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Pollution Clears to Reveal a Beautiful Beijing

Annika Tostengard — Mon, 07 Sep 2015 17:34:12 +0000

Known for its ever-present dark cloud of pollution, Beijing got a rare glimpse of blue skies. The city temporarily banned five million cars from travelling the roads, and the results were beautiful. For residents of Beijing, checking the air quality index is just another part of the day. Usually, they find that the air they breathe […]

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Sino Skyscraper to Suck up the Smog

Ari Luis — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 04:10:51 +0000

The Great Leap Forward can be credited not only for years of neck break growth and for lifting up millions of people out of poverty in China. Unfortunately, it also left in its wake pollution, and lots of it, as the country burned more coal to drive industry, factories spewed more emissions and more people […]

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IBM Helps China Reach Energy and Environmental Targets

Mila Luleva — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 11:31:32 +0000

IBM, a giant in the information technology sector with nearly 450,000 employees around the world, has taken up the challenge to help China in their fight against air pollution and ease them through the transition to renewables. Regardless of the numerous attempts that governmental officials in China made in order to tackle air pollution, nothing […]

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China to Limit Fuel Sulfur Pollution by 2017

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:16:27 +0000

China’s feedback mechanism started doing its job this week, as their government has issued a timetable for oil companies to clean up their fuel so it becomes less polluting. However, the law will only be enforced four years from now, despite the public criticism or the smog that’s currently covering Beijing. The new standards would […]

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In Unprecedented Move, Chinese Media Asks Communist Government to Take Action on Air Pollution

Leigh Hutchens — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 08:03:22 +0000

In an unprecedented move, the Chinese media, not an outlet known to criticize the controlling Communist Party, called on the government to take drastic measures to combat the massive amount of air pollution that is plaguing the country. Over the weekend, Beijing air quality was far above hazardous levels. The levels reached 755 on an […]

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Excessive Fertilizer Use Increasing Warming in China

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:47:40 +0000

While in the past six decades, fertilizers were able to contribute half of the crops produced and caused a cooling effect as they increased carbon sinks, the situation now has reversed as they increase warming in China. Reduction of fertilizer use would decrease this warming effect without affecting crop and carbon sinks production. This is […]

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China’s Energy Data Reporting Flawed, Emissions Much Higher Than Previously Estimated

Guest Contributor — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:19:36 +0000

A new analysis reports that China’s carbon emissions could be 20% higher than earlier expectations, which suggest that there is a very high rate of climate change due to this. As it emerges as one of the newest superpower countries in the world, China is now the world’s top contributor of greenhouse gases, which triggers […]

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