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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Output of city’s ‘green’ companies reaches 6b yuan
THE output of companies engaged in helping factories reduce pollution reached 6 billion yuan (US$955.7 million) last year, the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Information said on Monday.
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Ministry plans five-year air pollution control project
China's Ministry of Science and Technology has started planning for a five-year air pollution prevention and control project, the ministry announced on Tuesday. A draft blueprint for the project has
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Amended smoking law coming
SHANGHAI’S lawmakers are working to amend the current anti-smoking law to include a ban on smoking in indoor public and at work places after an earlier effort during the 2010 World Expo delivered expected
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14 hurt in Yunnan earthquake
At least 14 people have been injured when a 5.5-magnitude earthquake jolted southwest China’s Yunnan Province yesterday. The China Earthquake Networks Center said it hit Cangyuan, an autonomous county
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US$79.8b infrastructure program begins in Gansu
A HUGE infrastructure project kicked off in China's northwest province of Gansu, which will facilitate trade and people exchanges between China and central Asia. Though the province does not share its
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China to improve toilets at tourist sites
China will build 13,000 new toilets and renovate another 9,000 in 2015 at tourist sites to upgrade the notorious facilities, tourism authorities announced on Thursday. The campaign is part of China's
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Uganda gov't, donors meet over battle against malnutrition
Ugandan Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda on Tuesday called for a more effective campaign against malnutrition, especially among children and women of child-bearing age. The government cannot make real
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Plans afoot to protect all natural forests
Authorities are working on plans to ban commercial logging in the country’s natural forests, which produce about 49.94 million cubic meters of timber every day, according to Zhao Shucong, chief of the
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3 dead, 6 poisoned in illegal mining operation in Henan
THREE people were confirmed dead and six others are sick from poisoning in an illegal gold mining operation in Henan Province, local authorities said today. The Songxian County government sent rescuers
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Vietnam sees drop in malnutrition among kids under 5: ministry
Vietnam saw drop in malnutrition among kids under five years old nationwide in 2014, said the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) under Vietnam's Ministry of Health on Monday. According to information