Senior clinical psychiatrists have called for closer studies on the negative impact of smoggy days on mental health.
The average PM 2.5 reading for Beijing in 2013 was more than double the national standard, the city's environmental authority reported Thursday, suggesting tough challenges ahead for the pollution-plagued Chinese capital in its anti-smog campaign.
After noticing a chemical smell in their tap water, dubious residents of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, bought bottled water in December despite assurances that the smelly water is safe and meets quality standards.
Chen Quanguo, Party chief of the Tibet autonomous region, said protecting every mountain, every river, every tree, every blade of grass is essential during the regional economic conference on Tuesday.
Eighty-seven Chinese cities will begin releasing hourly updates on air quality from Jan 1, taking the total number doing so to 161.
The first generating unit of the Yangjiang nuclear power plant in South China's Guangdong province began trial operations on Tuesday.
Industrial pollution is the biggest source of the PM 2.5 problems which cause Beijing's smog, the Chinese Academy of Sciences said on Monday.
China's environmental watchdog on Monday said it plans to punish 805 companies for violating environmental protection regulations.
The Environmental Protection Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region launched a new air pollution information system called the Air Quality Health Index on Monday.
Someone in Beijing says its smog is so dense he cannot see the Chairman Mao portrait at the Tian'anmen Rostrum.
"Environmental protection is a problem of our whole country and everyone with awareness should do their bit."
Tianjin municipality in North China began carbon emissions trading on Thursday, with five deals for about 45,000 tons completed on the first day.
Approximately 200 polluting factories were shut down temporarily this year in Beijing, greatly improving the capital’s air quality, a city environment official said.
Chinese lawmakers Thursday urged not to adjust environmental targets though the progress toward four of them is considered slow.
China's performance in four areas related to environmental protection fell short of standards set to help the country achieve its goals by 2015.
After Tianjin drivers were confused by traffic-restriction orders from local environmental and transportation bureaus during a succession of smoggy days early this week, the need for timely smog alerts and forecasts has become urgent, authorities said.
Progress has lagged for four binding environmental targets set in the country's 12th five-year development plan, a government report warned on Wednesday.
Imports will account for a major chunk of China’s natural gas usage this year, even as the country strives to improve clean fuel usage.
Air pollution is only one of the symptoms of the imperfect growth model which favored GDP growth over every other factor, including environmental benefit.
Guangdong province in South China commenced carbon emission trading on Thursday, with seven deals for about 120,000 tons on the first day.
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