With an orange alert for air pollution in place for the last two days, Beijing has new measures to deal with smog. The third and final phase of Beijing’s southeast thermoelectric center in Chaoyang District has begun a one-week trial. The gas-fired power plant will go online before the heating period of the city starts next week, according to Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission and the Urban Management Commission. The center is the last of Beijing’s four major gas-fired thermoelectric centers to come on stream, which together will cut the city’s coal consumption by 9.2 million tonnes each year. Meanwhile, nine construction companies have been caught breaking dust control rules and have been suspended from bidding on projects in Beijing for the next 30 days. The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Environmental Protection said Monday that more than 3,000 trucks were caught illegally carrying […]