Now the main challenges lie in regional disparities, increased coal-chemical use and VOC emissions China’s new national air quality standards set in March by the environment ministry require annual ...

Fifteen years ago, Beijing's Liangma riverbanks would have been smog-choked and deserted in winter, but these days they are dotted with families and exercising pensioners most mornings. The turnaround ...

China's sweeping efforts to clean up its air have delivered one of the biggest public health success stories of recent decades. Since the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan was launched ...

Scientists have struggled to explain the rapid acceleration of global warming over the past 15 years, with temperatures now regularly breaking records. It is “among the biggest questions in climate ...

China is deepening a crackdown on perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and microplastics with a new ...

Construction-related activities are responsible for roughly half of China's premature deaths linked to ambient fine particulate matter (PM 2.5), according to a new national-scale analysis. By tracing ...

In 2013, Beijing was the global poster child for air pollution. Fast forward to 2026: heavy pollution days have been almost ...