Solid waste import bans
China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment announced yesterday that China will ban imports of 32 types of solid waste in its latest move to reduce environmental pollution. Sixteen types of solid waste,
Shanghai Daily (China)
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Foreign ships' wastewater-unloading main cause of Albania's coastal pollution: minister
Foreign cruise ships unloading wastewater along the Vlora-Saranda seaside line to avoid taxes in European Union countries are the main cause of the pollution on Albanian coast, Albanian minister of environment
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UN plans to expand food aid to 200,000 people in flood-affected Myanmar
The United Nations announced Wednesday its plans to reach 200,000 with emergency food aid in flood-affected Myanmar, which was recently hit by flooding caused by heavy rains and monsoon. UN spokesman
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5 killed, 4 missing in NW China flood
More than 200 policemen, firefighters, and local residents are still searching for the missing after they were swept away by heavy-rain triggered flood in northwest China's Shaanxi Province on Monday.
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Conservation areas not safe from climate change: Aussie scientists
The well-managed conservation reserves may safeguard flora and fauna from many threats, but not from climate change, Australian scientists warned on Tuesday. Scientists from James Cook University in
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Over 100 killed in flood, landslide caused by heavy rains in India
At least 100 people were killed in incidents caused by landslide, flood and rains in several states in India, mostly in the eastern state of West Bengal, said officials Sunday. Meanwhile, over 8 million
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Sudan plans to boost hydro, thermal power generation by 2020
Sudan on Sunday approved a plan to increase hydro and thermal electricity generation, adding 3,155 megawatts of electricity by 2020 to bridge the gap in electricity supply. The technical committee of
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UN readies historic plan for well-being of people, planet
Negotiators from 193 UN member states agreed Sunday on a draft blueprint for sustainable development that will last through 2030, and the agreement will redefine how the global community works together
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Funds allocated for disaster relief in Xinjiang and Zhejiang
BEIJING, July 31 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government has allocated 400 million yuan (65 million U.S. dollars) to a county in Xinjiang that was struck by an earthquake and 100 million yuan to areas in Zhejiang
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Bangladesh issues warning as cyclone Komen intensifies
DHAKA, July 30 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh has issued an alert over Cyclone Komen that is heading towards its coastlines. A special bulletin of Bangladesh Meteorological Department said the storm is likely
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China approves renewable energy zone in Winter Olympics candidate city
BEIJING, July 30 (Xinhuanet) -- The State Council has given the green-light for the creation of a renewable energy zone in the city of Zhangjiakou, which is part of the Beijing bid for the 2022 Winter