A Chinese City Moves to Limit New Cars
Published: Tue, 09/04/2012 (All day) Category: Transportation GUANGZHOU, China — It is as startling as if Detroit or Los Angeles restricted car ownership.The municipal government of Guangzhou, a...
View ArticleChina Needs Its Own Dream
Published: Tue, 10/02/2012 (All day)On Nov. 8, China is set to hold the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party. We already know who will be the next party leader: Vice President Xi Jinping....
View ArticleA Cancer Cycle, From Here to China
Published: Tue, 01/15/2013 (All day)MORE than one million people in the Chinese city of Handan awoke last week to the alarming news that an essential source of their drinking water, the Zhouzhang...
View ArticleChina Lets Media Report on Air Pollution Crisis
Published: Sat, 01/19/2013 (All day) Category: Chemicals The Chinese state news media on Monday published aggressive reports on what they described as the sickening and dangerous air pollution in...
View ArticleChina's smog taints economy, health
Published: Sat, 01/26/2013 (All day) Category: None Factories, flights, highways and hospitals are affected by pervasive pollution. The country is home to seven of the world's 10 dirtiest cities....
View ArticleChina To Introduce Carbon Tax
Published: Wed, 02/20/2013 (All day) Category: Energy In a step toward combating global warming, China announced earlier this week that it would implement a tax on carbon dioxide emissions, reports...
View ArticleSpill in China Underlines Environmental Concerns
Published: Mon, 03/04/2013 - 2:57pm Category: Chemicals The first warning came in the form of dead fish floating in a river.read more
View ArticleNew Book Tackles China and its Environmental Exports
Published: Fri, 03/15/2013 - 2:02pm Category: None The rapid degradation of the environment in China has become a central topic of discussion this year. read more
View ArticleAs Pollution Worsens in China, Solutions Succumb to Infighting
Published: Fri, 03/22/2013 - 2:08pm Category: Chemicals China’s state leadership transition has taken place this month against an ominous backdrop. read more
View ArticleUniversity creates world's lightest material
Published: Sun, 03/24/2013 - 11:20pm Category: Chemicals Chinese scientists say they have developed the world's lightest material, which they expect to play an important role in tackling...
View ArticleChina Must Exploit Its Shale Gas
Published: Tue, 04/16/2013 - 8:53am Category: Energy If the Senate confirms the nomination of the M.I.T. scientist Ernest J. Moniz as the next energy secretary, as expected, he must use his new...
View ArticleIn China, Breathing Becomes a Childhood Risk
Published: Tue, 04/23/2013 - 8:43am Category: Chemicals The boy’s chronic cough and stuffy nose began last year at the age of 3. read more
View ArticleGreenhouse gases nearing highly dangerous levels, study finds
Published: Mon, 06/10/2013 - 10:39pm Category: Energy Emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases are growing at such a rate that the world will probably exceed a safe limit in average global...
View ArticleLife in a Toxic Country
Published: Mon, 08/05/2013 - 10:57pm Category: Chemicals I recently found myself hauling a bag filled with 12 boxes of milk powder and a cardboard container with two sets of air filters through San...
View ArticleChina’s Plan to Curb Air Pollution Sets Limits on Coal Use and Vehicles
Published: Fri, 09/13/2013 - 8:14am Category: Energy The Chinese government announced an ambitious plan on Thursday to curb air pollution across the nation, including setting some limits on burning...
View Article'Airpocalypse': Severe pollution cripples northeastern China
Published: Tue, 10/22/2013 - 10:07pm Category: Chemicals A large swath of northeastern China has been virtually paralyzed for two days by severe air pollution that forced airports and schools to...
View ArticleChina's anti-pollution drive risks running out of gas
Published: Tue, 10/29/2013 - 10:53pm Category: Energy A chronic shortage of natural gas is hurting China's plan to move away from burning coal to heat homes and offices, raising the prospect of more...
View ArticleClearing the Air in China
Published: Sun, 11/03/2013 - 12:51pm Category: Chemicals In the northeast Chinese city of Harbin last week, the air pollution was so thick that schools were closed, traffic became gridlocked and...
View ArticleThe Toxic Smog Cloud Hanging Over Shanghai Looks Just As Bad As It Sounds
Published: Sat, 12/07/2013 - 6:21pm Category: Chemicals Shanghai is notorious for its terrible air quality, but the smog in this Chinese metropolis just hit absurd levels. read more
View ArticleChina To Introduce Carbon Tax
Published: Wed, 02/20/2013 (All day) Category: Energy In a step toward combating global warming, China announced earlier this week that it would implement a tax on carbon dioxide emissions, reports...
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