Blog Tag - Beijing Air

Beijing Hits Five-Year Trend in Air Quality Improvement, According to IQAir Report
Once again Beijing showed a year-on-year improvement in air quality, according to the latest World Air Quality Report from IQAir. The annual report...
Beijing Ranks 11th in Greenpeace Quarterly Provincial Air Pollution Data, Pollution Down 27 Percent Compared to Last Year
In what we can only really consider to be good news, Beijing's PM2.5 pollution levels saw a 27 percent decrease from January to March when compared...
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...
Now Cher and the Sierra Club Are Parroting the 'Beijing Air/40 Cigarettes Per Day' Myth
Apparently actress/singer/zombie Cher doesn't read the Beijinger, and we're not sure whether that's good or not. If Cher did, then she'd know that...
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 Gets The Onion Treatment over Air Pollution
US humor publication The Onion gave it to Beijing with both barrels on Wednesday, with Beijing air pollution the topic. The Onion posted to its...
International Schools Fight Pollution Woes with Contingencies, Closures
As smog blankets the city today, leaving the AQI at an off-the-scale 553, Beijing’s parents are left to wonder how they should best safeguard their...
Beijing Once Again the Baseline of Comparison in Second-Hand Smoke Study
Ah yes, everyone loves to be the basis of comparison, and our fair city of Beijing is no different. "With a storied history as long as Beijing's...
 Official Pollution Numbers For Your Phone
The Beijing Municipal Environmental Monitoring Center (BJMEMC) has come out with their first official app for tracking Beijing's pollution. Here's...
Paying to Breathe: Air Purifiers Selling Out at Record Pace
It's day five of what has turned into the worst stretch of air pollution in Beijing on record and judging from the view from our office window as I...
Remember Beijing's Freakish Blue Sky Streak?
For the last week or more, Beijing's air and weather have been downright depressing. At times like this, it's hard to remember that just a little...