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China's emissions policies are helping climate change but also creating a new problem
- February 10, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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China's sweeping efforts to clean up its air have delivered one of the biggest public health success stories of recent decades. Since the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan was launched in 2013, coal-fired power plants have been fitted with scrubbers, heavy industry has been modernized and pollution standards tightened, leading to an over 50% reduction in atmospheric particulate matter.
Originally published at Phys.org