Beijing will impose a new fee on the discharge of volatile organic compounds, targeting the city's industrial enterprises that release the pollutants.
Officials with the capital's Air Pollution Prevention Regulation have handed down the highest-yet penalty to a company that manufactures ultility boilers.
Hiked-up penatlies on polluting firms in Beijing have helped the city rake in $14 million so far, more than 10 times than in the same period last year.
China continues to face severe challenges in energy conservation and emission reduction, a senior lawmaker in charge of environment-related legislation said on Tuesday.
Baoding, in Hebei province, plans to adopt a new standard to curb pollutant emissions of vehicles.
As pollution lowers quality of life for many foreigners, smaller or coastal cities are becoming a magnet thanks to a good environment, reports Zhang Yuchen
Beijing is imposing harsh fines against polluting enterprises in an attempt to cut down on the region's notorious smog.
Some schools in Beijing are building protective domes to ensure children continue to exercise in clean air on smoggy days.
The heavy smog that has shrouded the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area for several days eased somewhat on Thursday afternoon, but experts said it won't disperse until Saturday.
Lingering smog has severely reduced the visibility in Liaoning Province, where air and highway traffic was forced to be partially closed.
Smog will persist to in north China, according to the National Meteorological Center (NMC).
Of the country's 20 most polluted cities, as many as 11 lie in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei city cluster, with seven of them among the 10 worst.
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