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On the final day of New Year's celebrations, errant fireworks set Rem Koolhaas' TVCC building aflame , killing one firefighter and turning the building into an ominous sign for a difficult year ahead and a symbol for the end of an early century starchitecture boom. ...
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Beijing's Fireworks Display Torches Clean Air and One Skyscraper
Green Daily —
... . Since then, they've cracked down on vehicle emissions and made some small improvements to their air quality, but it appears that they might want to reevaluate the way they party. Despite their efforts, it appears that one massive fireworks display celebrating the lunar new year was so incredibly dirty that it caused Beijing's pollution levels to triple overnight. ...
Putting Green in Red, White and Blue Firework Shows
Daily Greenz, the Blog from Greenzer.com —
green-eco-friendly-fireworks Tomorrow the country will be celebrating its Independence Day, and that means 4th of July fireworks will be lighting up skies all across America. Unfortunately those awe-inspiring explosions and breathtaking burst of color can do some fairly significant damage in the short time they’re streaking across the sky, contributing to air pollution and ...
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Fireworks are fun - who doesn't like explosions? - and a good excuse to get together with family and friends, but they're also not very clean. In Beijing, China, the ...
Fireworks Likely Set Off Massive Beijing Hotel Fire
treehugger.com 2/9/2009 —
David Gray/Reuters via New York Times
We have noted before that fireworks are not particularly good for the environment ; we have also noted that they can be dangerous. A rather graphic demonstration of this is going on right now in Beijing, as the unfinished Koolhaas-designed Mandarin Hotel ...
Looking for perc-free fireworks
theenergycollective.com 7/3/2009 — Just in time for the July 4th fireworks, I saw this news from ICIS about scientists trying to develop pyrotechnic formulations in missiles and fireworks that eliminate the use of perchlorate, a chemical identified as a groundwater contaminant.
Perchlorate is used as an oxidizer in fireworks ...
China: Beijing's New Year resolution: scrap polluting cars
reuters.com 1/5/2009 — Reuters: Beijing, beset by choking traffic and heavy air pollution, will take more than 350,000 high-polluting vehicles off inner city streets from Thursday, local media reported. China's capital has banned cars from the roads on one out of five ...
Eco Tech: ‘Greener’ fireworks brun nitrogen and lots of money
ecofriend.org 7/3/2009 —
Eco Factor: Nitrogen-fueled fireworks produce less smoke and lesser toxins.
Be it Diwali in India or the Fourth of July celebrations in U.S., people love to watch fireworks illuminating the night sky in different colors. However, these fireworks produce a lot of smoke and considering ...
China Faces Worst Drought In 50 Years —
Green on HuffingtonPost.com 2/17/2009
GONGYI, China -- The flowers that welcome visitors to the town of Gongyi in China's Henan province have seen better days. The stems that spell out the greeting message are withered and parched, the surrounding grass bleached yellow from lack ...
Does cloud seeding work? —
Scientific American - Environment 2/19/2009
At long last, it snowed in northern China. The first snow of the year came to Hebei, the northern province surrounding Beijing. In the Chinese capital, it was the first real bout of precipitation since last October. The blizzard caused 12 area ...
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