Summer in Mongolia reveals a vast land of beauty—green steppes stretch beneath expansive blue skies, herds of livestock graze freely and horse-mounted herders ride clad in traditional dels.

In winter, coal stoves and power plants choke Mongolia's capital, Ulaanbaatar, with smoke—and lung disease. A two-year-old girl is treated for pneumonia in the intensive care unit of an ...

Coal smoke puffs from the chimneys of houses and gers in Ulaanbaatar. Experts say insulating gers and providing better power connections would reduce home coal-burning and improve air quality.

Located in a basin surrounded by mountains, Ulaanbaatar traps smoke and fumes from both coal-guzzling power stations and homes. A dense blanket of smog coils snugly around city-centre apartments ...

The toxic smog that settles over the Mongolian capital every winter has been a suffocating problem for more than a decade that successive governments have failed to dispel. There are wisps of hope ...

It “has become part of our daily lives, or like social norms,” she said. Located in a basin surrounded by mountains, Ulaanbaatar traps smoke and fumes from both coal-guzzling power stations and homes.