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It's like some vision of hell, an environmental apocalypse happening right now. This is the place where the coal fires burn throughout the night, and where there is still darkness at noon. This is the place with the worst pollution, collects the wors

Pollution Rule Eased for Older Power Stations And Factories

By Caty Weaver Broadcast: September 5, 2003 This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Environment Report. The administration of President Bush has eased an air pollution rule for about seventee

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A new report from the Ministry of Environmental Protection has revealed Beijing is at the center of China's worst area for air quality. CRI's Lucy Du has more. Reporter: The new report says in 74 Chinese cities, the average air quality readings only

2017年CRI More cities see air-quality standards improved: environment official

By Sarah Dickens for sino.uk Crawling the last few hundred metres of its staggering 12,451 kilometre journey, the first ever Block Train' arrived right on schedule to applause from gathered dignitaries and industry officials. Just 17 days earlier, on

SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Air Pollution Harms Young Lungs / A Le

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Chance of showers but only moderate pollution for Olympic closing ceremony

LONDON, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- The weather for the closing ceremony of the London Olympic Games this Sunday is likely to be in the middle of a spike in air pollution, the British government air pollution forecast predicted on Friday. With just two days

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AS IT IS 2013-05-23 Pollution Forces Residents from California Town Hello. Im Jim Tedder in Washington. Welcome to a special edition of As It Is. Seventeen years ago, an American energy company paid hundreds of millions of dollars to settle legal cla

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Airborne particles produced by automobile exhaust, industry and coal or oil fired power plants can cause blood pressure to rise to dangerous levels Medical researchers are finding out more about the health risks of air pollution. They say the world's

China to Start a Nationwide Inspection of Chemical Plants

In the wake of several serious chemical pollution incidents, China's Ministry of Environmental Protection says it will begin a nationwide inspection of all certified producers of dangerous chemicals of their pollution control measures. As Liu Yan rep

2015年CRI More Chinese Cities on Air Pollution Alert

The new round of inspections follow checks that were made earlier this month, in which inspectors found several factories emitting large amounts of pollutants in the city of Xinxiang, during the air pollution alert period. This time, the inspectors f

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I hate pollution. It makes me really angry. I think pollution is greed. People dont care about the environment so they pollute the air just to make lots of money. Big companies are the worst. They pretend theyre not polluting. They have the money to

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Plastic Pollution NB: This is not an accurate word-for-word transcript Dan: Hello and welcome 6 Minute English from the BBC. Im Dan Walker Smith and today Im joined by Kate. Kate: Hello Dan. Dan: Now today Kate and I are talking about pollution. Kate

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By Stefan Bos Budapest 15 April 2008 The European Union and several key Danube organizations are urging countries along the river Danube to prevent irreversible damage to the waterway, warning the growing pollution could endanger drinking water for s

Official cars ordered off roads during hazardous pollution

BEIJING, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Thirty percent of official cars in Beijing should not be used when there is extremely bad pollution, traffic authorities confirmed Tuesday. The order was implemented on Monday evening to help combat the fourth round of he

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

Beijing plans fewer vehicles on roads during heavy air pollution

BEIJING, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- The number of vehicles on Beijing's roads could be cut on days when the city suffers from heavy air pollution, according to a new regulation released for comments on Saturday. According to the Beijing Municipal Air Pollut

60,000 affected by E China water pollution

NANCHANG, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Tap water for 60,000 people was cut off Monday due to the pollution of a water source in east China's Jiangxi Province, government sources said. Around 10 a.m. Monday, an oily substance was seen floating near a water int

2018年CRI Polluter in Beijing fined in landmark public-interest lawsuit

A court in Beijing has announced its verdict for the first public-interest lawsuit regarding air pollution, which was initiated by prosecutors in Beijing. Beijing's No.4 Intermediate People's Court released the verdict on Tuesday, which coincides wit