{"id":1236822,"date":"2022-01-24T19:53:40","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T00:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1236822"},"modified":"2022-01-24T19:53:53","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T00:53:53","slug":"pollution-joins-coronavirus-communism-among-threats-to-athletes-at-genocide-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pollution-joins-coronavirus-communism-among-threats-to-athletes-at-genocide-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Pollution Joins Coronavirus, Communism Among Threats to Athletes at Genocide Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpollution-joins-coronavirus-communism-among-threats-to-athletes-at-genocide-olympics%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1236822&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237950778-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\"><span>Liu Youbin, a spokesman for China\u2019s Ministry of Ecology and Environment, on Monday promised \u201cadministrative measures\u201d would be taken to clean up the heavy cloud of smog that has descended over the city of Beijing on the eve of the 2022 Winter Olympics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Liu <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/sport\/beijing-winter-olympics-heavy-air-pollution-2455746\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> the Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games have the misfortune to \u201ccoincide with the end of winter and the start of spring in northern China, when weather conditions are extremely unfavorable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Liu warned \u201centerprises and vehicles with high pollution levels\u201d could face \u201ccontrol measures\u201d and \u201cemergency plans\u201d to curb the embarrassing level of smog in Beijing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The current saturation of hazardous particles in the air of Beijing stands at 205 micrograms per cubic meter, Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/china\/olympics-china-warns-air-pollution-risks-during-beijing-winter-games-2022-01-24\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chinese residents maintained their optimism despite a warning issued that weather conditions ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Beijing2022?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Beijing2022<\/a> Winter Olympics are \u2018very unfavorable\u2019 when it comes to air quality <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jTx0AItXOV\">https:\/\/t.co\/jTx0AItXOV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B8OQrUXsIe\">pic.twitter.com\/B8OQrUXsIe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Reuters (@Reuters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reuters\/status\/1485654880366772233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>China\u2019s professed standard for clean air is 35 micrograms, a level Beijing only met for a portion of 2021 due to coronavirus lockdowns. The World Health Organization advises keeping these particles at 5 micrograms per cubic meter or less.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>205 micrograms seems like a dangerous level of air pollution for high-performance athletes, and Beijing clearly did not want the world to see a skyline that looks like an ashtray. China is the world\u2019s worst polluter by far, and its reliance on dirty coal power has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/environment\/2021\/11\/09\/china-coal-output-climate-conference\/\"><span>increased<\/span><\/a><span> even as the regime loudly proclaims its respect for the climate change movement.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The city of Beijing made a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/china\/olympics-china-talks-up-green-olympics-prepares-fight-smog-2021-12-27\/\"><span>great show<\/span><\/a><span> of staging a \u201cgreen\u201d Olympics, ostentatiously planting trees, building solar farms, and pushing high-pollution industries outside city limits in a cleanup campaign that began soon after it won the 2021 Winter Olympics in 2015.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>City residents and foreign visitors noted some improvements in air quality during the heavy pandemic lockdowns, but on Sunday the city <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/olympics\/2022\/01\/24\/china-olympics-smog-environment\/\"><span>returned<\/span><\/a><span> to a purple \u201cvery unhealthy\u201d alert on its municipal smog tracking smartphone app, and the odds are not good for significant improvement before the Olympics begin. Outdoor exercise is not recommended during purple air quality alerts.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Winter Olympics could highlight China\u2019s innovative \u2014 and troubling \u2014 efforts to control the weather <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ce1VqmhCul\">https:\/\/t.co\/ce1VqmhCul<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/washingtonpost\/status\/1485670504660930567?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cEven after all the progress in controlling emissions, the vast concentration of industry around Beijing means that when the weather is unfavorable, smog returns,\u201d Lauri Myllyvirta, lead analyst for Finland\u2019s Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/olympics\/2022\/01\/24\/china-olympics-smog-environment\/\">sighed<\/a> to the <\/span><i><span>Washington Post<\/span><\/i> <span>on Monday<\/span><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><i><span>Washington Post <\/span><\/i><span>speculated Beijing officials might deploy an \u201cexpansive weather modification program that uses cloud-seeding technology to increase rainfall in an attempt to flush out dirty skies,\u201d or risk shutting down nearby factories and steel mills, although the cost of doing so would be enormous.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Steel mills were ordered in October to cut their output by 30 percent between January 1 and March 15 to improve air quality for the Olympics, the <i>South China Morning Post<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3164567\/china-targets-companies-and-traffic-improve-air-quality-winter\">noted<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liu Youbin, a spokesman for China\u2019s Ministry of Ecology and Environment, on Monday promised \u201cadministrative measures\u201d would be taken to clean up the heavy cloud of smog that has descended &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1236822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1236822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1236822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1236822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1236822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}