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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Vietnam to build road through world biosphere reserve to lure tourists
HO CHI MINH CITY, July 15 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City has approved a plan to build a new road through Can Gio Mangrove Forest, a biosphere reserve recognized by the United Nations Educational,
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Australia's opposition rejects carbon tax claims
CANBERRA, July 15 (Xinhua) -- Australia's federal opposition has refuted claims that it would reintroduce a controversial carbon tax if re-elected, saying leaked documents obtained by local media were
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War on pollution shows some improvement
Nearly 75 percent of China’s big cities failed to meet air quality standards in June, the environment ministry said yesterday. However, this was an improvement over the same month last year, as the
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Up to 1.3 mln people in eastern Ukraine have little access to water: UN agency
The UN Children's Fund ( UNICEF) on Tuesday said that up to 1.3 million children and adults "have little or no access to water in eastern Ukraine" as the ongoing violence continues in the region, a UN
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Across China: A "toilet revolution" in rural China
Toilets in the Chinese countryside have earned a nasty reputation, with some little more than ramshackle shelters surrounded by bunches of cornstalk and others just open pits next to pigsties. However,
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Earthquake-ravaged Nepal announces annual budget
The Nepalese government unveiled the annual budget for the 2015-2016 fiscal year on Tuesday with a total amount of 819.468 billion Nepalese rupees (about 8.11 billion US dollars) focusing on the reconstruction
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Surge in production of green vehicles
CHINESE automakers produced more than 25,000 new-energy vehicles in June, four times as many as they did in the same month of last year, as the government promotes use of less polluting vehicles, new data
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Critics urge New Zealand gov't to produce plan to meet new gas emissions target
The New Zealand government was under pressure Wednesday to a plan to meet its new greenhouse gas emissions target. On Tuesday, Climate Change Issues Minister Tim Groser announced the "ambitious" target
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City records coldest July day for 112 years
YESTERDAY was Shanghai’s coldest July day for 112 years, with the mercury topping out at just 21.2 degrees Celsius at the benchmark Xujiahui weather station, according to the city’s metrological bureau.
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Official sacked for pollution
A LOCAL government official was sacked and seven others punished after a company in northeast China was found to have illegally discharged sandy water that polluted the tap water supply in Lanzhou in March,