China’s ‘Inconvenient Truth:’ Anti-Pollution Documentary Goes Viral
BEIJING — Public revulsion over China’s putrid air has been mounting for years, and now the country might have its gotten its own version of “An Inconvenient Truth.” In a…
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5 things to know about China’s ‘Inconvenient Truth’
Here are five things to know to put the phenomenon in context: 1. Overnight sensation The slickly produced video shows journalist Chai Jing presenting a comprehensive slide show, intercutting with…
5 things to know about China’s ‘Inconvenient Truth’
Here are five things to know to put the phenomenon in context: 1. Overnight sensation The slickly produced video shows journalist Chai Jing presenting a comprehensive slide show, intercutting with…
U.S. to Monitor Air Quality in India and Other Countries
HONG KONG — The United States says it will expand air-quality monitoring at some overseas diplomatic missions, following several years of reporting pollution data in China. – The move angered…
Delhi Wakes Up to an Air Pollution Problem It Cannot Ignore
NEW DELHI — For years, this sprawling city on the Yamuna River had the dirtiest air in the world, but few who lived here seemed conscious of the problem or…
The air pollution that’s choking Asia
Haze episodes have occurred in southeast Asia nearly every year since. Back in 1998, and for years afterwards, Tan didn’t think too deeply about them. Yet at some point in…
Chinese Director’s Film For Greenpeace Shows How Smog Changes Everything
Smog has darkened Beijing’s skies and sullied the city’s reputation, but northern China’s persistent pollution plague is now getting more artful treatment from one of China’s most famous filmmakers. Greenpeace…
Century Later, the ‘Chinatown’ Water Feud Ebbs
Pooled water and a salt grass field on part of Owens Lake, in Eastern California near the Sierra Nevada. The lake was drained decades ago, its source water diverted for…