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Lauri Myllyvirta

New Air Pollution Database Maps World’s Most Polluted Cities

India is home to the world’s most toxic cities. Beijing is no longer the global symbol of smog it once was. And there is a staggering lack of air quality monitoring in some countries.

May 03rd, 2018

By Emma Howard and
Lauri Myllyvirta

New Air Pollution Database Maps World’s Most Polluted Cities

The world’s most comprehensive air pollution database has been updated again, mapping out a picture of a global health crisis that is disparate, changing and in some places just obscure.

Compiled by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the statistics on 4,300 cities reveal annual

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In Bid To Tackle Pollution, China Starts Largest Shutdown Of Steel Factories In History

China is launching its first regional Environmental Protection Bureau to consolidate cuts in air pollution following party conference

October 30th, 2017

By Lauri Myllyvirta

In Bid To Tackle Pollution, China Starts Largest Shutdown Of Steel Factories In History

Earlier this month and without much comment, dozens of huge steel mills in China stopped or curtailed their operations. In northern China cement plants are preparing to shut down entirely before Christmas. The measures are a part of an aggressive

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China Cements Green Energy Dominance, Doubling Own Solar Power Goals

The astounding growth of wind and solar power in China means that the country is on track to generate Germany’s total electricity consumption from these sources by 2020.

August 30th, 2017

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China Cements Green Energy Dominance, Doubling Own Solar Power Goals

China has more than doubled its end-of-decade solar power target, with new installations dramatically outstripping expectation, according to the government’s energy agency. By the end of July this year, China’s solar PV capacity topped 112GW, after installing a stunning 35GW in just seven months — more than twice as much as

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The NYT Erroneous Reporting On The ‘Coming Coal Boom’

A run through of some of the claims in that New York Time story, and a summary what’s actually happening.

July 07th, 2017

By Lauri Myllyvirta

The NYT Erroneous Reporting On The ‘Coming Coal Boom’

Earlier this week the New York Times ran a story loosely based on the Coalexit report by German group Urgewald, which seeks to identify companies most heavily involved in the coal power industry

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China Starts Cancelling Under-Construction Coal Plants

China has taken huge steps this year to slow and stop the runaway coal sector, cancelling approximately 100 GW of projects in permitting stage this April.

October 24th, 2016

By Lauri Myllyvirta and
Joanna Mills

China Starts Cancelling Under-Construction Coal Plants

Chinese leaders have called a halt to construction work on 30 large coal-fired power plants with a combined capacity of 17GW — greater than the UK’s entire coal fleet. This unprecedented move indicates just how serious the Chinese authorities are about bringing the country’s coal power bubble under control. And those 30 plants aren’t the only

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