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CHINA'S ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS
Since China started economic reforms in 1978, the country's GDP has expanded faster than 10% a year. But China's single minded focus on economic growth has come with a price. China's environment is one of the most polluted in the world. Two-thirds of China's cities do not have clean water to drink. China has overtaken the U.S. as the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases. Only 1% of China’s urban population of 560 million now breathes air considered safe by the EU.
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For years, the warnings of a deteriorating environment on the health of the Chinese population have been there, and...
Dr. Lin Jiabin, the deputy director of the department of social development research at the state council, on China's...
HONG KONG—New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Friday praised Chinese cities for taking part in a climate change...
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China may require companies including Lenovo Group Ltd. to divulge information about the cost of packaging as part of a...
China has allocated 23 billion yuan ($3.37 billion) for energy saving, anti-pollution, ecological and environmental...
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The Beijing government will give companies who stop highly polluting production up to 2.3 million yuan ($336,500) as a...
The U.S. entered this week's round of climate negotiations as the global bad guy, a holdover from eight years of barely...
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