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.

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 ...

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 … ...

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… ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

China’s smog city: What Wuhan looks like with 20 times the U.S. dust limit Residents of the Chinese province of Wuhan are coping with a smog like you've never seen.

BEIJING (AP) — Beijing issued its first-ever red alert for smog on Monday, urging schools to close and invoking restrictions on factories and traffic that will keep half of the city’s vehicles ...