Delhi chokes on smog: Here's how China fought its pollution crisis in 2013 | Explained

Delhi chokes on smog: Here’s how China fought its pollution crisis in 2013 | Explained

A dense blanket of haze covered the national capital on Monday, with air quality lingering in the “very poor” category. The worsening crisis mirrors the pollution struggles faced by major cities worldwide, reminiscent of China’s ‘Beijing 2013 smog emergency’, which sparked public outrage and a severe health crisis. Delhi, similarly, faces seasonal chokes from stubble…

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More factories but less pollution: how China’s green tech revolution works

More factories but less pollution: how China’s green tech revolution works

In 2006, he founded the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE) – a non-profit environmental research organisation based in Beijing. At the time, data collected by his organisation showed around 28 per cent of monitored water sources nationwide were severely polluted and rendered unusable, leaving nearly 300 million people without sufficient clean drinking water,…

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