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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Climate change mainly caused by human activities: climate report
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday that amidst increasing temperatures, extreme precipitations and flooding, a plethora of evidence continues to suggest that climate change is mainly
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Climate change to cause varying crop yields in Austria: expert
New climate change forecasts from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) show how Austrian agriculture will be affected by climate change. Professor Josef Eitzinger from the BOKU
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Zimbabwe eyes exporting elephants to alleviate over-population
The wildlife authorities of Zimbabwe, one of the major concentration of African elephants, says the country has an excess of over 30,000 elephants that are available for both export and internal relocation.
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Paris to restrict car use to fight pollution
PARIS will restrict car use on Monday as a measure to fight against surging air pollution, the city's Police Department announced on Saturday. According to a statement published on the department's
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Liberians test Ebola vaccine
The gruesome toll of West Africa’s Ebola outbreak, which has killed more than 4,200 Liberians of the more than 10,000 who have succumbed to the disease, has intensified efforts to find a vaccine for a
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China finishes first passenger flight with biofuel
Hainan Airlines announced it finished China's first passenger flight with sustainable biofuel on Saturday, a milestone for the country's commercial aviation industry. The flight, which carried more
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Work starts on cleaner water for city suburbs
WORK began yesterday on a project that will supply cleaner tap water to some 6.5 million residents in Shanghai’s suburban districts and serve as a main backup source for downtown residents. The Huangpu
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China lists dense fog, haze as meteorological disasters in new regulation
Dense fog and haze will now be classified as meteorological disasters in a new weather forecast regulation, according to an official notice on Friday. The new regulation, issued by the China Meteorological
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Infectious diseases kill 855 in China last month
A total of 338,939 cases of infectious disease were reported on the Chinese mainland in February, resulting in 855 deaths, the National Health and Family Planning Commission said on Thursday. The commission
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Criminal cases of polluters up 8.5 times in China
The number of criminal cases of polluters in China increased by 8.5 times in 2014, according to the work report of the Supreme People's Court. Courts nationwide closed about 16,000 criminal cases related