Blog Tag - Pollution
Adjustments to Beijing's four-tiered emergency air pollution warning system take effect December 15, raising the threshold of the most dire alert but...
Well, so much for the supposed "smog free tower."
Though it was billed as a way to effectively filter pollutants from Beijing's air, Dutch designer...
Winter is rarely a time to relish in Beijing – hellish smog, freezing temperatures, and globules of frozen spit aren’t usually present in Santa’s...
[Updated Dec 20, 10am]
It's pretty grey outside, and looks like most coal-heavy winters, it's likely to stay that way. Some people appear never to be...
Following the false snow alarm earlier this month, it looks set to snow on Monday (Nov 21) instead. This time we're hoping it is for real, because we...
Beijing is aiming to super soak its way to clearer skies with pollution-fighting water cannons.
As ridiculous as that sounds, it's actually a serious...
After a pleasant Sunday, smog returns to Beijing and its weather forecast, just in time for the rest of the week.
Beijing and southern Hebei province...
Most of us Beijing dwellers have bought an air purifier ahead of the capital's smoggy winter season, and assumed that such a device would be enough...
As the dark ashen plumes once again descend on Beijing, plenty of us can't seem to strap on a PM2.5-blocking mask fast enough. But do these masks do...
Mandarin Monday is a weekly column where – similar to our Mandarin Month series earlier this year – we help you improve your Chinese by detailing fun...
With 75 percent of 2016 in the can, Beijing's air has been 10 percent better than last year, a trend that we endorse with a deep, deep breath and a...
What began as a promising year has plummeted into a dismal repeat of 2015.
Beijing's AQI levels were excellent this past January and even better in...
After blaming power plants and factories in Beijing and Hebei province, chuan'r salesmen, and automobiles, a new study appears to have pinpointed a...
While most cars sputter out toxic exhaust, one car claims to protect you from such pollution.
At least that's what electric vehicle maker Tesla is...
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...