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Pollution Driving Expats To Pack Up And Leave Beijing

Pollution Driving Expats To Pack Up And Leave Beijing BEIJING – With air pollution continuing to plague Beijing, there are increasing signs that it is pushing foreigners, often well-to-do expats, to leave the city. "It's supposed to take up to a decade to solve the smog problem, but who knows what … Full News here [...]

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China Launches $16 Billion Rectification Of Beijing's Pollution Crisis

China Launches Billion Rectification Of Beijing's Pollution Crisis Beijing's plan includes lying or upgrading 1,290 km (800 miles) of sewage pipeline, building five garbage incineration plants, setting up 47 water recycling plants, and upgrading 20 sewage disposal plants, wrote China Daily. Beijing Mayor Wang Anshan … Full News here – Read more on CleanTechnica

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COOL SPARKS Presents: One Man’s Mission to Combat Beijing Pollution – Beijing Video

SUBSCRIBE & LIKE US ON FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/coolsparks2013?ref=hl www.cool-sparks.com In a city with toxic crazy bad air, How does an artist cop… Video Rating: 4 / 5

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Beijing must make fighting pollution its priority

Beijing must make fighting pollution its priority Market observers were quick to draw a connection between Beijing's announcement of record spending and a prompt surge in the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a new peak. That shows how much the global economy looks to China for growth amid … Full News here – Read more [...]

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Beijing Air Pollution Forces 20 Million People Indoors – Beijing Video

Dangerous levels of toxic fog covers Chinese capital as result of rapid industrial growth. Video Rating: 4 / 5

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Beijing hopes carbon dioxide tax will help reduce pollution

Beijing hopes carbon dioxide tax will help reduce pollution Beijing will levy a tax on carbon dioxide emissions as part of new fiscal measures aimed at addressing the mainland's worsening pollution problem, a senior official at the Ministry of Finance said. Jia Chen, head of the ministry's tax policy division … Full News here – [...]

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Markkoh Show – Beijing pollution hits 993 micrograms of PM2.5 per cubic meter – Beijing Video

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China News – Air Pollution in Beijing at Dangerously High Levels–NTD China News, January 14, 2013 – Beijing Video

In today’s NTD China news, air pollution hits sky high levels in Beijing. Popular Chinese author Li Chengpeng was given a gag order during a book release event in Chengdu on Saturday. Li has been speaking out for press freedom, and Chinese security officials ordered him not to speak with fans during the promotional event. [...]

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Watch out, Beijing: Air pollution may lead to lower birth weights

Watch out, Beijing: Air pollution may lead to lower birth weights Chimneys belch out smoke at the Beijing Capital Steel Plant , which has long been blamed as Beijing's worst polluter, on January 31, 2007 in western suburbs of the Chinese capital. (Andrew Wong/AFP/Getty Images). What do you think? Beijing may have yet … Full [...]

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Beijing Takes Steps to Fight Pollution as Problem Worsens

Beijing Takes Steps to Fight Pollution as Problem Worsens BEIJING — The Beijing government put in place emergency measures on Wednesday to try to combat thick smog that has encased the city, which the Communist Party has hailed as a showcase capital, in brown and gray soot. The measures include … Full News here – [...]

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Beijing Snow Means Less Pollution And More Winter Fun (PHOTOS)

Beijing Snow Means Less Pollution And More Winter Fun (PHOTOS) The beginning of 2013 has been marked by dangerously high levels of air pollution in Beijing, with the pollution level measuring 40 times the recommended safety level at one point in the past two weeks, the Atlantic reported. Although residents had … Full News here [...]

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Beijing pollution worsens with thick smog blanket

Beijing pollution worsens with thick smog blanket again after a brief respite as air quality reached “hazardous” level of contamination forcing people to stay indoors. As people in the capital city and surrounding areas experienced very heavy smog, the state television has asked them to stay indoors … Full News here – Read more on [...]

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Beijing Smog: Amazing Contrast Picture Shows Pollution Covering Tiananmen

Beijing Smog: Amazing Contrast Picture Shows Pollution Covering Tiananmen … The difference between this photo of Beijing's most famous landmark on a clear summer's day, now shrouded in filthy smog is a stark portrayal of the record-breaking toxic pollution blanketing China's capital. The air pollution hit a record earlier this … Full News here – [...]

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Heavy pollution hits Beijing as smog returns

Heavy pollution hits Beijing as smog returns Fog started lingering in the city since last night, taking the PM2.5 concentration to between 300 and 400 microgrammes per cubic meter of air, or Level VI, which is at a dangerous level, according to Beijing Municipal Environmental Monitoring Center … Full News here – Read more on [...]

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Beijing's air pollution literally off the charts

Beijing's air pollution literally off the charts The Beijing Municipal Environmental Monitoring Center said on its website that the density of PM2.5 particulates had surpassed 700 micrograms per cubic meter in many parts of the city. The World Health Organization considers a safe daily level to be 25 … Full News here – Read more [...]

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