Environment & Pollution

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Devolving EIAs to local officials is a mistake, warn Chinese NGOs

Publication date: Tue 18 Jun 2013

Document type: Article

Moves by the Ministry of Environment Protection to devolve powers to the local level is a mistake, says Friends of Nature director Li Bo.

Plastic ban fails with ultra-thin bags

Publication date: Fri 31 May 2013

Document type: Article

The use of ultra-thin plastic bags is still widespread five years after the introduction of a national aimed to reduce pollution and save energy, a new report revealed on Thursday.

'Green' awareness levels drop in Beijing

Publication date: Sat 20 Apr 2013

Document type: Article

The level of environmental awareness among Beijing residents has fallen for the third consecutive year, a new survey shows. Despite the frequent environmental protection debates and scandals,...

China, US to enhance co-op in clean energy

Publication date: Sun 14 Apr 2013

Document type: Article

Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi and visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday vowed to deepen China-US cooperation in clean energy. Yang and Kerry attended a China-US energy...

Coastal cities fall victim of maritime pollution

Publication date: Sat 13 Apr 2013

Document type: Article

China's coastal areas are suffering from maritime pollution as scenic spots and local environments become increasingly threatened. Two days of gales last week resulted in almost sixty tons of garbage...

Joint China-US Statement on Climate Change

Publication date: Fri 12 Apr 2013

Document type: Article

The United States of America and the People's Republic of China recognize that the increasing dangers presented by climate change measured against the inadequacy of the global response requires...

Beijing plans to burn waste from landfills

Publication date: Wed 10 Apr 2013

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Beijing plans to excavate waste buried in landfills, and to sort and incinerate it starting in 2015, in order to improve the sustainability of landfills, officials said at a conference held on Monday...

Beijing landfills to be brought into line in 2 yrs

Publication date: Tue 9 Apr 2013

Document type: Article

Beijing has vowed to regulate 75 unofficial landfills by the end of this year and another 100 next year, while bringing 250 landfills into line by the end of 2015. The pledge has come from the...

Beijing plans to burn waste from landfills

Publication date: Tue 9 Apr 2013

Document type: Article

Beijing landfills to be brought into line in 2 years

Publication date: Tue 9 Apr 2013

Document type: Article

The commission said it will improve leachate capacity at informal landfills. Leachate is any liquid that, in passing through matter, extracts solutes, suspended solids or any other component of the...

Industry Special: Evonik promotes tech-driven urbanization

Publication date: Mon 8 Apr 2013

Document type: Article

China's accelerating urbanization will create many business opportunities in a variety of fields while posing new challenges to city planners, said a senior executive of a foreign company....

Assisted relocation helps villagers improve livelihoods

Publication date: Tue 26 Mar 2013

Document type: Article

Residents living in rocky desertification areas in Guizhou province are moving to new homeswith government ...

China's environment ministry an "utter disappointment"

Publication date: Thu 7 Mar 2013

Document type: Article

The outgoing administration's environmental record can be split in two stages: five years of storming forward, then five years of nothing.

Addressing environmental woes

Publication date: Tue 5 Mar 2013

Document type: Article

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao stressed Tuesday that the government should adopt effective measures to prevent and control pollution in response to people's expectations of having a good living...