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Choking smog all but shut down one of northeastern China's largest cities on Monday, forcing schools to suspended classes, snarling traffic and closing the airport, in the country's first major air pollution crisis of the winter.
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«The shameful scale of the public health crisis London faces, with thousands of premature deaths caused by air pollution, must be addressed,» Khan said.
China's battle against a persistent air pollution crisis, which all but shut down a city of 11 million this week, is being hampered by tough weather conditions, an environmental official said on Tuesday.
«Air and water pollution may be of concern to us, but to them it's becoming a public health crisis,» Cleetus said.
In response, ClientEarth and the British Lung Foundation have launched the Clean Air Parents» Network to support concerned parents and carers of children across the country who want to help solve the UK's air pollution crisAir Parents» Network to support concerned parents and carers of children across the country who want to help solve the UK's air pollution crisair pollution crisis.
The scale of the public health crisis caused by air pollution and the importance of the energy sector to its resolution are the reasons why the IEA is focusing on this critical topic for the first time.
This 32 - page report provides a detailed analysis of how the rapid expansion of coal - fired power generation over the last decade has contributed to India's rapidly growing air pollution crisis.
The damage from a major increase in exports of publicly owned coal to Asian markets would go beyond encouraging more coal consumption in a region that is struggling to respond to an air pollution crisis.
That does not mean Ontario has a crisis of air pollution from wood fires.
Keeping up appearances counts for a lot in China, but rarely do they conceal such a huge health crisis: in China's 14 largest cities alone, air pollution is responsible for the deaths of 50,000 newborns each year, writes the Shanghai Star newspaper.
Due to China's air pollution crisis, mainly caused by massive coal burning, 10 of China's 34 provinces have pledged to peak and decline their coal consumption by 2017 and have banned the construction of new coal - fired power plants.