South China Morning Post – 22 Jan 2012 Authorities fulfil promise, under intense public pressure over PM2.5 – but only at one station Beijing environmental authorities yesterday began releasing hourly air pollution readings for PM2.5 – health-threatening fine particles with a diameter less than 2.5 microns – fulfilling a promise of publicising them before the [...]
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Cities reluctant to lift haze on pollution data
South China Morning Post – 18 Jan 2012 Industrial areas like Shandong failed to comply with transparency rules on emissions in 2011, though cities like Beijing have opened up, study finds Most mainland cities continued to shirk environmental transparency rules last year, with many industrial regions failing to make pollution data public, according to a [...]
China’s Pollution Is So Insane You Can See It From Space
http://gizmodo.com/5875972/chinas-pollution-is-so-insane-you-can-see-it-from-space/ China’s Pollution Is So Insane You Can See It From Space This is really bad. NASA has published an image of the pollution haze taking all over the North China Plain. Yes, it’s so bad that you can see it taking over thousands of square miles from space. Things were so bad that visibility [...]
Mainland shames HK in ways that go beyond smog data
South China Morning Post – 16 Jan 2012 Beijing’s honesty about pollution levels forced our city to come clean. What other examples should we heed? At last, after years of criticism, the Hong Kong government is to begin monitoring the concentration of PM2.5 pollutants in our atmosphere. If, like me, you are not good at [...]
China sets pace for smoggy Hong Kong think-tank – Channel NewsAsia
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1176892/1/.html Asia Pacific News China sets pace for smoggy Hong Kong: think-tank Posted: 15 January 2012 1349 hrs —————————————————————————- —- HONG KONG: Beijing’s decision to come clean on its dirty air has embarrassed Hong Kong, where smog kills hundreds of people a year, hurts business and drives away talent, a think-tank has said. Mike Kilburn, [...]
Pollution data released after outcry over smog
South China Morning Post – 13 Jan 2012 Authorities in smog-plagued Beijing yesterday began releasing hourly readings of three major air pollutants, in an apparent bid to appease residents angry about the government’s prolonged secrecy over the city’s deteriorating air quality. The move coincided with a pledge by Mayor Guo Jinlong to tackle smog-causing pollutants, [...]
HK lags behind Beijing on air pollution: lobby
South China Morning Post – 13 Jan 2012 Think tank Civic Exchange says mainland is more aggressive in moving to tackle smog, which has put pressure on city to act on standards for particles Hong Kong is lagging behind the mainland when it comes to tackling air pollution, a think tank says in a summary [...]
Capital begins hourly updates on air pollution
China Daily By Zheng Xin (China Daily) BEIJING – The Chinese capital began releasing hourly air pollution data on Thursday to address growing public concern over air quality. The Beijing Municipal Environmental Monitoring Center will publish readings for the levels of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and PM 10 – particulate matter smaller than 10 micrograms [...]
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Capital chokes embarrassing smog news
South china Morning Post – Jan 12, 2012 City muzzles media, but can’t hide the pollution as Beijing’s legislature and political advisers meet Filthy air in the smog-plagued capital has grabbed unwanted attention as the annual gatherings of Beijing’s top legislature and advisory body take place. The local government is attempting to put a positive [...]