Green buses for Beijing Olympics.Beijing has signed a contract to replace 7,277 older city buses with new ones that meet higher environmental standards as part of its plan to host a "green" Olympic Games Olympic games, premier athletic meeting of ancient Greece, and, in modern times, series of international sports contests. The Olympics of Ancient Greece Although records cannot verify games earlier than 776 B.C. in 2008. The November 2005 decision is also in line with the city's effort to combat heavy air pollution, which, due to temperature inversions, hangs in a cloud over cloud over Verb 1. (of the sky or weather) to become cloudy: it was clouding over and we thought it would rain 2. the metropolis for three months of the year. Currently 17,507 buses operate in Beijing, and 4.36 billion person-rides were reported in 2004, making bus travel the city's most popular mode of transport. The new buses will meet stringent Euro III standards for carbon monoxide carbon monoxide, chemical compound, CO, a colorless, odorless, tasteless, extremely poisonous gas that is less dense than air under ordinary conditions. It is very slightly soluble in water and burns in air with a characteristic blue flame, producing carbon dioxide; , smoke, particulate matter particulate matter n. Abbr. PM Material suspended in the air in the form of minute solid particles or liquid droplets, especially when considered as an atmospheric pollutant. Noun 1. , nitrogen oxide, and hydrocarbon emissions. |
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