A Chinese man has proposed a bizarre plan involving 1.5 million people with hand-held fans to tackle the capital city's smog, a media report said on Monday.
The man, Du filed an application with the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) in March in the hopes of turning his "fan-away smog plan" into reality, the Global Times report said.
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Air pollution in New Delhi worsened again Sunday and officials warned of little relief in sight from the smog, which has even caused one airline to cancel flights to the world's most polluted capital.
The US embassy website Sunday showed levels of the smallest and most harmful airborne pollutants reached 676, about 27 times the World Health Organization's safe maximum,Read more
The smog currently plaguing eastern Pakistan shows no sign of abating.
In recent days, it has disrupted flights, forced the government to change school timings, and posed a serious health risk, particularly in the densely populated province of Punjab.
The country’s national carrier, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), has mostly rescheduled, rerouted, or even canceled some of its flights. Over 60Read more
Rickshaw driver Sanjay can only afford a handkerchief to shield his face from the smog-filled streets of Delhi, even as many residents rush to buy protective masks to combat the toxic menace.
Better off inhabitants of the world’s most polluted capital are swarming sellers of face masks — costing more than the 300 rupees ($5) that Sanjay earns in aRead more
Federal for Climate Change Mushahidullah Khan here on Tuesday said that main reason behind smog was industrial waste, vehicles,burning the remains of crops and coal used at brick kiln.
Talking to media he said, “Reason behind smog and pollution is smoke of industrial waste, vehicles, burning the remains for crops and coal used at brick kiln at brick kiln.”
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The smog-hit Chinese capital of Beijing will establish a police force to deal specifically with environmental offences as part of its efforts to clean up its air and crack down on persistent polluters.
The smog police will crack down on open-air barbecues, garbage incineration, biomass burning and dust from roads, Beijing's acting mayor Cai Qi said on Saturday, according toRead more
Heavy smog in northern China on Sunday caused hundreds of flights to be cancelled and highways to shut, disrupting the first day of the new year holiday.
Large parts of the north were hit by hazardous smog in mid-December, leading authorities to order hundreds of factories to close and to restrict motorists to cut emissions.
The latest bout of airRead more