Blog Tag - PM2.5

Beicology – Another Landmark for Beijing’s Air as it Meets All Air Quality Standards for First Time
Submitted on May 13, 2022
With dining-in still a no go in the capital it can feel like there isn’t much good news going around at the moment, but there is one thing to...
Enjoy Some Beijing Blue Skies Porn Now That We’ve Notched the Best Year on Record
Submitted on Jan 05, 2022
As we roll into 2022 we’re proud to see that once again Beijing has set a new high water mark for clean air – the best year on record for all...
Despite the Occasional Airpocalypse, Beijing’s Air is on a Path to Steady Improvement
Submitted on Mar 16, 2021
Yes, we get it, we’ve had a horrendous couple of weeks here in the capital, capping yesterday’s disastrously bad pollution that had air monitors...
Beijing's Rankings Plummet Again, But This Time We're Happy About It
Submitted on Feb 29, 2020
Amidst all of this coronavirus nonsense, it’s time to pause, take a deep breath and celebrate: Beijing has dropped out of the list of the planet’s...
DP Beicology: Beijing's Last Large Coal-Fired Power Plant Suspends Operations, No One Notices
Submitted on Mar 21, 2017
Though you wouldn't know it – based on the abysmally high AQI levels we've put up with over the past couple of days – the operation of Beijing's last...
R Beicology: Want to Know Which Factories are to Blame for Bad Air? Check Out this Pollution Map
Submitted on Mar 19, 2017
In Beijing, few questions are more contentious than: "What is the main culprit behind our smog?" Some of us insist that vehicles are to blame, while...
Melting Polar Ice Caps Mean That Beijing's in for Many More Airpocalypses, Experts Warn
Submitted on Mar 16, 2017
If you think Beijing's horrendous pollution levels couldn't get any worse, then brace yourself for more bad news. Yep, the capital's dismal air...
Throwback Thursday: Pollution Busting Vans Took to the Streets, Then Mysteriously Disappeared
Submitted on Mar 09, 2017
Throwback Thursday takes a look back into Beijing's past, using our nine-year-strong blog archives as the source for a glance at the weird and...
DP Feb 2017's In The Bag: Is the Air Getting Better?
Submitted on Mar 03, 2017
We're past the two-month mark for 2017. How are we doing on the government's pledge to improve the air this year? Not good. According to Ministry of...
R Smog Makes 70% of China Unhappy (The Other 30% Probably Own Coal Mines)
Submitted on Feb 22, 2017
Seven out of 10 China residents are unhappy about smog and 71 percent claim to wear masks on smoggy days, a recent survey detailed in the Global...
Beijing's January Air Quality Plummets 52% Over the Start of Last Year
Submitted on Feb 01, 2017
Now that January 2017 is in the bag, how’d we do on air quality? Not good. Beijing’s monthly average AQI index, as reported by the Ministry of...
Beijing Pollution Hits 647, but Beijingers Bought Fewer Fireworks
Submitted on Jan 29, 2017
Beijing's PM2.5 concetration reached a mere 647 micrograms per cubic meter at its peak during Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) celebrations, down 7...
It's Official: You've Just Lived Through the Worst Week of Bad Beijing Air in Recent Memory
Submitted on Jan 06, 2017
Congratulations, contemporary Beijing residents: You now have new pollution bragging rights, as you have survived the worst week of air on record...
Man the Lifeboats! Batten Down the Hatches! Red Alert Declared for Beijing's Air Dec 20
Submitted on Dec 15, 2016
Fresh on the heels of last week's false alarm comes another whopper: We're in for a red alert for bad air beginning at 8pm tomorrow (Friday) night,...
From the No Sh*t, Sherlock Files: Officials Wasting Anti-Pollution Funds and Smog Will Wreck Your Heart
Submitted on Dec 15, 2016
In news that will shock basically no one, officials in several cities in China have been caught embezzling funds earmarked for pollution control – ...