Beijing's emergency measures to clear its famously polluted air during the Olympic Games have been largely successful, with the city reportedly experiencing the cleanest summer air it's had for over a decade. But now that the Olympics are over, full-time city residents have been pointing out how pleasant breathable air has been and how nice it would be to have it all the time. In response, Chinese officials, who are still under the international spotlight until the close of this month's Paralympic Games, hinted to the media recently that some clean-air measures may stay in place beyond the games' end. Officials have said that plans to reduce construction-site dust will be sped up, some of the city's most-polluting vehicles could be subject to more regulation, and that heavily polluting companies may be required to address their pollution problems in order to resume post-games operations. However, one of the most successful (and popular) measures to curb the city's pollution will not be continued after the games -- the restriction keeping half of the city's cars from operating each day.
source: China Daily, The Financial Times, Reuters
City preps and countries posture ahead of Copenhagen talks
John McCain’s troubles are the world’s troubles
Comments
View as Flat
greenhornet Posted 5:20 am
25 Aug 2008
They deserve to choke.
Permalink
Delay And Deny Posted 8:50 am
25 Aug 2008
Speaking of pollution, who is responsible for all those bad, warbling Top Ten ballads at the beginning of each and every event. There seemed to be a limitless amount of bad Sinopop emerging from the provinces. Made me long for the days when the intellectuals were all sent to the rice paddies to sing "Oh, How I Love to Carry Manure Up the Mountainside for the Chairman".
Permalink
BlackBear Posted 9:06 am
25 Aug 2008
Permalink