president Wong J’s says South Korea is cooperating with China and the fine dust issue but a seasonal response system is required to clean up the nation’s air his remarks came during a cabinet meeting today taking place at the start of the high-concentration season between December and March the president introduced various measures including…
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Old diesel cars banned from operating to fight fine dust pollution
so as we heard they’re starting from today there are special measures in place to hopefully reduce fine dust emissions because it has been rather unbearable at certain points over the past couple of years one of these measures as we just heard there is reducing the number of old diesel cars on the streets…
Polluted air expected until tomorrow _ 032619
We are having a nice sunny day for a change today, but it is a day to be enjoyed indoors apparently because concentrations of fine dust were high today. For the latest weather updates, let’s turn to our Michelle Park at the weather center… Michelle, any signs of fresh air? Well, the fine dust that…
S. Korea to cut operation of coal-fired power plants this winter to tackle fine dust pollution
the South Korean government plans to operate a fewer coal-fired power plants over the winter to tackle find US pollution it’s the first time such measures are carried out during the cold season when demand for energy is high kim jae hee explains further between 8 and 15 coal power plants in South Korea will…
Seoul begins crackdown on cars with high emission levels
this South Korean capital has issued penalties for more than 400 drivers whose vehicles emit large volumes of carbon dioxide the crackdown began on Sunday as part of Seoul city’s efforts to tackle high levels of air pollution now under the new measure cards with grade 5 engines the lowest among the ranking of clean…
416 drivers fined on first day of gov’t crackdown of high-emission vehicles
the Seoul city government began a crackdown on high emission vehicles part of efforts to reduce fine dust more than 400 drivers were fine on the first day young and has the full story in a bid to reduce fine dust pollution the city government has begun a crackdown on all vehicles designated level 5…
U.S. to participate in climate change convention despite withdrawal from Paris Climate Ageement
the US the United States would take part in the UN’s upcoming climate action agreement so climate action summit despite President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out at the Paris climate Accord the US State Department released the statement saying that a delegation of environmental officials will attend the cop 25 convention in Madrid which…
‘International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies’ designated by the UN
the International Day of clean air for blue skies has been designated by the United Nations as a day to raise awareness about air pollution around the world and strengthen international cooperation and efforts to create cleaner air for everyone now this idea was first touted by President moon jaein back in September and adopted…
High-emission vehicles to be restricted in downtown Seoul from next month
now starting next month level 5 emission vehicles will be restricted from entering central Seoul in an attempt to reduce air pollution and fine dust the new measure will also be rolled out to two other rather congested districts in the capital by 2021 ich jung-in reports starting December all level 5 emission vehicles were…
Greenhouse gases hit new high in 2018: WMO
now greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere hit a new record high in 2018 surpassing the average yearly increase of the last decade according to the World Meteorological Organization on Monday concentrations are showing no sign of a slowdown let alone a decline the latest report by the UN agency says the biggest contributor to…