Air pollution is often seen as an urban problem, whereas much less attention has been paid to air pollution and the associated health implications in rural areas. We take China as an example, and ...

China's sweeping efforts to clean up its air have delivered one of the biggest public health success stories of recent decades. Since the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan was launched ...

The report released by Berkeley Earth on Thursday said that for 38 percent of the Chinese population, the average air they breathe is “unhealthy” by U.S. standards. The unprecedented and detailed ...

According to the World Health organization, around 2.4 million deaths that occur in China every year can be attributed to air pollution. The thick pollution found in many rapidly developing Chinese ...

China burns a great deal of coal to produce both heat and electricity contributing to the pollution problem in many cities. Public discontent over the lack of progress in tackling China’s pollution ...