Tackling Beijing Pollution

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  Beijing To Build Ventilation 'Corridors' To Help Tackle Smog

  Authorities in Beijing plan to develop a network of ventilation "corridors" to help tackle the city's notorious air pollution, China's state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday.

• Days of Heavy Air Pollution Blight Northern China

  Days of heavy smog shrouding swathes of northern China pushed pollution to more than 20 times safe levels on Friday, despite government promises to tackle environmental blight.

• Beijing To Enforce Use of Clean Coal in Anti-Pollution Drive

  China's capital city, Beijing, will enforce the use of cleaner low-sulphur coal from Aug. 1 in a bid to tackle the soaring levels of air pollution that frequently clog the country's major cities, the official Xinhua media agency said on Saturday.

• China to 'declare war' on pollution

  China is to "declare war" on pollution, Premier Li Keqiang said on Wednesday at the opening of the annual meeting of parliament, with the government unveiling detailed measures to tackle what has become a hot-button social issue.

• China's Shanghai announces new measures to curb pollution

  China's commercial capital, Shanghai, introduced emergency measures to tackle air pollution on Wednesday, allowing it to shut schools and order cars off the road in the case of severe smog.

• China says poorly prepared to fight impact of climate change

  China is poorly prepared to tackle the impact of climate change that presents a serious threat to the country, thanks to a lack of planning and public awareness, the government said on Monday.

• China to spend $16 billion to tackle Beijing pollution crisis

  China will spend 100 billion yuan over three years to deal with Beijing's pollution, an official newspaper reported on Friday, as the government tries to defuse mounting public anger over environmental degradation.