China Pollution

If China Has a John Stossel, Be Afraid, Very Afraid

Adam Moser | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Water Pollution, China Pollution, Green Jobs, China Water Crisis, China Environment, Environmentalism, Green Living, Pollution, Air Pollution, China, John Stossel, Green News
Adam Moser

America's geography blesses it with abundant natural resources and a relatively small population. But China lacks such advantages.

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In China, a Growing Call to Environmental Action

Mark Tercek | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Beijing Pollution, Green News, China Three Gorges Dam, China Pollution, China Timber, China Floods, China Deforestation, China Environment, Green News
Mark Tercek

China's environmental challenges are enormous, but as the country's government, businesses and citizens increasingly recognize the link between healthy natural systems and the country's prosperity, we have an big opportunity to help China achieve a sustainable future.

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Chinese Government to Clean the Capital's Air -- Everyone Else, Good Luck

John C.K. Daly | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: China, China Clean Air, China Energy Production, China Coal, China Energy Consumption, China Pollution, China Economy, Green News
John C.K. Daly

China's leadership should glance back over their egalitarian Communist shoulders and realize that if clean air is good enough for Beijing, it's good enough for the comrades in the rest of the country too.

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China Lead Pollution Reportedly Poisons Over 100 Children

Reuters | Posted 05.04.2012

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BEIJING, March 4 (Reuters) - Lead emission from factories and the natural environment in China's manufacturing heart of Guangdong has poisoned 160 c...

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Most China Cities Failing To Meet Air Standards

AP | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Video, China Air Quality, China Air Quality Standards, China Air Pollution, China Pollution, China Air, Wu Xiaoqing, Green News

BEIJING -- Two-thirds of China's cities currently fail to meet stricter air quality standards that the government wants to phase in over four years to...

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Chinese River Pollution Triggers Water Buying Panic

Reuters | Posted 03.27.2012

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HONG KONG, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Residents of a town in southern China have been rushing to buy bottled water after excessive levels of carcinogenic ca...

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Caving To Pressure, Beijing Authorities Release Air Pollution Data

AP | By LOUISE WATT | Posted 01.22.2012

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BEIJING -- Caving to public pressure, Beijing environmental authorities started releasing more detailed air quality data Saturday that may better refl...

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Boom to Bust: China, the U.S., and the Environment

Jason J. Czarnezki | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: China Climate Change, Environmental Policy, China Pollution, Climate Change, Public Health, Green Energy, Pollution, Environmental Law, China, Global Warming, Green News
Jason J. Czarnezki

In both China and the U.S., economic progress should be based on sustainability and improvement of existing resources rather than simply growth and acquisition.

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More Transparency For China? Beijing Releasing Pollution Data

AP | Posted 03.07.2012

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BEIJING — A bureau in charge of monitoring China's frequently smog-choked capital will release more detailed reports, state media said Friday, f...

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Chinese Residents Fight To Reveal Secret Pollution Data

AP | LOUISE WATT | Posted 02.06.2012

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Refereeing the UN Climate Games

Anuradha Vittachi | Posted 01.31.2012

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Anuradha Vittachi

If the UN's Copenhagen climate talks in 2009 were anything to go by, Durban will have its full share of diplomatic headaches.

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China Power Plants Fined For Pollution Violations

AP | By ELAINE KURTENBACH | Posted 11.24.2011

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SHANGHAI -- China has ordered fines for eight coal-fired power plants accused of violating pollution limits and in some cases, falsifying emissions da...

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Michele Bachmann Needs To Go To China Before She Tries To Shut Down The EPA

Diane MacEachern | Posted 11.22.2011

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Diane MacEachern

We can continue cleaning up our air or water. Or, we can abolish the EPA and look a lot more like China. I suggest Michele Bachmann go to China before she decides.

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Over 500 Villagers Protest China Solar Panel Factory Pollution

AP | Posted 11.18.2011

Read More: China Factory Pollution, China Pollution, Zhejiang Factory Pollution, Zhejiang Pollution, Zhejiang China, Environment, Zhejiang, China, Green News

BEIJING -- Hundreds of villagers in eastern China have been demonstrating against pollution they say is caused by a solar panel factory. Some proteste...

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Apple Accused Of Environmental Violations

Posted 10.31.2011

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By Michael Martina BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese environmental groups accused Apple Inc of turning a blind eye as its suppliers pollute the count...

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China Coal Consumption Linked To Global Cooling

AP | By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 09.03.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Scientists have come up with a possible explanation for why the rise in Earth's temperature paused for a bit during the 2000s, one of th...

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China Announces Big Steps To Curb Emissions

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — China said Friday it would cut emissions this year by rejecting construction projects that pollute too much and developing new technol...

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PHOTOS: California, The Andes, China, And 6 More Of The Most Polluted Places In The World

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 11.01.2011

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From the highways of Los Angeles to the Citarum River of Bandung, Indonesia, earth's most polluted city of Linfen, China to the streets of London, the...

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China's IT Poisons

Xiu Min Li | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lead Poisoning, Water Pollution, China Pollution, Green Technology, Green News, Supply Chain, Green Living, Water Supply, China, Water Crisis, Information Technology, World News
Xiu Min Li

China's intricate and convoluted web of IT supply chains makes monitoring and enforcement of environmental regulations daunting even for local governments.

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Chinese Farms Pollute More Than Factories, Census Says

The Guardian | Jonathan Watts | Posted 05.25.2011

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Farmers' fields are a far bigger source of water contamination in China than factory effluent, the Chinese government revealed today in its first cens...

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China Pollution Census: Study Took Two Years And 570,000 Staff

AP | CARA ANNA | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — China has revealed its most ambitious measure of what explosive development has done to its environment, saying Tuesday its first nati...

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A Spoonful of Sugar

Roseann M. Lake | Posted 05.25.2011

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Roseann M. Lake

As a westerner living in the capital, I have mixed feelings about the 60th anniversary. I was initially vexed to learn that Beijingers couldn't attend their own country's parade.

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Under Construction: World's Greenest Skyscraper

BBC NEWS | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rising high through the polluted air of Guangzhou City in southern China is a 71-story tower block which, according to its designers, will be the most...

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China Chemical Fertilizer Use Is 40 Percent More Than Crops Need, Report Says

Reuters | Niu Shuping | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING (Reuters) - China, the world's largest grain producer and top consumer of fertilizers, should reduce its reliance on chemical fertilizers by a...

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Carbon Emissions: China Accuses US Of Sabotaging Kyoto

guardian.co.uk | John Vidal, Environment Editor in Bangkok | Posted 05.25.2011

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The US and other developed countries are attempting to "fundamentally sabotage" the Kyoto protocol and all-important international negotiations over i...

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