Experts disagree on how green China’s Olympics will be

WASHINGTON - The news that officials are considering postponing some events at next summer's Olympics in Beijing because of poor air quality has environmental experts debating how much progress the country has made in dealing with its environmental woes.

At an Aug. 8 ceremony in Beijing, marking a year until the summer Olympics, International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge said that marathon races and other endurance sports might be postponed.