China has now clearly overtaken the United States as the world’s leading emitter of climate-warming gases, a new study has found. The increasing emissions from China - up 8 percent in the past year - accounted for two-thirds of the growth in global greenhouse gas emissions in 2007, the study found.
The report, released Friday by […]
Making good on a promise made in January, China is becoming the latest country to ban free plastic bags, part of a government-led campaign to cut down on waste and help the environment.
The nationwide measure that goes into effect Sunday eliminates the flimsiest bags and forces stores to charge for others.
Beijing has promised to hold […]
This summer’s Beijing Olympics will be “basically” carbon neutral thanks to a series of energy saving measures such as the use of solar power and an afforestation program, a senior official said on Thursday.
Technology Minister Wan Gang said that the event was expected to generate 1.18 million tonnes of carbon, in part because so many […]
This sprawling, jade-hued lake in eastern China is pleasant enough on a cool spring day. But when spring warms into sultry summer, Chaohu turns slimy and stinky as algae fed by sewage, farm and factory runoff bloom, leaving it toxic and undrinkable.
China’s pollution busters, banking on a rather unorthodox approach, are hoping this summer might […]
The planet’s last river-dwelling finless porpoises are dying from exposure to insecticides and mercury in China, a new study says.
The mammals had already been declining as their natural habitat in and around the Yangtze River deteriorated.
In the new research, scientists also found high concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and other pollutants in the organs of […]
California, which puts out more greenhouse gases than any other state, is promising to share ideas and research to help China cut back on its emissions, which have come to rival those of the U.S. as the world’s largest.
The state’s top environmental official is in Beijing to sign an agreement with the United Nations to […]
