Beijing wakes up in dense smog

Beijing residents are Saturday woke up in a thick, filthy smog.

The Environmental Protection Agency of the capital said that the amount of harmful substances in the air Saturday morning had reached the second highest level in five years. Beijing in 2014 pollution declared war as part of its commitment to address the consequences of decades of unbridled growth with all its consequences for the climate.

Not all actions have immediate success. Attempts to give people clean air be more difficult by heavy industry, heavily dependent on coal, the environment and the need to heat the house in winter. In addition, the fight against the traditional fireworks yielded a defeat this year.