Beijing Sees Cleanest Air in a Decade (The New York Sun) BEIJING — A giant effort to clear up the skies over Beijing for the Olympics paid off with China's capital seeing its cleanest air in a decade, the city's environmental authority said yesterday. The Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau said the improvement in air pollution was mainly the result of special temporary measures that shut factories and banned cars from the roads for the ... [News Source]

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Beijing sees clear air from Olympic cleanup. A massive effort to clear up the skies over Beijing for the Olympics paid off with China's capital seeing its cleanest air in a decade, the city's environmental authority said Monday. [News Source]

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