About Lifeng Fang

Lifeng Fang is an Energy Analyst for Greenpeace East Asia, based in Beijing

As China Addresses Its ‘Airpocalypse,’ Coal Exporters Fear Loss Of Another Market

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Lifeng Fang

China’s air pollution crisis is more evident than ever. A new research report, conducted under the World Health Organization’s Global Burden of Disease project, shows that over 1.2 million premature deaths were caused by PM2.5 pollution (fine particles like soot, mostly resulting from fossil fuel combustion). That accounts for 15 percent of the total deaths in China during 2010 and 40 percent of global air pollution-related deaths. The data also showed that Chinese people’s average exposure to PM2.5 increased 50 percent from 1990 to 2010, compared to 10 percent globally. Continue reading →

The Myth of China’s Endless Coal Demand: A missing market for US exports

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Lifeng Fang

It’s hard to imagine living in a place where the air is so dirty, going outside to breathe could be the most dangerous thing you do all day. It’s even harder to imagine those conditions in a major metropolitan city. However, that is the reality in Beijing at the start of 2013. Earlier this year, the city’s smog hit record levels, with dangerous fine particulate matter known as PM2.5 reaching 886 micrograms per cubic meter – more than double the US EPA’s highest grading of “hazardous.” Continue reading →