ConocoPhillips (COP) said an oil leak at the Penglai 19-3 oilfield in China’s Bohai Bay has been contained and clean-up work is close to completion. No injuries nor impact to wildlife, fishing or shipping were reported,…
Category: Environment
After giving several false alarms for rainstorms on July 1, the Beijing Meteorological Bureau explained on Sunday that forecasting precipitation comes down to a lot of guesswork. The bureau issued a thunderstorm and lightning warning…
FUZHOU – China’s meteorological authorities issued a warning on Sunday about excessively high temperatures that are expected to hit southern China for the next few days. The mercury is set to hover between 35 and…
BEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) — China’s National Meteorological Center (NMC) issued a high temperature alert on Sunday, saying high temps are expected to hit several of the country’s southern regions over the next three days….
XINING, June 30 (Xinhua) — The Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the world’s highest plateau railway, has stood safety and environmental tests while boosting regional economic growth over the past five years. Friday marks five years since the…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A project director for the San Francisco-based ClimateWorks Foundation, Charles R. McElwee II works to promote public policies to prevent dangerous climate change and enhance global prosperity. McElwee, who grew up in…
China has seen another round of heavy rainfalls over the past three days. In Southwest China rain-triggered mudslides have cut off access to a pivotal highway in Sichuan Province, although no casualties have been reported,…
Jiangxi Province’s proposed plan to build a dam at Poyang Lake to “offset the negative impact of the Three Gorges Dam” sounds like a great idea to save the lake, but it may end up…
A bridge that cost 3 million yuan to build is torn down just as it nears completion in Chizhou, Anhui Province. Photo :CFP A costly bridge that was recently torn down in East China’s Anhui…
More than 16,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes Wednesday as torrential rains pelted parts of south Guangdong Province, local flood control authorities said. Heavy rains unleashed by summer monsoons started to pound the…