A farmer on his dried field last week in Wuhan, China. Crops and drinking water have been threatened by a long drought. BEIJING — A severe drought along the Yangtze River region in central China…
Category: Environment
In this April 29, 2011 photo, part of the Yangtze River’s river bed is exposed as water level lowered by drought, in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality. Much of central China is enduring its worst energy…
Southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region is poised to become the country’s leading solar power generation base with 10 more photovoltaic power plants to be completed within this year. The new plants, with a total investment…
The Chinese government has announced to implement a subsidy and reward program for the country’s herdsmen over the coming years in order to reverse and prevent damage that has been done to China’s grasslands because…
Just like the weather, everyone talks about earthquakes, but Yang Zhimin wants to do something about these powerful natural killers. The retiree knows it’s not possible to stop them, but he is eager for decision-makers…
Research says millions are displaced annually as a result of climate disasters. We must take the precautionary approach
China’s 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015) shows that it wants to become the world’s future green superpower. The implementation of ambitious ecological policy targets will contribute to the overarching goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions per…
Environmental awareness rises, but ‘disposal is mishandled’
AMSTERDAM – Denmark earns the biggest share of its national revenue from producing windmills and other clean technologies, the United States is rapidly expanding its clean-tech sector, but no country can match China’s pace of growth,…
DUJIANGYAN, Sichuan, May 4 (Xinhua) — A new specialized center for giant panda rescue and disease prevention broke ground for construction on Wednesday in Dujiangyan City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province. Upon completion, the facility will…