波兰工程师研发空气净化设备

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. From Asia to Europe to North America, poor air quality is making people sick and, in some cases, killing them at an early age. Air pollution causes six million premature deaths every yea

印度发明家把污染转变成墨水

Indian Inventors Turn Pollution into Ink Workers at an Indian start-up company are busy cutting up pieces of metal and using them to make unusual devices. Company officials say these devices will capture smoke from diesel generators and turn it into

2006年VOA标准英语-US Port Partners with Cruise Ship Operators to

By Meredith Buel Washington 24 August 2006 United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan meets with European foreign ministers Friday in Brussels where he is expected to encourage them to send armed forces to southern Lebanon to help enforce the truce

VOA标准英语2012--Global Air Pollution Threat Grows

Global Air Pollution Threat Grows A lot of attention is being paid to greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. But scientists warn that other pollutants may make it harder to breathe in some places in years to come. By the year 205

美国国家公共电台 NPR California Weighs Tougher Emissions Rules For Gas-Powered Garden Equipment

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Think about some of the things that spew nasty contaminants into the air - automobiles, power plants. How about leaf blowers? Those annoyingly loud, gas-powered, backpack-like machines are about to pass cars as the worst air poll

2015年CRI Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region Needs 249 Bln Yuan for Air Pollution Control: Report

The report, compiled by a panel of experts from the Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning and Nanjing University, comes after two years' field investigation, as well as data collection, analysis and calculation. Xie Hongxing, director of the Sec

科学美国人60秒 SSS 2016-8-13

If you've gone shopping for a car lately, you might have noticed that fuel economythe number of miles per gallonis creeping up. One reason is a more efficient type of fuel injection, called gas direct injection. Its a feature of half the new cars sol

钟南山：中国治霾十年可见成效

3月5日在京召开的十二届全国人大三次会议开会间隙，著名呼吸道疾病专家，全国人大代表钟南山接受媒体采访。[魏晓昊/中国日报] It might take China a decade to tackle its notorious smog problem, said Zhon

Beijing unveils new steps to curb air pollution

BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Beijing will strengthen its efforts to treat PM2.5 and slash the density of major air pollutants by 2 percent this year, the municipality's acting mayor said Tuesday. The capital will take 180,000 old vehicles off the roa

CCTV9英语新闻：试图限制北京的雾霾

The Chinese government says it is trying to cut air pollution in Beijing ahead of the APEC summit of world leaders, which opens November 8. The Ministry of Environmental Protection has warned that central and southern parts of the Beijing municipalit

CCTV9英语新闻：2013北京空气质量没有改善

Despite pledges in the last year to fight pollution, Beijing saw barely any improvement in air quality in 2013. The Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau says the intensity of major air pollutants remained much the same in 2013 as they were in the

CCTV9英语新闻11月：中国解决气候变化的年度报告

By CCTV reporter Tang Bo China issued its annual report on climate change on a smoggy Tuesday in Beijing. The report shows the progress China made in 2012 in combating environmental pollution and coping with climate change. But the air pollution stil

北京十三五生态环保目标 PM2.5年均浓度五年降三成

Beijing government has vowed that by 2020 the city's annual average density of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) will have decreased by 30% from that of 2015. 北京市政府日前承诺，到2020年，该市细颗粒物(PM2.5)的年均浓度将比2015年

北京市计划将雾霾纳入气象灾害种类

Beijing is considering listing smog as a meteorological disaster, but the move has been questioned. 北京正考虑将霾列为气象灾害，但此举引发了质疑。 The legal committee of the Beijing Municipal People's Congress started work on t

China vows more transparency in pollution control

BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhua) -- China's environmental watchdog said on Thursday that it will work to promote the prompt disclosure of air quality reports and monitoring results for other types of pollution. The disclosure of information on major pollut

China mulls BBQ ban in major cities

BEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- The pressures of severe air pollution have prompted China's environmental watchdog to consider pushing forward a legal ban on barbecues in densely populated urban areas. Barbecues should be strictly controlled in cities t

夏说英语新闻晨读 第289期:新型汽油发动机

本期内容： One of the world's largest automotive firms has hailed a technological breakthrough for the petrol engine, in an engineering twist for an industry racing to embrace the electric car. Japanese car manufacturer Mazda claims to have desi

英闻天下——372 Lawmakers Call for Revised Air Pollution Control Law

Beijing and other parts of northern China have been battered by smog starting from the beginning of this year. The capital was blanketed by smog for 26 days in January, while eastern China's Jiangsu Province saw 13 days of heavy pollution in February

WHO: Diesel Exhaust Causes Cancer

The World Health Organization, upgrading a previous warning, said June 12 that diesel exhaust causes cancer and called for tighter emissions standards, comparing the risk of exhaust to second-hand cigarette smoke. Tuesdays announcement comes after in

China strives to reduce air pollutants

BEIJING, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- China will make more efforts to reduce PM 2.5 pollutants, as well as other pollutants, a government official said Tuesday. A national obligatory target will be set to limit PM 2.5 emission, which is a fine particulate matt