Seeking to reduce air pollution, Beijing municipal's government has decided to cut coal consumption to 15 million metric tons by 2015, from 23.3 million tons in 2012, and to less than 10 million tons by 2017.
Seven years after China's Renewable Energy Law took effect in January 2006, renewable energy companies are still facing obstacles.
Air pollution in the Chinese capital Beijing and its neighbors Tianjin and Hebei was heavier than other parts of the country in August, the environmental watchdog announced on Tuesday.
China is on the right track to push for economic reforms and tackle environmental pollution, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said.
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The West Renewable Energy Sources Alliance was established during the 2013 China (Chengdu) New Energy International Summit & Exhibition, which ends on Sunday, Sept 15.
The preparation for an early warning system on air pollution will be finished by the end of September in Hebei province, allowing the relevant departments to release an air quality index and pollution report to residents in a timely fashion.
Two more students at a primary school in Yueqing, Zhejiang province, suffered nosebleeds, bringing the total number of children affected by what are suspected to be exhaust emissions from surrounding factories to 21.
China has vowed to use a multi-pronged approach to tackle the country's air pollution, according to a government action plan unveiled on Thursday.
The State Council released an action plan on Thursday which contains the toughest-ever measures to combat airborne pollution. Vanity increasing air pollution
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The Chinese capital Beijing should take the lead and make breakthroughs to prevent and treat air pollution by prioritizing environmental protection.
Beijing on Monday unveiled a package of measures to curb vehicle emissions over the next five years as part of the its increasing efforts to improve air quality.
Beijing vows to reduce PM 2.5 density by 25%
Beijing will brace for heavy air pollution as winter approaches and people are likely to fire up big-polluting coal-fired heaters.