Environment

Villagers wrestle the eight-metre long python. Photo: AFP

Viral video shows Indonesian villagers wrestling giant python

In June, a woman was found dead inside in the belly of a giant python near where she vanished while tending her vegetable garden on Sulawesi island

11 Dec 2018 - 9:23pm

Authorities in northern China want households to use high-quality coal for heating to reduce emissions. Photo: Sohu

Men ‘detained for burning low-quality coal’ in China in winter crackdown

11 Dec 2018 - 10:46pm 4

Tokyo hotel plans to ditch plastic straws in favour of newly-developed wooden alternative

Tokyo hotel to swap plastic straws for new wooden alternatives

11 Dec 2018 - 10:57pm

Northern China is not expected to face a repeat of last year’s crippling heating shortages. Photo: Xinhua

Winter is here but China’s gas suppliers are ready for the big chill

10 Dec 2018 - 10:42pm

Farmland owned by companies linked to New World Development at Pok Wai, within wetland conservation and buffer areas. Photo: Roy Issa

Hong Kong's biggest developers have links with owners of wetland sites

10 Dec 2018 - 2:24pm 1

Volunteers take part in a beach clean-up on Hong Kong’s Lamma Island earlier this year. Irresponsible use and disposal of plastic materials is damaging environments around the world. Photo: AFP

Cut down on plastic use, not just for the sake of animals

9 Dec 2018 - 4:39pm 1

What would Adam Smith say about the rush by banks to stop funding coal power plants?

What would Adam Smith say about the rush to stop coal power?

9 Dec 2018 - 6:26pm 2

A footbridge at Mai Po nature reserve, installed with raised sides for wheelchair safety. Photo: Nora Tam

Nature with no barriers: how disabled can enjoy the great outdoors

8 Dec 2018 - 11:13am

The US, Japan, Europe and Hong Kong have yet to wake up to China’s trash import ban

Trump, Abe, Merkel and Carrie Lam should be talking trash. Here's Why

8 Dec 2018 - 12:18pm

A Hawaii-based division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) says they have found seals with eels stuck in their noses on multiple occasions. Photo: Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Programme/Facebook

Endangered Hawaiian monk seals face new challenge: eels stuck up their noses

8 Dec 2018 - 12:19am

Residents took to the streets to protest over the plans for the incinerator. Photo: Handout

Chinese townspeople clash with riot police in incinerator protests

7 Dec 2018 - 9:32pm 1

A diver inspects giant corals in the Great Barrier Reef region for the Queensland. Photo: Reuters

Scientists say they discovered Great Barrier Reef’s most diverse site

7 Dec 2018 - 10:53pm

Steam rises from the brown coal-fired power plant Neurath (front-centre) and Niederaussem (rear-left) operated by RWE in Bergheim, Germany. The Rhenish Brown Coal Field is Europe's largest carbon dioxide source. Photo: EPA-EFE

Global carbon emissions reached a record high in 2018

7 Dec 2018 - 12:31am 1

Luxembourg to become first country in the world to make all public transport free

The first country in the world to make all public transport free

7 Dec 2018 - 5:41am 8

Deep sea mining techniques have sparked controversy before due to the potential for environmental damage. Photo: Xinhua

Race to the bottom? India plans deep dives for seabed minerals

6 Dec 2018 - 7:44am 1

How US$64 billion Hong Kong reclamation plan would destroy fishermen’s livelihoods

US$64 billion Hong Kong question: will reclamation kill its No 1 fishery?

5 Dec 2018 - 2:57pm 3

Waste charging alone won’t solve Hong Kong’s problem of too much rubbish. The government-backed proposal must be implemented alongside other measures, such as making recycling easier through extended producer responsibility. Photo: Edward Wong

Waste charging isn’t a perfect scheme, but it’s a start

5 Dec 2018 - 9:21am

Mysterious microscopic parasites are massacring the Mediterranean’s giant clams

Mysterious microscopic parasite is massacring Mediterranean clams

5 Dec 2018 - 12:42am

Layers of ice pile up on China’s largest border lake as temperatures drop

China’s largest border lake freezes

4 Dec 2018 - 9:54pm

Hong Kong has long been plagued by waste problems. Photo: SCMP

Wide backing for pay-as-you-throw scheme on rubbish, survey finds

4 Dec 2018 - 9:14pm 12

Tracey Read holds plastic pellets that washed ashore in Hong Kong in 2012. Picture: Gary Stokes

An environmental activist and the book that changed her life

2 Dec 2018 - 1:33pm 1

Margaash was euthanised after escaping from its enclosure at Dudley Zoo. Photo: AP

British zoo defends decision to kill escaped snow leopard

2 Dec 2018 - 1:20am 2

A hazy day at the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront. Photo: Nora Tam

Biggest source of air pollution in Hong Kong? It's not cars or mainland

3 Dec 2018 - 10:27am 22

Chinese workers unloading used plastic bottles for recycling at a plastic material factory in 2010. Photo: AFP China Xtra

China’s plastic waste import ban forcing US, Japan to rethink options

30 Nov 2018 - 8:36pm 20

Koala the Koala Hospital in Port Macquarie, Australia has been named among the worst countries for biodiversity. Photo: AFP

Why WWF says Australia is in ‘bottom ranks’ for protecting wildlife

30 Nov 2018 - 8:11pm

Flowers of the Mikania scandens, a leafy Brazilian vine that was introduced to Hong Kong’s ecosystem.

Where did Hong Kong gets its botanical bounty?

30 Nov 2018 - 7:48am 1

A port worker carries a tuna in General Santos City, Philippines. Photo: EPA

Breakfast at risk: Philippines tries to turn the tide on fish losses

30 Nov 2018 - 3:01am 1

Haze blankets downtown Los Angeles on November 25, a result of the wildfires that have devastated California in recent weeks. Photo: Xinhua

How rival US and Chinese innovators can find common cause

30 Nov 2018 - 6:17am

An elderly man and his wife became lost for nine hours on Tuesday in Nanjing because of the smog. Photo: 163.com

Heavy smog leaves elderly couple lost and wandering Nanjing for 9 hours

30 Nov 2018 - 1:17am 3

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