Bloomberg: The current plan to address one of Chinas pressing environmental crises--polluted urban air--could have the unintended effect of creating other ecological catastrophes in China and beyond.
Northern Chinas reliance on burning coal for heat and energy contributes to the heavy haze that shrouds city buildings, especially in winter, and shortens the life spans of northerners as compared with their southern counterparts by as much as five years, according to a recent study (PDF) in the Proceedings...