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Jun 8, 2023China’s Auto Show Highlights Electric Ambitions
Apr 14, 2019 The 2019 Shanghai auto show demonstrates the global industry’s race to make electric cars Chinese drivers want to buy.
Trump’s Air Pollution Adviser Denies Link Between Dirty Air and Health Problems
Oct 24, 2018 The chairman of the EPA’s smog and soot panel has made his living challenging health findings on behalf of industry.
The Air We Breathe Is Killing Millions
Apr 20, 2018 A new study finds that 95 percent of the world's population lives in areas with severe air pollution.
Texans Face Soaring Levels of Toxic Pollution After Harvey
Sep 2, 2017 Oil refineries and petrochemical plants in Houston report the release of more than 2,700 tons of additional pollution—a result of Hurricane Harvey's damage.
Study: Pollution Leads to Thousands of Premature Births Each Year
Apr 11, 2016 Air pollution contributes to 16,000 preterm births annually and costs the country billions of dollars in medical costs and lost productivity, the first study of the phenomenon suggests.
Beijing Issues Its First Red Alert Over Smog as the City Goes Into Shutdown
Dec 8, 2015 The ruling will impose tougher restrictions on industry and business in an attempt to curb the Chinese capital's pollution, which Greenpeace has called an “airpocalypse.”
Stephen Colbert Fills Us In on All Things China
Dec 19, 2013 Tuesday's Tip of the Hat, Wag of the Finger segment of "The Colbert Report" was an "All-China" edition, though somehow Kim Jong Un got in to the mix. From China's pernicious smog levels to its recent landing on the moon, the faux-conservative pundit gives us the rundown on some current events in Asia.
Fracking and the New War on Air Pollution in Los Angeles
Dec 6, 2013 Over the past 50 years, the city of Los Angeles has made great strides to curb its smog problems by cutting vehicle emissions. But now, the emerging "fracking" industry threatens to undo much of that progress by wantonly spewing toxic chemicals into the air.By wantonly spewing toxic chemicals into the air, the emerging "fracking" industry threatens to undo much of the progress Los Angeles has made to curb smog pollution over the past 50 years.
China’s Future Up in the Air
Dec 6, 2011 China has to find a way to continue its rapid growth without choking to death. Literally.
