http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/08/04/a-year-after-olympics-beijings-air-quality-back-at-square-one/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:07:52 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/08/04/a-year-after-olympics-beijings-air-quality-back-at-square-one/comment-page-1/#comment-27034 2010 Olympic Medals Made From E-Waste | Discoblog | Discover Magazine Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:43:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/08/04/a-year-after-olympics-beijings-air-quality-back-at-square-one/#comment-27034 [...] Content: Discoblog: A Year After the Olympics, Beijing’s Air Quality Back at Square One Discoblog: Scientists Say Usain Bolt’s Chest-Thumping Cost Him .14 Seconds Discoblog: “Sweating [...] [...] Content: Discoblog: A Year After the Olympics, Beijing’s Air Quality Back at Square One Discoblog: Scientists Say Usain Bolt’s Chest-Thumping Cost Him .14 Seconds Discoblog: “Sweating [...]

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/08/04/a-year-after-olympics-beijings-air-quality-back-at-square-one/comment-page-1/#comment-25109 daxiongben Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:41:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/08/04/a-year-after-olympics-beijings-air-quality-back-at-square-one/#comment-25109 It's the economy, stupid, unfortunately. The government has subsidised the return to glory of the construction industry and everyone is busy producing whatever, however, since there is a lot of free money going around. This means that pollution, especially the industrial smog, is back to 'normal'. It also shows that all the vows about things being and remaining green where quickly thrown away once the government decided that making money and keeping people happy was better than keeping them healthy. The situation in Beijing is absolutely dire. It’s the economy, stupid, unfortunately. The government has subsidised the return to glory of the construction industry and everyone is busy producing whatever, however, since there is a lot of free money going around. This means that pollution, especially the industrial smog, is back to ‘normal’. It also shows that all the vows about things being and remaining green where quickly thrown away once the government decided that making money and keeping people happy was better than keeping them healthy.
The situation in Beijing is absolutely dire.

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