China's major cities have some of the world's worst smog. The government was long indifferent to the environment as it pursued economic development, but has begun launching some anti-pollution ...

Central to China's smog-expanded vocabulary is the reading for PM2.5, for tiny Particulate Matter, discharged from power plants and other polluters, which can easily enter the lungs.

No city in China yet meets the World Health Organization’s recommended particulate levels, so the new policy expands air pollution goals to all cities, rather than just those in the capital region.

BEIJING (Reuters) – Choking smog all but shut down one of northeastern China’s largest cities on Monday, forcing schools to suspended classes, snarling traffic and closing the airport, in the ...

BEIJING — Engulfed in choking smog, some northern Chinese cities limited the number of cars on roads and temporarily shut down factories Monday to reduce air pollution during a national &#822… ...

Still, China had some success in recent years, both locally – 663 localities in Beijing’s city limits replaced coal with clean energy, state-run Xinhua news reported – and internationally ...

Dust and groundwater contaminated with heavy metals and radioactive chemicals pose a health threat that the authorities have ...

Smog was so terrible in one city that it closed schools and grounded planes. ... Heavy smog has shrouded much of eastern China, and air quality levels have been dropped to extremely dangerous levels.

Heavy smog has blanketed a third of China’s cities, including its capital Beijing, with 62 issuing health alerts since Jan. 1, officials said. The hazardous air has forced hundreds of flight … ...

Several cities in northern China have not implemented effective smog control measures and have failed to crack down hard enough on polluting firms, the official Xinhua news agency reported, citing ...

China's major cities have some of the world's worst smog. The government was long indifferent to the environment as it pursued economic development, but has begun launching some anti-pollution ...