China's smog closes schools and highways
Dec 1, 2015 17:10:35 #
Policemen wear protective masks at the Tiananmen Square on an extremely polluted day as hazardous, choking smog continues to blanket Beijing, China December 1, 2015.© REUTERS/Damir Sagolj Policemen wear protective masks at the Tiananmen Square on an extremely polluted day as hazardous, choking smog continues to blanket Beijing, China December 1, 2015.
China is dealing with a blanket of smog so thick that authorities Tuesday ordered schools to keep students indoors.
A day after Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Paris with other world leaders at a c*****e c****e conference, Beijing grappled with its fifth consecutive day of air pollution. The smog blocked views across the capital, closed highways because of low visibility and caused parents to cough while worrying about their children.
Its the worst day so far this year, Liu Feifie, 36, a mother and Internet company employee, told the Associated Press. I feel my throat totally congested with phlegm and it feels very itchy. But Im more concerned about the health of my 7-year-old kid.
Beijings No. 2 Experimental Primary School told students they could study from home if they wanted, and Beijing Digital School is running classes online, Chinas state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.
China, which emits 6 billion tons of greenhouse gases per year, is the largest producer of emissions in the world, according to Reuters. China's president said Monday that his country would "strive to achieve" reductions in its emissions "as soon as possible."
Tackling c*****e c****e is a shared mission for mankind, Xi said, according to Bloomberg News.
The smog will continue Wednesday in most parts of north China, Xinhua said.
Readings of tiny poisonous particles, known as PM2.5, reached into the high 600s micrograms per cubic meter in Beijing on Tuesday. A safe level is 25, according to the World Health Organization. Some suburban neighborhoods logged levels up in the 900s Monday, according to the AP.
Outside a Beijing childrens hospital that was full of patients, parents and grandparents complained about the smog harming their children and worried the youngsters would become more vulnerable to illnesses, such as throat infections and the flu.
The government is supposed to be tackling the pollution, so we need to see the effects," said Yin Lina, who brought her 5-year-old daughter to the hospital with a stuffed nose. "If in a few years the situation does not change, we will consider leaving.
China's ruling C*******t Party has tightened emissions standards and invested in solar, wind and other renewable energy. But the country still depends on coal for more than 60% of its power. China plans to build hundreds of nuclear reactors to reduce its dependence on coal.
China's government-run newspapers posted articles Tuesday promising improvements in five to 10 years.
Emissions of major air pollutants will begin to decline in five to 10 years as part of government mandates to reduce total emissions, but more time will be needed for significant improvement in China's environment, the China Daily reported.
"Volatile organic pollutant emissions" will continue to climb in the coming year and will peak in 2020, together with levels of ammonia and lead in the air, the newspaper said, citing a study by the Research Institute of Resources and Environment Policies at the State Council's Development Research Center.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/chinas-smog-closes-schools-and-highways/ar-AAfTZSP?ocid=spartandhp
China is dealing with a blanket of smog so thick that authorities Tuesday ordered schools to keep students indoors.
A day after Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Paris with other world leaders at a c*****e c****e conference, Beijing grappled with its fifth consecutive day of air pollution. The smog blocked views across the capital, closed highways because of low visibility and caused parents to cough while worrying about their children.
Its the worst day so far this year, Liu Feifie, 36, a mother and Internet company employee, told the Associated Press. I feel my throat totally congested with phlegm and it feels very itchy. But Im more concerned about the health of my 7-year-old kid.
Beijings No. 2 Experimental Primary School told students they could study from home if they wanted, and Beijing Digital School is running classes online, Chinas state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.
China, which emits 6 billion tons of greenhouse gases per year, is the largest producer of emissions in the world, according to Reuters. China's president said Monday that his country would "strive to achieve" reductions in its emissions "as soon as possible."
Tackling c*****e c****e is a shared mission for mankind, Xi said, according to Bloomberg News.
The smog will continue Wednesday in most parts of north China, Xinhua said.
Readings of tiny poisonous particles, known as PM2.5, reached into the high 600s micrograms per cubic meter in Beijing on Tuesday. A safe level is 25, according to the World Health Organization. Some suburban neighborhoods logged levels up in the 900s Monday, according to the AP.
Outside a Beijing childrens hospital that was full of patients, parents and grandparents complained about the smog harming their children and worried the youngsters would become more vulnerable to illnesses, such as throat infections and the flu.
The government is supposed to be tackling the pollution, so we need to see the effects," said Yin Lina, who brought her 5-year-old daughter to the hospital with a stuffed nose. "If in a few years the situation does not change, we will consider leaving.
China's ruling C*******t Party has tightened emissions standards and invested in solar, wind and other renewable energy. But the country still depends on coal for more than 60% of its power. China plans to build hundreds of nuclear reactors to reduce its dependence on coal.
China's government-run newspapers posted articles Tuesday promising improvements in five to 10 years.
Emissions of major air pollutants will begin to decline in five to 10 years as part of government mandates to reduce total emissions, but more time will be needed for significant improvement in China's environment, the China Daily reported.
"Volatile organic pollutant emissions" will continue to climb in the coming year and will peak in 2020, together with levels of ammonia and lead in the air, the newspaper said, citing a study by the Research Institute of Resources and Environment Policies at the State Council's Development Research Center.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/chinas-smog-closes-schools-and-highways/ar-AAfTZSP?ocid=spartandhp
Dec 1, 2015 17:22:08 #
moldyoldy wrote:
Policemen wear protective masks at the Tiananmen S... (show quote)
Yet your God-King, Obama ("PRAISE HIM, HALLELUJAH!" ) has decreed that his EPA cripple and destroy the US coal industry, which is responsible for less than 5% of the coal cause pollution in the world, while the Chinese, who are responsible for far more, howl with laughter at the round-eye fools who re-elected this POS.
Dec 1, 2015 17:27:09 #
Loki wrote:
Yet your God-King, Obama ("PRAISE HIM, HALLELUJAH!" ) has decreed that his EPA cripple and destroy the US coal industry, which is responsible for less than 5% of the coal cause pollution in the world, while the Chinese, who are responsible for far more, howl with laughter at the round-eye fools who re-elected this POS.
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Dec 1, 2015 17:34:04 #
lpnmajor
Loc: Arkansas
moldyoldy wrote:
Policemen wear protective masks at the Tiananmen S... (show quote)
Right and China has always been ahead of the curve on industry, Government subsidies of it's corporations and on climate..................oh................I guess they dropped the ball on this one.
Here we are, behind China on everything, designing them the best military hardware ( since they have our designs within minutes of some i***t putting them in the Ethernet ) and finally, we know something they DON'T - and the very people whining about China beating us economically - are trying to hold us back on capitalizing on this c**p. Oh, I forgot, the corporations fighting c*****e c****e - changes - are some of the corporations that helped Chine pollute IT'S air.
Dec 1, 2015 19:48:45 #
lpnmajor wrote:
Right and China has always been ahead of the curve... (show quote)
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