australia's response is not to raise environmental quality. Instead, it's increasing production.
… China's war on pollution could leave Australia's dirty coal … 2014 News China Coal Fossil Fuels Australia Pollution Mining australian-coal-mine-cut.jpg … To tackle its serious air pollution, China is imposing stringent …
China is on track to meet its ultra-low emissions goals for 2020.
… as the major contributors to ambient air pollution. Significant reduction The study, … one of the major contributors to global air pollution. “These significant emission … the number of deaths attributable to air pollution.” Cleaner coal? The study shows that …
China boasts the fastest growing economy in the world. But how to calculate this development’s impact on natural resources, on public health and the environment? Pan Yue sets out the case for green GDP accounting
… in the consumption of natural resources; pollution and environmental damage will also … may even look ridiculous, since environmental pollution may in fact cause an increase in … an increase in GDP. This is also true where pollution makes people ill; despite the …
Watch the trailer for the Oscar-nominated film documenting how Chinese villagers challenged a powerful chemical company over pesticides and dye-factory pollution
… company over pesticides and dye-factory pollution Villagers in central China take on a … in China and causing significant toxic pollution COMMENT The pesticides scandal: …
Chinese scientists have established beyond doubt that water polluted with nitrite is feeding the worldwide cancer epidemic. But while China is beating cancer by providing new sources of nitrite-free water, Western scientists, regulators and the editors of scientific journals are doing their best to suppress the truth.
… Hsu | 30th March 2015 Activism Health China Pollution Science … between the cancer mortality rate and nitrite pollution was confirmed. The MoH recommended … random genetic mutations, not environmental pollutions, are the main cause of cancer. The …
Nearly 40 per cent more Chinese children are being born with birth defects than in 2001, a new report by the World Health Organisation has shown.
… more birth defects 30th October 2007 News Pollution China Industrial Health Pollution News web pic 2_133.jpg Nearly 40 per … which is attributed to growing environmental pollution, has seen birth defects increase …
In China's remote Mongolian region, indigenous herders are being forced from their traditional pastures to make way for roads and vast mining projects. Last week they held a public demonstration - but it was immediately dispersed with ten arrests.
Mongolian herders protest - 'protect our grazing land!' The Ecologist | 8th August 2014 News Indigenous Peoples China Mongolia Mining Water mongolia-arshaan-herders-cut.jpg The recent protest of …
Protests of unprecedented scale have been taking place in China against rapid and deadly environmental destruction. A new youth movement is taking to the streets and demanding change. Sam Geall reports
… streets Sam Geall | 7th June 2007 News China Pollution Protests China Industrial Campaigns … Water Climate Change Politics And Economics Pollution Society Investigates_23.jpg Protests … of China ’s breakneck growth, with one water pollution incident every two to three days, …