Pollution in many Chinese cities still exceeds WHO limits, but levels have dropped sharply since the 'airpocalypse' era.

Levels of pollution have soared past the levels considered hazardous by the World Health Organisation, as dense smog hangs over Beijing and 30 other cities in northern and eastern China. As Beijing ...

With less than a month to go until the start of the Beijing Olympics, the air in the Chinese capital remains gray and smoggy. While the International Olympic Committee has generally praised the city’s ...

BEIJING -- The Chinese capital was shrouded in thick gray smog Sunday, 12 days before the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games. One expert warned that drastic measures enacted to cut vehicle ...

The Lost Dog Café’s upstairs lounge played host to the Ithaca Science Cabaret speaker series last night as Ithaca residents and science enthusiasts alike crowded into the dimly lit lounge. They ...

While Steven Spielberg’s withdrawal from his role as an artistic adviser was a public relations blow to the Beijing Olympics, the announcement this week that Haile Gebrselassie would not run in the ...

As Delhi and its neighbouring areas continue to choke under a blanket of toxic smog with the AQI crossing the 400 mark in several places, China has offered some lessons to India to tackle air ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Authorities in the Chinese capital fined 652 industrial facilities for breaching environmental regulations in the first four months of the year as it stepped up efforts to fight ...

BEIJING -- Beijing's Olympic shutdown begins today, a drastic plan to lift the Chinese capital's gray shroud of pollution three weeks ahead of the games. Half of Beijing's 3.3 million vehicles will be ...

BEIJING (AP) – Beijing authorities have completed a network of monitors that will more accurately measure air quality in the pollution-ridden city after being pushed into it by public pressure and ...