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Deadly air pollution on the increase in Hong Kong

A report in Hong Kong media last week says the city and its surrounding areas experienced life-threatening levels of air [...]

Delta Air Quality ‘Making Huge Gains’ - Officials Claim Success In Anti-pollution Drive

Cheung Chi-fai, SCMP - Apr 23, 2009
Environmental officials have claimed “huge” success in efforts to improve air quality in the [...]

Delta Plan ‘To Exclude Cut In CO2 Emissions’ Main Greenhouse Gas Left Out For A Decade

Chloe Lai in Guangzhou, SCMP - Mar 30, 2009
Carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, is likely to be excluded from [...]

Outdated Smog Index To Be Overhauled

Shi Jiangtao in Beijing - SCMP - Updated on Mar 12, 2009
Mainland air-pollution standards are flawed, and major changes will [...]

Eco Expo Asia Receives Strong Support From The Hong Kong Environment Bureau

Eco Expo Asia 2009 - Published Feb. 12, 2009
Following its success in 2008, Eco Expo Asia, Hong Kong’s only trade [...]

China - Calling for Clearer Skies

Walter Molano | Jan 22, 2009 - RGE Monitor
Clearer skies are one of the unexpected benefits from the [...]

UK Chamber Finds Growing Dissatisfaction

Peter So and Paggie Leung - Updated on Jan 22, 2009 - SCMP
British businesspeople’s dissatisfaction with the city’s political environment, [...]

Will Guangdong Meet 2010 Emission Reduction Targets?

Lawmakers sceptical that HK, Guangdong will meet 2010 emission reduction targets
Cheung Chi-fai - SCMP - Updated on Jan 14, 2009
Lawmakers [...]

Workable Solution: China Wants Better, Cleaner Industry For Tomorrow, But Needs Jobs And Stability Today

Joseph Cheng, SCMP - Updated on Jan 08, 2009
The Guangdong leadership has been promoting industrial upgrading in the Pearl River [...]

Air Is Cleaner, Government Claims

Despite high pollution readings, air is cleaner, government claims
Daniel Sin - SCMP - Jan 03, 2009

The Environmental Protection Department has [...]