Tag: Beijing - Page 5
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Coke's New Green Vending Machines: "Like Taking 218,000 Cars Off the Road For Two Weeks"
Greenpeace victory NGOs are known for getting on the case of big corporations, but it's not everyday that they get their way. At the Sydney Olympics, Greenpace came down hard on Coca Cola for its vending machines, which keep its drinks cool from Mumbai
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10 Ways Beijing (and Other Cities) Can Keep Its Skies Blue and Roads Gridlock-Free
Thanks to an unprecedented set of restrictions on cars and factories for the Olympics and this month's Paralympic Games, the skies over Beijing have been cleaner than ever. Used to massaging pollution data and calling gray skies
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Beijing's Olympic Village is World's Largest Green Neighborhood
Image: Getty/AFP Amidst the talk over the legacy of Beijing's "Green Olympics," there has been surprisingly little attention paid to the environmental impact of the city's new buildings. It's especially surprising given that buildings have the largest
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Every Olympic Athlete's New Shirt: Made of Recycled Coke Bottles
Michael Phelps' swimsuit may not look too comfortable, but what about a T-shirt made of Coke bottles? The idea is hardly new, but it's never been put on so many influential backs before: every athlete at the Games in Beijing
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China's Powerful New Emission-Killing Trains
They won't look much different, but the first of 300 fuel-efficient locomotives are about to hit China. Using a lighter weight design, the China Mainline Evolution Series locomotive by GE achieves a peak output of 6,250-horsepower, which is 40% more
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For Opening Ceremony, Beijing Told Rain to Go Away
What other government in the world, for what other reason, would be able to "guarantee" the weather? One of the biggest feats of China's spectacular opening ceremony on Friday wasn't inside the stadium. As those of us inside the Bird's Nest feared rain
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Despite Government Efforts, Smog Hovers Over Beijing On First Olympic Day
On Beijing's biggest day in recent history -- and arguably its most documented -- the city was plagued by another blanket of smog just hours before the opening ceremonies. Years of preparation, a ban on half the city's cars and an order to close down
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Olympics: Is The Air In Beijing Safe?
With the Olympics starting today in China, everyone is anxiously watching the weather. Air pollution in Beijing is severe because of the many factories, coal plants and cars, but weather patterns make the situation even worse. Also, humidity can reduce
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Is the IOC Helping Beijing Obscure Its Pollution?
When US cyclists arrived in face masks yesterday, the International Olympic Committee chimed in again, echoing Beijing officials' insistence that there is nothing to fear when it comes to pollution.
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Breathing in Beijing: An Emergency Anti-Smog Plan, Rainmaking, and New Words for Pollution
An Environmental Protection Bureau van checks air quality near the Water Cube After over a week of mixed pollution, Beijing today outlined emergency measures for fighting smog during the Olympics, potentially expanding what is already the world's
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Survey: Will You Watch The Olympics?
It is everywhere in the news and on TreeHugger. Is it green enough? Is the air clean enough? Have they whitewashed Beijing enough? But the question of the moment is:
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International Olympic Committee Should Have Done More to Green Beijing, Says Greenpeace
Jacques Rogge, IOC president Yesterday was a good day for Greenpeace to give Beijing its report card on greening up for the Olympics. Due to low winds, emissions from Beijing's burgeoning, if temporarily restricted, car population along with smog from
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Its Air Experiment Failing, Beijing Considers "Emergency" Plan
Beijing's big air cleanse began a week ago, and the results are clear (or not, as it were): closing some factories and taking half its cars off the roads has not kept away the smog. Last
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Beijing's Olympic Subways Outpace US Subways
Two weeks before the start of the Olympics, Beijing has debuted what will be one of the Games most significant legacies, bigger than all the impressive architecture and the beautification campaigns: three new subways that expand the city's track length
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China's Gas Hike Pushes Drivers to Public Transit
Beijing is "trying it's best to improve the environment" for the Olympics, largely by shutting down factories. But to really improve the environment in Beijing in the long term the government will need to focus on a much smaller but more prevalent
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Beijing's Latest Olympic Crackdown: Recyclers
The other day, as my friend and I were on our way to sell a load of plastic bottles and paper boxes to our local recycling man, we were stopped by one of our vigilant neighbors. "Whoa, he's not there! He won't be back for two
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Beijing's Olympic Security Forces Drive ... Segways?
Combine rising fuel costs with escalating security concerns in China, and this makes perfect sense -- kind of: ahead of the Olympics, a Chinese anti-terror team has recently been training on specially-outfitted Segways, the electric, gyro-balanced
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Will Beijing Continue Down its Environmental Path?
We've all seen the length to which China has gone in order to burnish its environmental credentials ahead of the Olympics. Whether it be building sparkling new sustainable facilities for the Games or "forcing" good weather
