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    Greenpeace Global Review 2021: 50-Year Green Initiatives for Better Future

    Pandemic and uncertainty have swept the world throughout the year 2021, yet Greenpeace has spared no seconds holding back its move in adverse conditions. Experience of this turbulent year shows…

    Greenpeace East Asia
    December 29, 2021
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    5 Chinese “artivists” that took on China’s air pollution

    With avenues of protest and online discussion strictly controlled, artists in China are finding increasingly creative ways to voice their frustration at their cities’ appalling air pollution.

    Anna McGurk
    January 12, 2017
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    460 million people in China are choking on dirty air

    460 million people in China are currently choking under a cloud of smog larger than North America. China needs to speed up its renewables revolution!

    Zhang Kai
    December 20, 2016
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    Smog engulfs area home to 460 million citizens as Northern China sees worst air pollution of 2016 – Greenpeace

    Beijing, 20 December 2016 - Northern China’s 23-city air pollution red alert has become the most serious air pollution episode of the year, affecting a population equivalent to that of the US, Canada and Mexico combined. Approximately 200 million citizens across six provinces are experiencing “hazardous” levels of smog, and a further 260 million seeing…

    Greenpeace East Asia
    December 20, 2016
  • Air Pollution in Beijing. © Greenpeace / Wu Di
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    Red alert: What’s happening with Beijing’s air pollution?

    As Beijingers wait to be engulfed by a slow-moving cloud of smog, data shows that air pollution progress is stalling.

    Zhang Kai
    December 16, 2016
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    Beijing’s first air pollution red alert of 2016, coal burning the culprit – Greenpeace

    Beijing, 16 December, 2016 - A Greenpeace East Asia analysis of air pollution statistics identifies industrial coal burning in Beijing’s surrounding provinces as the primary source of the pollution which has triggered the red alert measures for 16-21 December. Greenpeace East Asia calls on the government to accelerate China’s economic transition, further curb coal consumption…

    Greenpeace East Asia
    December 16, 2016
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    Xi’an Environmental Protection Bureau caught tampering with air quality readings – Greenpeace response

    Beijing, 25 October 2016 - It is shocking and concerning that the Xi'an Environmental Protection Bureau has consistently falsified air quality readings.[1]

    Greenpeace East Asia
    October 25, 2016
  • Dabancheng Wind Farm in China. © Greenpeace /  Hu Wei
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    China’s air pollution problem is heading west

    The data is in, and at first glance it looks like good news. China’s air quality has improved overall, but much of its less developed middle and western cities have seen marked increases in PM2.5 levels.

    Dong Liansai
    April 20, 2016
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    As eastern China’s air quality improves rapidly, 69 cities in central and western China see air quality deteriorating – Greenpeace

    Beijing, 20 April, 2016 – Greenpeace East Asia’s city rankings for the first quarter of 2016 show significant improvements in average air quality in 362 cities across the country. The improvements are particularly rapid in eastern China’s three ‘key regions’. [1] However, air quality in more than 85% of cities failed to meet national standards.…

    Greenpeace East Asia
    April 20, 2016
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    Friday Five: Coal in Decline, 2015 City Rankings and Pigs

      Friday round-up highlighting the news and commentary of the week: Air pollution in China abates, but winter a problem: Greenpeace [Reuters] Greenpeace China released its final city rankings for 2015,…

    Anna McGurk
    January 22, 2016
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