Project Executive Director Chris NIELSEN is quoted in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives regarding satellite-based evidence that annual average PM2.5 concentrations have declined throughout most of China since 2007, contrary to widespread popular perceptions. 

Nielsen comments that the new findings from the study, led by colleagues MA Zongwei and LIU Yang of Emory University, are consistent with effects of various factors on air quality, and match...

Project Executive Director Chris NIELSEN is quoted in the New York Times questioning the permanence of any short-term peak of coal use in China, and emphasizing the dependence of China's carbon trajectory on the course of its slowing economy and policy responses.... Read more about New York Times and VICE News Quote Nielsen on China's CO2 and Air Pollution Control

Changing regional climate might be increasing atmospheric stagnation in northern China in winter, contributing to recent severe haze episodes. This is an area of active investigation in the atmospheric science community, both within China and beyond. It was one topic explored at a Harvard China Project symposium, "China 2035: Energy, Climate, and Development," held June 18-19 at the Harvard Center Shanghai with leading Chinese scientists, economists, and policy analysts.... Read more about New York Times Cites China Project Symposium and Investigation

The China Daily described China Project research on carbon pricing and air pollution; The Economist cited results on the effectiveness of China's SO2 controls from our book, Clearer Skies Over China, also a subject of a New York Times op-ed by Project researchers Chris NIELSEN and Mun HO.... Read more about The Economist, China Daily Cite China Project Research, also Subject of New York Times Op-Ed

Articles in the The Wall Street Journal, ClimateProgress, the Harvard Gazette, and the South China Morning Post include comments of Chris Nielsen, Mun Ho, and/or Cao Jing on carbon taxes and China's mixed record on energy and environment, drawing on the new China Project book Clearer Skies Over China.... Read more about The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Gazette, ClimateProgress, and South China Morning Post discuss China Project Research on Air Pollution and Carbon Taxes.

Chris Nielsen, China Project Executive Director, and Mun Ho, Visiting Scholar in Economics, had an op-ed in the Sunday Review of the New York Times on October 27, 2013. Click here to see the article.... Read more about New York Times Sunday Op-Ed: Clearing the Air In China

In the wake of severe air pollution levels in Beijing and other northern Chinese cities in January, an article in the Wall Street Journal featured a study by China Project researchers led by ZHAO Yu.... Read more about In the Spotlight - Air Pollution