Air Pollution In China
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A visitor stretches her arms as she looks over the Forbidden City through severe haze in Beijing Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. People refused to venture outdoors and buildings disappeared into Beijing's murky skyline on Sunday as the capital's air quality went off the index.
(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Air pollution across China is forcing authorities to cancel flights, close highways and suspend work at some factories. Guest host Tom Gjelten of NPR and his guests explore the cost of growth in China.
Guests
Kenneth Lieberthal
senior fellow and director of the John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings Institution. He's co-author of "Barack Obama: Barack Obama's Foreign Policy."
Jennifer Turner
Director, China Environment Forum, The Woodrow Wilson Center
Yanzhong Huang
senior fellow for global health, Council on Foreign Relations
Alex Wang
expert of Chinese environmental law at The University of California, Berkeley
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Fans of coal power would love living in BeiJing. The coal dirt in the air is so foul that locals routinely have worn masks for years....it is not just a recent "innovation".
Chinese have chosen to prefer filthy cheap plentiful coal as their power source and ignored all scientific evidence that burning coal is a health hazard.
Those who encourage more coal fired power plants and believe scrubbers etc. are an unnecessary expense should move to BeiJing.
Having lived in earlier days, before the EPA and clean air legislation, older folk have experienced the BeiJing environment though at a lesser level and learned to expect cleaner air.
Fans of coal power would love living in BeiJing. The coal dirt in the air is so foul that locals routinely have worn masks for years....it is not just a recent "innovation".
Chinese have chosen to prefer filthy cheap plentiful coal as their power source and ignored all scientific evidence that burning coal is a health hazard.
Those who encourage more coal fired power plants and believe scrubbers etc. are an unnecessary expense should move to BeiJing.
Having lived in earlier days, before the EPA and clean air legislation, older folk have experienced the BeiJing environment though at a lesser level and learned to expect cleaner air.
Fans of coal power would love living in BeiJing. The coal dirt in the air is so foul that locals routinely have worn masks for years....it is not just a recent "innovation".
Chinese have chosen to prefer filthy cheap plentiful coal as their power source and ignored all scientific evidence that burning coal is a health hazard.
Those who encourage more coal fired power plants and believe scrubbers etc. are an unnecessary expense should move to BeiJing.
Having lived in earlier days, before the EPA and clean air legislation, older folk have experienced the BeiJing environment though at a lesser level and learned to expect cleaner air.