Blog Tag - Air Quality

Warm Afternoons Are Coming, But At A Price: Erratic Pollution Next Few Days
It's happening, it's finally happening! Spring is in the air. If you hadn't already, throw away those thermals (or stash them for next year), and...
Beijing Continues Battle on Pollution: Air Monitoring Stations to Double in City
In the continuing battle against air pollution, Beijing's environmental protection department is aiming to double the number of air quality...
Early Returns on Beijing's 2016 Air Quality: Hao! Feichang Hao!
Don't look now, New Years' Resolution Makers, but more than 10 percent of 2016 has already slipped through our fingers (12.6 percent if you want to...
Beijing, Five Area Cities Join In for Trial Adjustment of Air Quality Warning System
Five surrounding cities will join Beijing in a trial adjustment of the Air Quality Warning System that resulted in the declaration of two Red Alerts...
Beijing May Impose Winter Auto Restrictions, But Why Now?
News reports over the weekend indicated that Beijing is still considering automobile restrictions using the odd-even license plate system, on which...
Clear Sky Days in Beijing: Instagram’s Finest Offerings
Yes, it is absolutely bloody freezing, but don’t you just love Beijing with blue skies? The past couple of days have been so cold and gorgeous, we...
Greyjing 2.0: Pollution Front Allegedly Coming Our Way Jan 12-14
The fun is over, with a new batch of smog predicted to hit the Beijing-Hebei-Tianjin area starting on Tuesday, the South China Morning Post cites the...
Pets and Pollution: What Can You Do to Protect Your Fluffy Babies From the Terrible Air?
So you've got yourself covered with some air filter systems and fitted out in the latest mask. What about fluffy and spot though? We talked to Mary...
Enough Fresh Air For Now! More Pollution Coming this Way, Dec 12-14
We've only just about regrouped from the last bout of pollution, but more bad air is apparently on it's way. Sorry to break your spirit, folks....
Observations on the Midway Point of Beijing's First-Ever Red Alert
We’re at the midpoint of Beijing’s first-ever red alert over bad air, and things are going as swimmingly as they could be given that we’re dealing...
Beijing to Switch to 'Odd-Even' Car Limitations August 20 through September 3
Expect a lot more blue sky days like today because automobile usage restrictions are going into effect beginning August 20, according to the Xinhua...
More on Beijing's Airenaissance: When The Air’s Bad, and When It’s Good
[Update June 8] Updating this as a friend pointed out that I made a critical error in equating the US Embassy PM 2.5 data, which is reported in µg/m³...
So Far Beijing Has 42% Less of Polluted Days than Last Year
No, you're not imagining things: Beijing's air has indeed been remarkably better so far this year. On Thursday, Beijing's Environmental Protection...
CBD's Biggest Smokestack is No More as Coal-Fired Boiler Plant is Shuttered
One of downtown Beijing's most visible smokestacks is now no longer belching emissions into the CBD sky. The Guohua Power Plant, whose looming...
What Does Beijing's Pollution Sound Like? NYC DJ Spins PM 2.5 Data into a Soundtrack for the Airpocalypse
Chai Jing may have made the quintessential Beijing smog documentary, but artist Brian Foo has now provided the soundtrack to our smoggiest of days. “...