A lingering drought has left 520,000 people and 390,000 livestock short of drinking water in Hunan Province, authorities there said on Tuesday. The month-long drought has also withered 527,000 hectares of crops, dried up 542…
Category: Environment
A total of 583 lead battery manufacturing plants were shut down after government authorities conducted a series of inspections earlier this year in an effort to reduce heavy metal pollution. According to a statement issued…
The National Meteorological Center (NMC) Wednesday continued its high temperature alert for south China as the hot weather is expected to persist over the next three days. The weather agency forecast temperatures in south China’s…
BEIJING – China became the first country approved by the International Seabed Authority to look for polymetallic sulphide deposits in the Southwest Indian Ridge, authorities said. “The body approved the application from the China Ocean…
GUIYANG – A lingering drought has caused water shortages for 4.28 million people in China, the country’s drought relief authority said on Monday. A farmer looks anxiously on Monday at peanut crops that have been…
BEIJING – The average air quality in 45 major cities – nearly four out of every 10 major cities in the country – was rated as “poor” in the first half of this year, according…
BEIJING – Hail storms and tornadoes had killed 97 people in China in July, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said on Sunday. A total of 20.16 million people in 27 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions were…
The local government of Mianyang city, in Southwest China’s Sichuan Province, recently warned citizens not to drink tap water as the city’s major water source was polluted by tailings from a local electrolytic manganese plant….
Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu on Tuesday urged governments at all levels to do more to prevent flood disasters. The possibility of severe floods “cannot be underestimated,” Hui said at a meeting of the State…
Thunderstorms have been battering Chongqing, damaging homes and farmland, cutting power supplies, and affecting about 275,000 people since Thursday. More than 1,500 houses in the southwestern China municipality have been damaged by the continuous storms…