Green Options » yellow http://greenoptions.com/tag/yellow Posts tagged 'yellow' Fri, 22 May 2009 14:06:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Beijing Bans Polluting Vehicles in Inner City http://gas2.org/2009/05/22/beijing-bans-pollutant-vehicles/ http://gas2.org/2009/05/22/beijing-bans-pollutant-vehicles/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 14:06:31 +0000 Christopher DeMorro http://gas2.org/2009/05/22/beijing-bans-pollutant-vehicles/

Prior to the 2008 Beijing Olympics there was some concern by athletes about the air quality in China’s capital, so officials there passed a series of temporary measures to improve the air, including restrictions on the types of vehicles allowed into the city. Those measures now appear to be a permanent legacy of the Olympic games, as Beijing has announced that starting in June only low-emissions “green label” vehicles will be allowed inside the 5th Ring Road of Beijing’s inner city.

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