Cassie Odom Mashaela Grimes Cecilia Ritter Beijing Air Pollution History The average measurement is 100 micrograms per cubic meters which is about six times what the EPA deems safe Air Pollution Policy ID: 793751
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Beijing
Sarah Abell
Tiana The
Cassie Odom
Mashaela Grimes
Cecilia Ritter
Slide2Beijing: Air Pollution History
The average measurement is 100 micrograms per cubic meters, which is about six times what the EPA deems safe
Slide3Air Pollution Policy
In September 2013, the State Council unveiled the “
Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Air Pollution
”, which aimed to improve overall air quality across the country over a five-year period.
-It sought to reduce the level of PM10 (particulate matter that is ten micrometers or less in diameter) at cities above prefecture level by at least 10 percent compared to 2012 levels, and concentration of fine particulate matter PM2.5 (the most health-harmful air pollutant) in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region by around 25 percent. Beijing, in particular, was asked to bring PM2.5 concentration down to around sixty micrograms per cubic meter.
-By the end of 2017, China had achieved almost all the major targets stipulated in the 2013 action plan.
-Beijing has allocated $3 billion to fight air pollution in 2018, this budget will be utilised to control coal use,
vehicles
and dust, and to support projects to replace coal with clean energy.
Slide4Current Issues
Slide5Current Issues
Average PM2.5 concentration lower this past winter than it has been in previous years
There were no smog “red alerts” through all of 2017
Government efforts have shut down heavy industry plants, asked households to use cleaner energy sources
However, recent improvements may not be sustainable.
Due in part to weather conditions-- cold fronts bring in fresher, cleaner air and rain that washes pollutants out of the atmosphere
Slide6Communication Prior to 2014
weak/no communication with citizens
many officials violated environmental regulations
prevented/monitored information to citizens regarding air quality
https://www.pollutionsolutions-online.com/news/air-clean-up/16/breaking_news/why_is_china_censoring_this_pollution_documentary/33757
Slide7Communication After 2014
Officials who had violated environmental regulations were exposed
More open after Xi Jinping was elected in 2013
Declared “war on pollution”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/13/world/asia/china-xi-jinping-congress-pollution-corruption.html
Slide8Public Monitoring
After the declared “war on pollution” in 2014,
China implemented more air monitoring stations
throughout the country.
They currently monitor it daily
and relay the information to citizens
Have developed and pushed apps
Slide9Slide10Automobile Policies/Traffic Contribution
Cars are linked to 30% of air pollution in
Beijing
Taking half of the 4 million private cars off the roads on days with serious levels of air pollution- based off of license plate numbers
Critiques- people who own more than one car could
potentially
be able to drive
everyday
when
restriction is
in place
Critiques- government officials and civil servants are
exempt- “Ordinary people are the first to be forced to pay the price for it”
Slide11Automobile Policies/Traffic Contribution
License plate lottery-very difficult to obtain license
Only 1 in 725 out of the 2.7 million applicants are granted a license plate
Quota for license plates is 90,000
Fees and penalties implemented if driving on the wrong day or driving in a license plate restricted area
Permits are available for driving in places without appropriate license plate, but it must be renewed weekly and you can’t drive during rush hours or between the hours of 6am and 10pm on some major roads
Slide12The number of environmental protests in China have grown 29% each year since 1996
Lu Yuyu, chair of protest-tracking website: environmental protests “are usually by far the largest”
Incinerators and chemical plants face the most opposition from citizens
Citizen Movements
Slide13Under the Dome (2015)
Chai Jing, a Chinese journalist, released an informational documentary explaining China’s pollution problem
The documentary was viewed more than 200 million times in a week before it was removed from the internet
Slide14Works cited
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-24566288
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/29/world/asia/china-beijing-traffic-pollution.html
http://www.balticasia.lt/en/naujienos/kinija/end-of-pollution-china-is-it-utopia/