UN’s 2013 human development report urges action on climate change, deforestation and pollution before it is too late The number of people living in extreme poverty could increase by up to 3 billion by 2050…
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A LEADING Chinese drugmaker in the country’s northeast has been exposed as having released pharmaceuticals into waterways and improperly burning medical waste, causing serious water, land and air contamination. Emissions from a factory operated by…
SHANGHAI – A recent chemical spill into the Xin’an River, an important source of drinking water for East China’s Zhejiang province, has led five water utility companies to stop drawing water from the river, a…