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Capturing a niche in low-carbon market.
China churns out solar panels, wind turbines, and more alternative energy than any other nation. It's also tops at spewing greenhouse gases, from all the coal it burns. But China sees a green lining there, too. MarketPlace. 18 November 2009.
The rise of vertical farms.
Farming is ruining the environment, and not enough arable land remains to feed a projected 9.5 billion people by 2050. Growing food in glass high-rises could drastically reduce fossil-fuel emissions and recycle city wastewater that now pollutes waterways. Scientific American. 17 November 2009.
London’s ‘new era’ of air pollution threatens Olympics in 2012.
London, which has some of Europe’s worst air pollution, may have to ban cars and reschedule events during the 2012 Olympics to ensure optimum conditions for athletes, a leading air-quality scientist said. Bloomberg News. 16 November 2009.
Teaching children to stay green.
To 9-year-old Liang Zonghao, in a village of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, "environmental pollution" and "climate change" are best summed up by what his science teacher said in class, "The earth is sick after breathing in bad things." People's Daily, China. 15 November 2009.
Teaching children to stay green.
To 9-year-old Liang Zonghao, in a village of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, "environmental pollution" and "climate change" are best summed up by what his science teacher said in class, "The earth is sick after breathing in bad things." Xinhua News Agency, China. 14 November 2009.
China confronts global warming dilemma.
China awoke to climate change with a storm in late January 2008. This was the worst storm in decades--and was an illustration of what a changing climate may herald for the future. As such, it was a tipping point in the country’s environmental awareness. Christian Science Monitor. 12 November 2009.
Tap water in 'deep trouble'.
More than 16 percent of residents in the Pearl River Delta area, a major manufacturing base in South China's Guangdong Province, don't use tap water for drinking, even after boiling, for fear of water pollution, according to a survey by a Guangzhou research agency. Beijing Global Times, China. 12 November 2009.
Breathe easy, breathe clean during Commonwealth Games.
Athletes and intending visitors can breathe easy about the 2010 Commonwealth Games. India has come up with technology for air quality management even as this city is working on reducing air pollution during the mega event. Indo-Asian News Service. 12 November 2009.
China eyes closing coal-fired power plants in Beijing.
China is considering moving the last four coal-fired power and heating plants out of Beijing's municipal area, replacing them with gas-fired stations, state media reported on Monday, in an effort to improve air quality in the capital. Reuters. 10 November 2009.
Hongkong chokes as pollution levels hit highs for fourth day.
Residents with health problems were advised to avoid the city centre streets Thursday as roadsidepollution levels hit peak levels for the fourth day running. Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Germany. 5 November 2009.
More H1N1 cases stoking public fears in China.
In October, the H1N1 flu pandemic killed seven people on the Chinese mainland, stoking the public's fears about what the death toll of the disease will be. The latest nationwide survey showed that more than 80 percent of flu patients in China tested positive for H1N1. China Daily. 3 November 2009.
China electrifies urban transit.
Chinese companies are set to lead the world in making public buses fit for a health-conscious world, backed by a government drive to clean up China's vast and growing cities. Asia Times, Hong Kong. 3 November 2009.
U.S. stops short of faulting drywall.
Federal product-safety regulators said that Chinese drywall emits higher concentrations of sulfur gases and strontium than U.S.-made product, but found no evidence so far that the emissions were to blame for health problems and metal corrosion reported by at least 1,900 U.S. homeowners. Wall Street Journal. 30 October 2009.
Aerosols cloud the climate picture.
Modeling the climate just got a little more complex. A new simulation that considers chemical interactions between various gases and atmospheric aerosols is giving scientists and policy makers better estimates of the climate-altering effects of those gases, scientists report. Science News. 30 October 2009.
Ma Jun: the call of rivers.
When Ma Jun stood on the banks of the mighty and yet polluted Yangtze River in 1994, he had a vague idea that one day he would devote himself to a Mission Impossible: saving China's dying rivers. Ma was named as one of 100 Most Influential Persons of 2006 by Time magazine. Xinhua News Agency, China. 28 October 2009.
China's water needs create opportunities.
The staggering economic growth in China has come at a heavy cost, paid in severe contamination of the air, soil and water. But now the government is aggressively pursuing more stringent environmental regulation, with a particular focus on water distribution and wastewater treatment. New York Times. 27 October 2009.
Scientists line up against dam that would alter protected wetlands.
In China, a proposed dam across Poyang's northern end would destroy delicate habitat. The ecosystem "would change fundamentally," says wetland ecologist Chen Kelin, director of Wetlands International-China. Science. 23 October 2009.
Beijing’s air is steadily getting cleaner, but the war is far from won.
After tough measures by Chinese authorities to curb emissions, the trend toward clearer skies in Beijing — one of the most polluted cities in the world — is steady and undeniable. New York Times. 17 October 2009.
As economy grows, so do China's garbage woes.
Visitors can smell this village long before they see it. More than 100 dump trucks piled high with garbage line the narrow road leading to Zhanglidong, waiting to empty their loads in a landfill as big as 20 football fields. Associated Press. 12 October 2009.
Markets, malls clouded with chemicals.
Almost 30 percent of Beijing's malls and supermarkets have an excessively high amount of formaldehyde concentration in the air, posing a potential threat to customers, according to a study released yesterday. China Daily. 12 October 2009.
Dust storms spread deadly diseases worldwide.
Huge dust storms, like the ones that blanketed Sydney twice last week, hit Queensland yesterday and turned the air red across much of eastern Australia, are spreading lethal epidemics around the world. London Observer, United Kingdom. 27 September 2009.
From "chimney worship" to low-carbon.
A forest of chimneys was once worshiped as a token of modernization of the world's largest developing and most populous country. Nowadays, these towers pouring noxious dust and greenhouse gases are subject to either treatment or demolishment as China rapidly embraces a new concept of development: low carbon. Xinhua News Agency, China. 26 September 2009.
Atmospheric science: Cloudy, with a chance of science.
When American and Chinese scientists agreed to measure pollution and dust over China, nobody foresaw how difficult it would be. Nature. 25 September 2009.
China chicken farm turns fowl waste into green power.
A Chinese chicken farm has found a way to generate green energy while dispensing with one of the more foul aspects of poultry production. London Business Green, United Kingdom. 25 September 2009.
Beijing's air quality best in a decade: official.
Air quality in Beijing this year has been at the best level in a decade, the city's environment authorities said Friday. Xinhua News Agency, China. 19 September 2009.
China changes the climate debate.
China has just laid out its negotiating position for the upcoming summit in Copenhagen. And the West is not going to like it. Forbes. 3 September 2009.
We've come a long way toward curbing acid rain, but it's still around.
Toxic precipitation fell off the radar in 1990, when Congress passed certain amendments to the Clean Air Act. Emissions of acid rain precursors have dropped significantly since then, but the problem is far from gone. Washington Post. 27 August 2009.
China's pressing pollution problem.
Over the last month, China has reported two cases of large-scale lead poisoning among children living close to heavily polluting factories, raising many questions about the country's environmental problems. Reuters. 24 August 2009.
Signs of rebound for Shanghai's greener economy.
Shanghai's economy appears to be recovering after a nine-month slowdown, mayor Han Zheng said on Tuesday. The city has taken considerable care of creating an environmentally friendly Expo in 2010. Xinhua News Agency, China. 19 August 2009.
Signs of rebound for Shanghai's greener economy.
A United Nations Environment Programme report said Shanghai's rapid development in the last decade has not had damaging effects to the city's air quality. The city has taken considerable care in creating an environmentally friendly Expo in 2010. China Daily. 19 August 2009.
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