China Trashes Six Million of Its Most Polluting Cars

China will send more than six million of its most polluting cars to the dump by the end of the year, and vehicles registered pre-2005 that don’t meet national emissions standards will be phased out. “Recently, China has been forced to confront its record-breaking air pollution and the resultant looming public health catastrophe,” Climate Progress reported this week. “The country now has an alert system in every major city to help residents prepare for dangerous smog days and last year the government promised $275 billion over the next five years to combat the problem.”