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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Deforestation to affect environment, economy in Albania
The surface of forests in Albania has decreased during the last ten years, said Albanian director of environmental agency Julian Beqiri on Wednesday. The forest coverage has decreased from 33 percent
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Tibet to build 6.4 bln USD natural drinking water industry
The Tibet Autonomous Region will tap its high quality, abundant fresh water reserve to establish a 40 billion yuan (6.44 billion U.S. dollars) natural drinking water industry in the next three to five
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Beijing promises better air quality and enough snow for 2022 Winter Olympic Games
Air quality and snow conditions are regarded as two of the major challenges for Beijing's bid for 2022 Winter Olympic Games, but on Tuesday, the city's bid officials gave an answer and solution to all
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Vietnam's northeast suffers from heaviest downpour in 40 years, 15 killed
Vietnam's northeastern Quang Ninh province is suffering from the heaviest downpours in the past days with 15 people killed and seven others missing. Quang Ninh's hydro-meteorological station said that
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At least 20 killed in Myanmar floods
At least 20 people were killed and thousands others were affected by heavy rainfall, resulting flash floods in some parts of Myanmar over the past week, Director of Department of Social Welfare, Relief
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China issues emergency alert for flood-hit Anhui, Fujian
Chinese authorities initiated a grade IV emergency response for torrential rain and floods in Anhui and Fujian provinces on Monday. The Ministry of Civil Affairs and the China National Commission for
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5.2-magnitude quake jolts Dodecanese islands of Greece
A 5.2-magnitude earthquake jolted on Friday the Dodecanese islands in eastern Aegean Sea, according to the EuroMediterranean Seismic Institute. But so far there have no reports of any casualties or
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248,500 short of water in Liaoning drought
Hundreds of thousands of people are short of drinking water in northeast China's Liaoning Province as it suffers one of its most severe droughts in history. Liaoning has seen high temperatures and dry
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Four dead, five missing in E China rainstorm
Four people have died and another five are missing after heavy downpours hit Liancheng County in east China's Fujian Province early Wednesday morning, local authorities said Thursday. Major streets
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2 air pollutants show modest improvement
CHINA saw a modest improvement in the levels of two common air pollutants in the first half of the year, environmental group Greenpeace East Asia said yesterday. Average levels of PM2.5 — the tiny particles