Air filters and masks little help vs severe air pollution
Can you do anything to protect yourself against air pollution? Answer: you can try, but the best way is to have cleaner air; or even move!
Wild About Hong Kong - hiking, wildlife, conservation and more
Wild About Hong Kong - hiking, wildlife, conservation and more
Category Hong Kong environment
Why is Environmental Protection Department like an incinerator salesman?
The Environmental Protection Department is extremely biased in favour of the Shek Kwu Chau incinerator, and seems unable to admit drawbacks with incinerators or really consider alternatives.
A Brief History of Hong Kong Sustainability Innovation
I recently received an email asking about the track record of innovation in sustainability in Hong Kong. “Sorry, can’t be too helpful here I think,” I replied. “Our track record of innovation in sustainability is probably terrible.” But the email did…
Plastic Spill Compounds Calamity in Hong Kong Waters
Response to plastic pellets “disaster” highlights concern for marine environment facing litany of woes
Plasma arc waste incineration viable for Hong Kong
‘Science fiction’ waste solution a real option Plasma arc incineration is a forward-looking and realistic alternative to landfills, and won’t generate the toxic emissions associated with burning waste [updating a little, Aug 2022: still seems a concept, not proven in…
Goodbye Donald Tsang the anti-environmentalist
Hong Kong's former Chief Executive Donald Tsang professed interest in nature, yet was anti-environment in practice.
Hong Kong’s Dangerous Air
The Hong Kong Government seems to be downplaying or misinformed about the health impacts of our air pollution, Chief Executive Donald Tsang has even said: “It is a question of visibility.”
Cleaning Indoor Air
Possible ways to clean indoor air a little. Prompted partly by reading info such as: ‘According to an article in “Heart,” the journal of the British Cardiac Society: “Epidemiology has clearly shown a link between increases in particulate air pollution…
HKZM bridge pollution
Perhaps bridge proponents could explain just why Hong Kong should contribute to the project, and so help push our air pollution from very bad to even worse.
HK Love It Trash It
Right, let’s pretend I’m Steve Ballmer, barmy sales chief of Microsoft (Steve Who? … Steve Batty Ballmer goes iPod). Excuse me while I leap and dance around and whoop and scream for a few minutes. WOO! YEAH! WOOOO-OOOH! YEAH! YEEEEEEEE!…
Hong Kong Air Pollution
It's not new in Hong Kong that vehicles emit particulates, factories and power stations pump out noxious fumes. So what happens? Not much really; plenty of hand-wringing, sorry comments from officials that there isn't much we can do.
Zhuhai to Hong Kong bridge
For the planned Zhuhai bridge, the governments involved should evaluate the environmental sustainability of accelerating development of the western Pearl River Delta (PRD) and only allow the bridge to go ahead when we have identified air pollution offsets elsewhere.