Features & Analyses
February 26, 2013
- Environment may be issue at two sessions
- Environmental issues are expected to be hot topics at the upcoming two sessions, say representatives who are busy preparing proposals.
February 25, 2013
- London's air pollution history, policies have lessons for Beijing
- The air pollution that Beijing and Chinese cities suffer has parallels with pollution problems faced in previous decades, and still faced, in cities in developed countries.
February 22, 2013
- Law amendment urged to combat air pollution
- A proposed law amendment aims at controlling the level of atmospheric pollution in major urban areas, and has the support of the general public.
February 18, 2013
- Officials monitor plants to clean up the environment
- Zhuzhou, in the northeastern part of Hunan province, has been an industrial city for several decades, but the pollution in the city got increasingly worse due to its economic growth.
February 5, 2013
- Who will pay for cleaner gas?
- China's largest oil refinery promised last week to sell cleaner petrol in 2014 amid air pollution concerns, although such efforts could lead to price hikes for Chinese drivers.
February 1, 2013
- The decade for Milan air pollution control
- Since it made the headlines 10 years ago as one of the most polluted cities in the world, Italy's Milan has achieved general improvement of air quality.
January 31, 2013
- Pollution prompts concern
- The worst smog for decades in many parts of China has prompted calls to curb fireworks and firecrackers during Spring Festival, which begins on Feb 10.
January 31, 2013
- Pollution reduction efforts need teeth
- Chinese authorities need to put more stricter measures in force when talking about reducing pollution, as more than 10 percent of the country was shrouded by thick smog this week.
January 29, 2013
- Beijingers call for Clean Air Act
- The fourth round of heavy smog to hit Beijing in four weeks has sent more people to the hospital with respiratory illnesses and prompted calls for legislation to curb pollution.
January 24, 2013
- Beijing chokes on smog amid annual legislative sessions
- Air quality in Beijing hit dangerous levels again on Wednesday, with smog blanketing the city.
