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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81 bln USD mobilized to tackle climate change in 2015: report
The world's six largest multilateral development banks (MDBs) have mobilized 81 billion U.S. dollars for climate finance in 2015, according to a joint MDB report released by the European Investment Bank
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Cases of babies with microcephaly climbs to 21 in Honduras
The number of cases of newborn babies with microcephaly, the abnormal smallness of the head, due to the Zika virus has risen to 21 in Honduras since December, health authorities said Wednesday. Miguel
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Flood toll hits 164, another official sacked
HEAVY rain across north and northeast China last week has left 164 people dead and 125 missing, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. As of yesterday morning, 10 provincial-level regions had been
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Heat wave hits Shanghai
Temperatures in Shanghai reached 40 degrees Celsius on Saturday after a five-day heat wave, the municipal meteorology station said. Over seven million cubic meters of mains water were consumed in the
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Polluter fined US$3.3m in landmark court case
AN environmental group has won a landmark public interest lawsuit against a glass manufacturer, with the firm fined US$3.3 million for excessive pollution, a court said. Jinghua Group Zhenhua Decoration
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42 dead as storms sweep the nation
RAINSTORMS have left 42 people dead and another 74 missing across north and central China since Wednesday morning, in addition to traffic chaos and the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of citizens.
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Florida mosquitoes tested for Zika virus
FLORIDA health officials have trapped mosquitoes in an area of Miami-Dade County and are testing them for Zika to confirm whether a woman with the virus could be the first person infected directly by a
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One dead, 8 missing in rain, as Hebei on red rainstorm alert
THERE has been at least one confirmed fatality and 34 people remain missing, after heavy rain hit north China's Hebei Province Tuesday. Hebei Provincial Meteorological Bureau on Wednesday morning issued
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Global AIDS study issues warning over pace of new HIV infections
SOME 2.5 million people are still becoming infected with HIV every year even as drugs have slashed the death rate and patients live longer than ever, a global AIDS study said yesterday. New infections
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China raises storm alert level
China's meteorological authority on Tuesday raised its storm alert to yellow for heavy rain across China in the coming two days. Storms will continue to hit the provinces of Sichuan, Guizhou, Hunan,