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Beginning today in Beijing, cars with license plates that end in an odd number are banned from the roads every other day, alternating with cars that have even-numbered plates. It is estimated that there are about 3.5 million vehicles on the roads in Beijing and the ban will reduce the numbers of cars on the road by about one million per day.

In the run up to this summer’s Olympic Games, the city government of Beijing is appealing to its citizens to use green transport as part of their ‘civic’ duty.

Jennifer Turner, Director, China Environment Forum at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, is interviewed on energy demand and environmental conditions in China leading up to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Turner discusses China's long-term energy and environmental concerns, as well.

The Chinese plan to use cloud seeding to prevent rain during the Beijing Summer Olympics opening ceremonies. The chances of rain on Aug. 8 are close to 50%.

Jacques Rogge, President, International Olympic Committee (IOC), discusses the decision to postpone events at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing due topollution and air quality and how those decisions will be arrived at.

Thousands of pet cats in Beijing are being abandoned by their owners and sent to die in secretive government pounds as China mounts an aggressive drive to clean up the capital in preparation for the Olympic Games...

A Beijing entrepreneur is trying to jump start bicycling again in Beijing by renting bicycles by the hour, a day or a year.