The mainland may face a crippling water shortage by 2030 unless more is done to raise storage capacity, with supply disruptions already affecting at least 11 provinces and some businesses,...
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3 Oct 2011
More than a month after a mass protest erupted in Dalian over a controversial petrochemical project, Beijing has launched a campaign to review safety risks at similar plants across the country...
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21 May 2011
Guangdong authorities promised to crack down on offending battery factories after the latest lead pollution incident left at least 136 people affected in Zijin county in Heyuan , Guangdong.
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20 May 2011
The mainland's top environmental watchdog has stepped up its crackdown on lead pollution after a spate of poisonings, saying it will stop approval of environmental assessment studies in cities...
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30 Mar 2011
The top environmental watchdog is teaming up with eight other ministerial-level agencies to crack down on heavy-metal pollution nationwide in the wake of a recent spate of lead-poisoning incidents...
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19 Nov 2010
Beijing appears to have scaled down its ambition in cutting pollution by setting a much lower target for a key water pollution indicator for the next five years than in the previous five-year...
3:31PM
The top environmental watchdog has urged all listed companies to release key pollution information each year and vowed to step up oversight of industrial polluters after another heavy metal...
1:43PM
Environmental groups have called on the central government to take firm action against reckless overseas investment activities by mainland companies, which they say have compromised environmental...
2:18PM
Premier Wen Jiabao has issued a grim warning over the lack of progress in hitting Beijing's established target in its anti-pollution campaign, which has been billed as the country's key...
6:41AM
Extreme meteorological events, not deforestation, were to blame for recent sandstorms that covered most of East Asia, a mainland weather expert says.
6:37AM
Nearly half of the funds set aside for environmental protection on the mainland are wasted by officials, often on vanity projects that end up causing more harm than good, a senior government...
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Unrestrained capitalism can be dangerous. In late-19th-century America, it resulted in contaminated foodstuffs, faulty consumer goods and pollution.
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