The government of Lijiang, an ancient city and World Cultural Heritage site in southwestern China’s Yunnan Province, has threatened to impose hefty fines on polluters in order to protect the local environment. Local companies will face a maximum fine of one million yuan (about US$146,000) if they fail to meet annual targets of energy consumption and emission reduction, sources with [...]

via Econbrowser: China’s air pollution. This is how Air above China looks like…  The photo has been taken by NASA satellite in 9 years ago! It shows a layer of polluted air covering a large portion of southeastern China. The increased use of fossil fuels is largely to blame for the opaque haze. Given that China now tops the U.S. [...]