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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)

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)

It's All Fun and Games Until Somebody Gets Hurt Concerned about air, world-record holder will not run Olympic marathon		11 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 3:36 PM on 11 Mar 2008 Marathon world-record holder Haile Gebrselassie will not compete in his favored event at the Beijing Olympics this summer over fears that polluted air will damage his health. The Ethiopian runner, who has exercise-induced asthma, will try to qualify for the Games in the 10,000-meter race instead. Other athletes have expressed similar concerns ab ...
Topics: air pollution, China, green living, news, Olympics, sports (all these topics)

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