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Top tip if you're going out in Beijing: don't breathe
2013-01-13 21:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: When it comes to air pollution, the long-suffering residents of Beijing tend to think they have seen it all. But this weekend, instruments measuring the levels of particulate matter in the city's famously noxious air broke all records. The Beijing Municipal Environmental Monitoring Centre said levels of PM2.5, tiny particulate matter, had reached more than 600 micrograms per square metre in many areas, and Reuters said it may even have hit 900 its worst-ever reading. The World Health Organisation...
Beijing Air Pollution Off the Charts
2013-01-13 06:38:07| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: One Friday more than two years ago, an air-quality monitoring device atop the United States Embassy in Beijing recorded data so horrifying that someone in the embassy called the level of pollution Crazy Bad in an infamous Twitter post. That day the Air Quality Index, which uses standards set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, had crept above 500, which was supposed to be the top of the scale. So what phrase is appropriate to describe Saturdays jaw-dropping reading of 755 at...
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Pollution "worst on record" in Beijing: Greenpeace
2013-01-13 04:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Air quality in Beijing was the "worst on record" on Saturday and Sunday, according to environmentalists, as the city's pollution monitoring centre warned residents to stay indoors with pollution 30-45 times above recommended safety levels. The Chinese capital, home to around 20 million people, has been wrapped in thick smog since Friday, reducing visibility and disrupting traffic. Data posted on Sunday by the monitoring centre (www.bjmemc.com.cn) showed particulate matter measuring less than...
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China: Beijing air pollution at dangerous high
2013-01-12 15:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Air pollution readings in China's notoriously polluted capital were at dangerously high levels for the second straight day Saturday, with hazy skies blocking visibility and authorities urging people to stay indoors. Local officials warned that the severe pollution in Beijing -- reportedly the worst since the local government began collecting data a year ago -- was likely to continue until Tuesday. The Beijing Municipal Environmental Monitoring Center said on its website that the density of...
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Apple's Tim Cook meets with China Mobile chairman in Beijing
2013-01-10 13:06:35| Telecom - Topix.net
Apple Inc's Chief Executive Tim Cook met with China Mobile's Chairman Xi Guohua on Thursday to discuss "matters of cooperation," a China Mobile spokesman said, raising hopes that a deal between the two tech giants may move forward.
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