News
From UB Air Pollution Data Wiki
This page serves as a compendium of news articles written on issues related to UB air pollution. Please see the main page for scientific and other original sources.
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2013
April - January
2012
December - September
August - May
- 21 Aug - Ulaanbaatar and Shizuoka Prefecture are to collaborate on reducing the air pollution in UB
- 20 Aug - How stoves and land empower women in Mongolia
- 26 Jun - The Significance of the Ulaanbaatar City Council Election (mentions a ‘leaked’ survey done by the MPP’s research institute in 2011 ranked the most urgent problems in Ulaanbaatar)
- 18 Jun - MPs initiates a Special Tax law on coal export
- 15 Jun - Meeting of donors for decreasing Ulaanbaatar air pollution
- 31 May - Hazy Days: Berkeley Lab Tackles Pollution in Mongolia
- 17 May - Ger district houses to be connected to central heating system
- 7 May - Curbing Air Pollution in Ulaanbaatar
April - January
- 28 Apr - New Bus Lanes Could be Fastracked with 279.9 USD million loan
- 26 Apr -Citi to Purchase 1.17 Million Tonnes of Carbon Credits in Innovative Microfinance Deal with MicroEnergy Credits and Mongolia's XacBank
- 25 Apr - World Bank Project to Curb Air Pollution, Improve Health in Ulaanbaatar
- 2 Apr - As the smoke settles, the dust rises.
- 26 Mar - Mongolian capital city hopes to improve transportation with huge investment
- 21 Mar - Clearing the air, Spring 2012 World Policy Journal
- 18 Mar - Russians creating new few technology to produce fuels
- 12 Mar - Owners of Car Will Pay Fee
- 17 Feb - E.Bat-Uul: State must help ger district residents find housing
- 13 Feb - 50000 households using low-smoke stoves
- 10 Feb - Newly appointed Minister oversees Mongolia’s first compressed fuel factory
- 6 Feb - The air pollution in Ulaanbaatar will be basically eliminated in 3-4 years
- 26 Jan - Lawyers blame Government for air pollution M.A.D. Investment
- 26 Jan - The future of renewable energy in Mongolia
- 23 Jan - A year to fight against air pollution and environmental degradation
- 12 Jan - Air pollution fee from motor vehicle has been started to collect
2011
Dec - Oct
- 27 Dec - Heavy air pollution in Mongolia causes flight delays, cancellations
- 26 Dec - 612 new taxis in Ulaanbaatar in 2011
- 22 Dec - Conference on air pollution held in Ulaanbaatar
- 22 Dec - (Date appeared in Google alert, release date 01 Dec 2011) Air quality analysis of Ulaanbaatar : improving air quality to reduce health impacts
- Related article/press releases:
- 21 Dec - Air Pollution in Ulan Bator Severely Threatens Health: WHO (I believe this should cite World Bank, not WHO)
- 22 Dec - Study Identifies Best Options to Improve Air Quality and Thus Reduce Health Impacts in Ulaanbaatar, the Most Polluted City in the World in Wintertime
- Related article/press releases:
- 19 Dec - Mongolia installs eco-friendly engines on buses to alleviate air pollution
- 14 Dec - Mayor meets with prominent American lawyer
- 13 Dec - Mongolia focuses on bag filters to reduce air pollution
- 13 Dec - MNT 34 billion in anti-pollution money goes unspent
- 05 Dec - The South Korean government will grant USD 300 million loan for Mongolia’s health sector and air pollution reduction projects
- 01 Dec - The workplan for air pollution reduction was ratified
- 29 Nov - Ulaanbaatar and London, op-ed piece in UB Post
- 21 Nov - National Committee Reports on Anti-Pollution Efforts
- 16 Nov - Why the U.N.’s Development Index is destroying the future (Based on Nature article by Chuluun Togtokh (subscription required).
- 07 Nov - Mongolia’s Government tries to decrease air pollution in UB
- 02 Nov - The incentive policy for reducing pollution in Mongolia
- 25 Oct - Scholars discuss nature and environment of Ulaanbaatar
- 21 Oct - People of Buryatia to reduce air pollution in Ulaanbaatar
- 17 Oct - Mongolia's Capital Tries to Shed Its Smog
- Oct - Mongolia: Ulaanbaatar Low Carbon Energy Supply Project Using a Public-Private Partnership Model (pdf)
Sept - May
- 26 Sept - Iran, India, Pakistan and Mongolia have most polluted cities in the world (Based on WHO Survey Data)
- 27 Sept - The 10 Most Air-Polluted Cities in the World (Based on WHO Survey Data)
- 16 Sept - Air pollution of Ulaanbaatar 2011
- 18 Aug - Eco-friendly ger heaters before winter in Mongolia
- 16 Aug - Study: Air pollution killing Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia) residents (Link to study)
- 22 Aug - Mongolia, South Korea forge comprehensive partnership
- 22 Jul - Smog inspectors in Ulaanbaatar_city
- 29 Jun - Green, Clean Ulaanbaatar Event
- 13 Jun - Finance Minister: State Budget 2011 will not be amended
- 10 Jun - Mongolia Hosts “Ecopreneur 2011” Competition
- 16 May - Opening Ceremony of Efficient Firestove
- 05 May - Anti-air pollution Work in Mongolia
- 04 May - Green Nomad: Jurisdiction of essays on air pollution
