This is the vision growth advocates have for the world

Beijing with and without cars

Beijing bans 2.5m cars for 2 weeks to achieve blue sky for parade, vanishes immediately after http://t.co/DXTLxud93T pic.twitter.com/3jo1idBzeb

— gabe klein (@gabe_klein) September 4, 2015

Beijing commuters spend more than half their commute time in a traffic jam

The Jakarta Post: "Commuters in Beijing spent on average 32 minutes per hour in traffic jams while travelling during rush hours, said a report released on Tuesday by AutoNavi Software Co, a mobile web-mapping service provider."

Car-free Central? Hong Kong campaigners want key road reserved for trams and pedestrians

South China Morning Post: "Environmental and urban planning groups are joining hands to press the idea of kicking cars off a key road in Central to reserve it for pedestrians and trams."

Substantial glacier ice loss in Central Asia's largest mountain range

ScienceDaily: "Glaciers in Central Asia experience substantial losses in glacier mass and area. Along the Tien Shan, Central Asia's largest mountain range, glaciers have lost 27% of their mass and 18% of their area during the last 50 years. "

Will China be dragged down by oil wars copying the US?

globeandmail : "Japan called on China on Tuesday to halt construction of oil-and-gas exploration platforms in the East China Sea close to waters claimed by both nations, concerned that Chinese drills could tap reservoirs that extend into Japanese territory."

The cost of capitalist development, health and the environment

Zero Hedge: "Ill health and chronic disease are undercutting the economic growth everyone is focusing on. Whatever the metric used--hours of labor lost to illness, years of labor lost to early retirement due to ill-health, etc.--the costs of China's environmental damage, disrupted social order and low investment in public health are weighing heavily on output."