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China to become world's largest investor in green energy

By Malcolm Moore in Shanghai China is on the verge of becoming the world's largest investor in green energy as it struggles to reverse the catastrophic effect its industry has wreaked on the environment. Last year, China...

China's environment watchdog warns leaders of penalties over pollution failures

China's environment watchdog has warned local government leaders that they face penalties over failures to clean up the country's major rivers and lakes. The Ministry of Environment Protection on Wednesday put the leaders...

CHINA: Greening of the Games

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 7 (IPS) - Though human rights and environmental issues -- such as censorship and pollution in Beijing -- have been the two major focuses of criticism levelled against the Chinese government during the lead...

China's environment watchdog expands

BEIJING, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) has expanded, with three new departments. These are the Department for Control of Pollutant Discharge, the Environment Monitoring Department, and the...

Head of UN environment agency to attend opening of Olympic Games

The head of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Achim Steiner, is to attend the opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics on 8 August as part of the agency’s continuing support for the greening of the games, it was...

Head of UN environment agency to attend opening of Olympic Games

The head of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Achim Steiner, is to attend the opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics on 8 August as part of the agency's continuing support for the greening of the games, it was...

Russia, China to boost environmental co-op

Chinese Environmental Protection Minister Zhou Shengxian met with Russian Natural Resources and Ecology Minister Yuri Trutnev here on Thursday. They agreed that Russia and China have made great progress in environmental...

Thirsty Nation

China plans to adopt six major measures to ensure pollution control. The discharge of pollutants will be rigidly controlled, and projects that could lead to large amounts of industrial wastewater will not be approved PERSISTENT...

Measures to ensure safe drinking water in disaster areas

The Ministry of Environmental Protection announced on May 20 the three new emergency drinking water protection standards, and asked all levels of government in disaster areas to strictly implement technical standards to ensure drinking water safety for the people in disaster areas. At present,...

China: 40,000 Dead, 5 Million Homeless After Quake

By William Foreman Thirty-two radioactive sources were also buried under rubble, Xinhua reported, citing Minister of Environmental Protection Zhou Shengxian. Only two have not been recovered, although authorities have located them and restricted access to nearby areas. They were expected to be...

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