The global expansion of the biofuel industry – in which agricultural land and crops are used to produce fuel for transport vehicles rather than food for humans – is a major factor driving the dramatic…
Category: Environment
ConocoPhillips promises total clean-up by end of month BEIJING – ConocoPhillips China, the operator of two leaking oil platforms off Northern China’s Bohai Bay, said on Sunday that it had spotted additional sources of leaks…
The oil leak in Bohai Bay has lasted for two months. Bathing in overdue and lame information released by Concon Phillips (COPC), the public and neighbouring nations’ concerns over the pollution soar, pressing the parties…
People watch a tidal wave of up to 10 meters in height on the bank of Qiantang River in Haining, Zhejiang Province on August 17. At least three people have drowned in the Qiantang River…
Fishermen in north China’s Hebei Province are preparing to sue a US-based oil company, as they believe recent oil spills in a nearby bay are to blame for the deaths of large numbers of scallops….
A county government in East China’s Jiangxi Province said no one was injured after police reacted to a protest involving a crowd of villagers outside a polluting factory’s gates on Tuesday. At least 10 residents…
More than 10 legal advisory agencies have shown interest in handling a suit being brought against US-based oil company ConocoPhillips over environmental damage caused by oil spills in Bohai Bay, maritime authorities announced on Thursday….
Wang Jianyou, a resident of Xinglong village, shows on Sunday the bugs he eats every day. Wang, a lung cancer patient, believes eating 50 bugs a day will help to relieve the symptoms of his…
A pond in Qujing, Yunnan province, which was heavily contaminated by illegally dumped toxic industrial waste. [Provided to China Daily] BEIJING – More than 5,000 tons of highly toxic industrial waste were dumped illegally in…
Tropical storm Mufia leaves a dike breached near the Fujia parayxlene plant in Dalian on August 8. Authorities in China’s northeastern city of Dalian ordered a chemical plant to be “immediately” shut down after a…