All posts tagged "pollution"

  • china smog
    Beijing issues first ‘Red Alert’ over smog, schools close

    BEIJING (AP) — Beijing issued its first-ever red alert for smog on Monday, urging schools to close and invoking restrictions on factories and traffic that will keep half of the city’s vehicles off the roads. The red...

    • Posted December 7, 2015
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  • A man watches the city skyline covered with a thick haze caused by yellow dust at Seoul Tower's observation deck in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. The Seoul metropolitan government issued a dust warning, urging people to stay indoors. ( AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    Korea, China, Japan to intensify fight against yellow dust

    SEJONG, South Korea (Yonhap) — South Korea, China and Japan have agreed to strengthen a joint research project to combat yellow dust originating in China’s northern provinces, a local environmental research body said Monday. The three countries...

    • Posted November 23, 2015
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  • FILE - In this June 16, 2015, file photo, laborers work on a smoggy day in Beijing. A new study shows that air pollution is killing about 4,000 people in China a day, accounting for 1 in 6 premature deaths in the world’s most populous country. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
    Air pollution killing 4,000 in China a day, US study finds

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Air pollution is killing about 4,000 people in China a day, accounting for 1 in 6 premature deaths in the world’s most populous country, a new study finds. Physicists at the University of California,...

    • Posted August 13, 2015
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  • Buildings in central Seoul are shrouded in a cloud of ultrafine particles, Tuesday. The Korea Meteorological Administration announced that the average atmospheric concentration of particulate matter measuring 10 micrometers (PM10) on the day was 228 micrograms per cubic meter, the most dangerous level in its five-level air pollution scale. (Yonhap)
    K-town pollution among worst in California

    According to California Environmental Protection Agency  Pollution in California is worst in areas of low income By Tae Hong Pollution in California is worst in areas of low income, among them Los Angeles County, a report says....

    • Posted April 24, 2014
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