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License and Sensibility Beijing extends traffic-control measures to keep smog away		29 Sep 2008	News
Posted at 10:57 AM on 29 Sep 2008 Beijing enjoyed its best air quality in a decade during the Olympic Games, thanks in part to strict traffic-control measures. Pleased by their success, city officials have unveiled ongoing modified measures in hopes of continuing to ward off the smog. Under rules that go into effect Oct. 11, privately owned vehicles will be banned from driving on one weekday, with the particular d ...
Topics: air pollution, cars, China, news, Olympics (all these topics)

From Dog Bowl to Dinner Plate An interview with author and nutritionist Marion Nestle	Michelle Nijhuis	19 Sep 2008	Grist Feature
The contents of your dog's bowl -- kibble, kibble, more kibble -- may not look that interesting, but to nutritionist Marion Nestle, they're nothing less than a microcosm of the global food system. In her new book Pet Food Politics: The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine, Nestle (pronounced NES-uhl, no relation to the multinational) investigates the 2007 pet-food contamination scandal, at ...
Topics: books, China, food, interview (all these topics)

Energy efficiency alone is not sufficient	Jason D Scorse	27 Aug 2008	Gristmill
China's power plant emissions have surpassed the U.S. for the first time and are slated to double in the next decade, despite efficiency improvements. Without major technological innovation it will be impossible to decrease the absolute quantities of CO2 in the atmosphere. This is why government involvement is so important; we need massive R&D and investments in new electricity grids.
Topics: China, electricity grid, energy, energy efficiency, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

Bona Biden Why Biden is such an important pick for those who care about the climate	Joseph Romm	25 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Catastrophic climate change is the primary preventable threat to the health and well-being of all Americans -- as readers of this blog already understand and as pretty much everyone else will figure out in the coming years. Keeping total planetary warming as low as possible -- ideally below 2°C, which it turn requires keeping atmospheric concentrations of CO2 below 450 ppm -- will become the central organizing principle for all U.S. energy, environmental, economic, ...
Topics: China, climate, international politics, politics, presidential race 08, Russia (all these topics)

Was It All Just a Game to You? Beijing officials consider extending some clean-air measures beyond Olympics		25 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 4:59 AM on 25 Aug 2008 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 ...
Topics: air pollution, China, news, Olympics, politics (all these topics)

Olympic trials: The air not there Athletes play down pollution concerns, Beijing gives in to weather	Sara Barz	22 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Not so bad. That's what Olympic Canadian cyclist Svein Tuft thought of the air quality when he raced on Saturday, Aug. 9 (Air Pollution Index: 78) for six and a half hours outside of Beijing. As The New York Times reported, Tuft made short shrift of the pollution fears: Beijing. Photo taken Aug. 15. The pollution concerns, he decided, 'have been a massive hype.' And Tuft isn't alone in his pollution dismissal. Wimbledon champion and Spanish tennis player Rafae ...
Topics: air pollution, China, green living, Olympics, sports (all these topics)

Enemy of the human race central VBS travels to the most polluted city in the world	David Roberts	13 Aug 2008	Gristmill
VBS.tv travels to the most polluted city on earth, the coal mining town of Linfen, China: It's a five-part series -- check out the rest on VBS.tv.
Topics: China, coal, video (all these topics)

Jogging with WaPo in Beijing A purely anecdotal, non-athlete's perspective of the air quality in Beijing	Sara Barz	11 Aug 2008	Gristmill

Topics: air pollution, China, Olympics, sports, video (all these topics)

The sky's the limit Why smoggy skies over Beijing represent the world's greatest environmental opportunity	Joseph Romm	11 Aug 2008	Gristmill
The Atlantic Monthly's James Fallows, now living in China, has written a glass-is-half-full (air-is-half-breathable?) article, 'China's Silver Lining.' While I think he is a bit soft on China from a climate perspective, I think it is well worth reading because Fallows is terrific and thorough writer. And you have to like any story on energy that begins with an entrepreneur promoting Recycled Energy. Also, there is little doubt that given the decades-old refu ...
Topics: air pollution, China, climate, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, health (all these topics)

Olympic trials: Something's in the air Smog settles on Beijing for opening ceremony	Sara Barz	08 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Friday: On the day of the Olympic opening ceremonies, the Air Pollution Index reading was a moderate 94 (see the 'Beijing Air Quality' box on the right side of this page): View of Beijing's third ring road and CCTV building. Photo taken Aug. 8. And here's the same view one week earlier, when the API reading was a 27: View of Beijing's third ring road and CCTV building. Photo taken Aug. 1.
Topics: air pollution, China, Olympics, sports (all these topics)

It's Oly Temporary Olympic Games begin; pollution worries, haze hang over opening ceremonies		08 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 6:06 AM on 08 Aug 2008 The Beijing Olympic Games have officially begun. The opening ceremony kicked off at 8:08 p.m. local time on 08/08/08. So far, pollution readings are said to be moderate, with various Olympic officials and health authorities declaring the Games largely safe for athletes and visitors -- as long as they're just passing through and their sporting events last less than an hou ...
Topics: air pollution, China, international politics, news, Olympics, politics, sports (all these topics)

Olympic trials: The view from the stadium Athletes forgo masks; Beijing skies gray on Olympics eve	Sara Barz	07 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Athletes, journalists, and world dignitaries were greeted with a thick white haze yesterday and today as they descended upon Beijing for the start of the Olympic Games. Much to the Ministry of Environmental Protection's chagrin, the weather has not delivered the "clear and blue" skies as promised when Beijing was awarded the games. However, as CTV reported, today's haze may not be as bad as it looks. According to a Canadian Olympic Committee climatologist, Doug ...
Topics: air pollution, China, Olympics, sports (all these topics)

The shameful, polluted Olympics IOC and multi-nationals complicit in subjecting world class athletes to world class pollution	Joseph Romm	07 Aug 2008	Gristmill
You can't criticize awarding the Olympic Games to China just because their rapacious coal-building policy has now made them the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions. By that standard, America should never have been awarded the games. But awarding the games to a city that is one of the most polluted in the world -- let alone in a country that has such a shameful record on human rights -- is simply unconscionable. And quite unfair to the athletes. Co ...
Topics: air pollution, China, coal, Olympics, sports (all these topics)

Olympic trials: The air up there Beijing skies vary days before Olympics	Sara Barz	05 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Monday: Taken from a Beijing apartment on Aug. 4: Tuesday: Proving that the weather and pollution levels are completely unpredictable, the weather of Aug. 5 was sunny and clear: A silver lining to all this pollution pandemonium? After the Olympic games China will start to monitor two pollutants not currently figured into the Air Pollution Index: ozone and small particulate matter PM2.5. And James Fallows of the Atlantic reports that at least one of the n ...
Topics: air pollution, China, Olympics, sports (all these topics)

Olympic trials: Air, air, everywhere, and not a bit to breathe Gray skies loom over Beijing as Chinese officials announce emergency air-pollution measures	Sara Barz	01 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Beijing. Photo: melosh A haze descended on Beijing for four consecutive days earlier this week and made a fitting backdrop for state environmental regulators to announce emergency measures that they'll put in place if air pollution remains a problem. More power plants and manufacturing facilities could be shut down, and more cars pulled from the roads, according to a news release from the Ministry of Environmental Protection. This second wave of shut-downs wou ...
Topics: air pollution, China, Olympics, sports (all these topics)

Renew's You Can Use China's renewables sector booming, study says		01 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 7:59 AM on 01 Aug 2008 China's renewable-energy sector is growing substantially despite the simultaneous growth of its famous dirty-energy sector, according to a study by nonprofit The Climate Group. While China recently took the lead as the world's largest carbon emitter and continues building roughly one coal-fired power plant a week on average, the country's renewables industry is also setting records. In 2007, China ...
Topics: business, China, energy, news, renewable energy (all these topics)

A Sporting Chance Beijing skies clear a little, but Olympic athletes still wary		29 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 11:03 AM on 29 Jul 2008 After a disconcertingly smoggy weekend, wind and rain cleared some haze from Beijing's skies on Tuesday. But with just a week and half left until the Olympic Games begin, officials are considering emergency measures to keep the smog at bay. The city has already kicked half the cars off its roads, halted construction, planted trees, and closed down some factories; officials said Monda ...
Topics: air pollution, China, green living, health, news, Olympics, sports (all these topics)

Turbine of the Times Wind power in China is 'huge, huge, huge'		25 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 4:44 PM on 25 Jul 2008 China, known for its environmental struggles, is looking to have a success story in wind power. "China's wind energy market is unrecognizable from two years ago," says Steve Sawyer of the Global Wind Energy Council. "It is huge, huge, huge. But it is not realized yet in the outside world." China's wind generation has increased by more than 100 percent per year since 2005, and the ...
Topics: China, energy, news, progress, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics)

Coal for dummies Study finds that prenatal exposure to coal-plant emissions impedes neurodevelopment	Joseph Romm	16 Jul 2008	Gristmill
A major new study by the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health finds: Closing coal-fired power plants can have a direct, positive impact on children's cognitive development and health ... [P]renatal exposure to coal-burning emissions was associated with significantly lower average developmental scores and reduced motor development at age two. In the second unexposed group, these adverse effects were no longer observed; and the frequency of delayed m ...
Topics: air pollution, China, coal, energy, scientific research (all these topics)

Random and wiggy video of the day	David Roberts	16 Jul 2008	Gristmill

Topics: China, education, India, innovation, population, progress, video (all these topics)

On the Ball: In Beijing's court A semi-comprehensive sportin' round-up	Sara Barz	13 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Beijing Olympics 2008: With less than 30 days to the Olympic games, Chinese officials and businesses have actively been touting efforts to reduce air pollution. Even as visibility was down to a few hundred meters in the pollution-laden misty July weather, Beijing's environmental bureau insisted that there will be clear skies for the August games. Chinese corporations are trying to do their part to curb the smog. The Beijing Shougang Group has cut steel production by 70 ...
Topics: air pollution, China, green living, Olympics, sports (all these topics)

Olympic trials: The locusts of control A locust swarm worries Chinese officials ahead of Olympics	Sara Barz	04 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Officials in the Northern Chinese province of Inner Mongolia have mobilized 33,000 people to stop a swarm of locusts 267 miles outside of Beijing. Concerned that the locust swarm may descend on Beijing during the Olympic Games, the regional government has set aside 4 million yuan for pesticides and large-scale spraying machinery. As of July 2, the swarm had infested 5,000 square miles.'The larvae are in the hatching stage in the counties and cities near Beijing, Gao Weny ...
Topics: China, Olympics, severe weather, sports, wildlife (all these topics)

Olympic trials Olympic sailing venue battles with massive algae bloom	Sara Barz	02 Jul 2008	Gristmill
With a mere 37 days until the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, Qingdao, the port city where Olympic sailing events will be held, has sailed into troubled waters. Since June 12, municipal and Olympic officials have been wrestling with an algae bloom in Fushan Bay that has produced over 20,000 metric tons of weeds and green muck. Approximately 10,000 troops and Qingdao residents and 1,000 boats have been dispatched to dredge the bay. According to a Reuters rep ...
Topics: China, oceans, Olympics, sports, water pollution (all these topics)

Dry Run Olympics worsening Beijing water crisis, says report		27 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 2:45 PM on 27 Jun 2008 The Beijing Olympics are putting a strain on already-tight water supplies, says a new report from NGO Probe International. Preparations for the Games have sucked up 52 billion gallons of water above normal consumption this year, in a city that already consumes more water than is naturally supplied. Beijing's two main reservoirs are at less than 10 percent of capacity, and, not helping matters, rainfall ...
Topics: China, news, Olympics, sports, water crisis (all these topics)

On Your Mark, Get Set ... Preparing for Olympics, Beijing takes government cars off roads		23 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 2:14 PM on 23 Jun 2008 In preparation for hosting the Olympics and Paralympics from Aug. 8 to Sept. 17, Beijing has officially kicked off its plan to clear the air by keeping cars parked. Starting Monday, half of Beijing's 22,800 government vehicles will stay off the roads until July 19. From July 20 to Sept. 20, 70 percent of government vehicles will be idled, and non-governmental vehicle owners ...
Topics: air pollution, cars, China, green living, news, Olympics, sports (all these topics)

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