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Growth versus the environment
Mar 20, 2009 (WiC 7)

It would be a rare person to stand on the deck of the Titanic and worry about the rainforests. When the ship’s going down, the concern is with more immediate practicalities (lifeboats, for instance) than longer term preoccupations with carbon ...

China’s powerful new approach to trash
Mar 6, 2009 (WiC 5)

Discussions of China’s ‘rubbish’ are normally the domain of indignant American politicians complaining about the nation’s unsafe products – such as poisonous dogfood and toys coated in toxic paint. But this article is genuinely about ...

America may have toxic assets. China has toxic water
Feb 27, 2009 (WiC 4)

A drought in eight provinces was bad enough (see WiC3), but a manmade water disaster in Jiangsu province is now grabbing the headlines too. Residents of the coastal city of Yancheng were left waterless last weekend when a toxic chemical spill ...

The recent drought points to serious water problems
Feb 13, 2009 (WiC 2)

According to Chinese numerology, ‘eight’ is associated with ‘wealth’. But wealth is the last thing that farmers are expecting in the eight Chinese provinces currently dealing with drought. How serious is the ...

Chinese cities are making big investments in environmentally-friendly buses
Feb 13, 2009 (WiC 2)

You wait for an environmentally-friendly bus and then three come along at once. Go to any major Chinese city and you are likely to see buses that boast pure electric locomotion, a fuel cell, or some form of energy-saving hybrid approach. In ...

Dark comes before the dawn for China’s solar industry
Feb 6, 2009 (WiC 1)

When the sun goes down, I take my rest” is one of the Middle Kingdom’s more self-righteous proverbs. For Zhao Chunjiang there is always the option of adding a decent soak in a tub of solar-heated bathwater. Zhao, the departmental director of ...

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China Enviromental News

Growth versus the environment Mar 20, 2009 (WiC 7) It would be a rare person to stand on the deck of the Titanic and worry about the rainforests. When the ship’s going down, the concern is with more immediate practicalities (lifeboats, for instance) than longer term preoccupations with carbon ...

The recent drought points to serious water problems Feb 13, 2009 (WiC 2) According to Chinese numerology, ‘eight’ is associated with ‘wealth’. But wealth is the last thing that farmers are expecting in the eight Chinese provinces currently dealing with drought. How serious is the ...

The recent drought points to serious water problems
Feb 13, 2009 (WiC 2)

According to Chinese numerology, ‘eight’ is associated with ‘wealth’. But wealth is the last thing that farmers are expecting in the eight Chinese provinces currently dealing with drought. How serious is the ...