Tag: Airpocalypse
Beijing Plans to List Smog as “Natural Disaster”
For the first time in 2016, Beijing authorities have issued a five-day “red alert” for air pollution, the highest of a four-tiered, color-graded warning system. This comes almost exactly one year after the capital issued a red alert for the first time amid U.N. climate talks in Paris. At Reuters, Christian Shepherd reports: […] Smog expected this week will stem from air pollution accumulated in Beijing and its environs, such as the nearby cityDecember 15, 2016
