“Some scientists questioned why the tree deaths slowed even as China’s pollution problems have grown.” Continue reading
Category Archives: China
China plans to cut carbon intensity 40-45% before 2020
At China’s economic growth rate (around 8%), though, total emissions would still likely increase. Continue reading
Posted in China, Climate Change
John Kerry gives Chinese free pass in new US-China climate pact; China only to do what is ‘nationally appropriate’
The escape clause for China is the phrase “nationally appropriate action by the United States and China.” China has long said global warming was caused by the West and is the West’s responsibility to resolve. Continue reading
Posted in China, Climate Change
Claim: Air Pollution Linked to 1.2 Million Premature Deaths in China
Show us a body–c’mon, just one. BTW, the is an EPA funded study. Continue reading
Posted in Air pollution, China, EPA
China Backing Away From Carbon Tax Start in 2013, Official Says
Guess why? Continue reading
Posted in Carbon Tax, China
The most shocking photo of Beijing air pollution I’ve ever seen
Où sont les corps? Continue reading
Posted in Air pollution, China
China Admits Pollution Has Caused ‘Cancer Villages’
NOte, please, that these are not deaths related to PM2.5, of which we are still awaiting evidence. Continue reading
Posted in China
China emissions tax may replace ‘pollutant discharge fees’
What’s in a name? Continue reading
Posted in China, Climate Change
Really Red: Chinese environment official challenged to swim in polluted river
Bao Zhenming, who declined to take up the challenge was offered over £20,000 to swim in the contaminated waterway. Continue reading
Posted in China, Water pollutiuon
China to Impose Limits on Six Industries to Tackle Air Pollution
Fine… but where are the bodies? More than a month of atrocious PM2.5 air quality has produced no bodies. Continue reading
Posted in Air pollution, China
Polluted Beijing cuts down on Lunar New Year fireworks
Still no bodies. Continue reading
Posted in Air pollution, China
Viv Forbes: Foggy Thinking on Smog
Coal gets blamed for all the bad things, even the Asian Smog. What causes this smog? Continue reading
Posted in Air pollution, China
New Japan-China Air Tensions: Smog
The Chinese are actually blaming the Japan for high PM2.5 levels.
“Now comes a new spat, with Japanese officials and media suggesting China’s latest air-pollution crisis may be spreading across the East China Sea into Japan… The Japanese reports drew some harsh response from China. One critic was quoted as saying: ‘After the earthquake, Japan switched from nuclear power to coal fired power, and has been incinerating their waste. This has greatly affected China’s environment, so one cannot criticize only China. The pollution needs to be reduced, but we cannot ignore climate change and neighboring countries’.”
Read more at the Wall Street Journal (subscription may be required).
Posted in Air pollution, China
Suffocating smog from China reaches regions of Japan
We continue to await reports of bodies. Continue reading
Posted in Air pollution, China
China entrepreneurs cash in on air pollution
Not undertakers, though. Where are the bodies? Continue reading
Posted in Air pollution, China
China’s air pollution is so bad it’s visible from space
But no deaths are visible on Earth. Continue reading
Posted in Air pollution, China
Pollution thick enough to cancel flights hits Beijing
“It’s really bad for your health, obviously,” — so where are the bodies? Continue reading
Posted in Air pollution, China
