air pollution

www.nytimes.com — ...even in their most addled moments of envy, ordinary Beijingers could take some comfort in the knowledge that the soupy air they breathe on especially polluted days also finds its way into the lungs of the privileged and pampered.

venturebeat.com — Perhaps no major company has pursued opportunities in cleantech the way GE has. And perhaps no country has pursued clean energy the way smog-choked, fast-growing China has.

So it makes sense that the two have teamed up. Today, GE announced that it will form a clean coal technology joint venture in China with Shenhua, a state-owned coal mining and energy company.

chinahopelive.net — A comparison of what was said in English with what was said in Chinese weather reports the last few days regarding the brutal air pollution.

daliandalian.com — A simple post: a map showing air pollution across China on one day of the year. Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Henan, Hubei and Hunan all look horrible, this shows how horrible.

cleanerairforcities.blogspot.com — Shanghai gets it! In an article in China Daily, it was reported that "The Shanghai landscaping administration bureau said more than 95,000 sq m of rooftops have been covered in grass and shrubs, very close to the annual target of 100,000 sq m.