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03/29/2024 04:53:40 am

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Diwali Firecrackers Worsen Air Pollution over India to Record Danger Levels

By the morning of Oct. 31, government health authorities said PM2.5 levels had exceeded 30 times the World Health Organization's recommendation for average daily exposure.

China Coal Pollution

China Announces Plan to Improve Efficiency of Coal Plants to Reduce Pollution

The Chinese central government has announced on December 2 that it will start taking steps to improve the efficiency of coal plants in order to reduce their level of pollution by around 60 percent. Environmental regulators estimate that as much as 180 million metric tons of carbon dioxide produced by the nation's coal plants could be eliminated in the next five years.

Chinese Authorities Raise Smog Alert Level At Its Second Highest In Beijing This Year

Chinese Authorities Raise Smog Alert Level to Second Highest in Beijing This Year

Chinese authorities have raised the smog alert level to the second to the highest so far this year in the nation's capital Beijing.

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