From AFP: At least 10,000 deaths every year in Hong Kong, Macau and neighbouring southern China are caused by the area’s worsening air pollution, according to a study released Wednesday. Air pollution is also responsible...
From Project Syndicate, via Taipei Times: Two countries — the US and China — remain unconcerned with global efforts to create a new post-Kyoto framework on climate change. Fifty years ago, the rest of the world might have carried on with remedying the problem of greenhouse gas emissions and let China and the US stew […]
From Financial Times: Hong Kong’s air pollution is caused locally rather than by south China’s industrial engines for at least half the year, according to a study released Wednesday. The territory can therefore do more to fix a chronic problem that is affecting its international standing as a top-tier financial and services centre, it said. […]
From The Standard: Filthy air hung over several areas in Guangdong and Hong Kong, the new pollution index revealed Wednesday. The government’s plan to give residents daily updates on air quality got off to a bad start when a technical hitch at the Environment Protection Department delayed the first bulletin by more than 30 minutes. […]
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