China Faces Growing Pollution Problems
China must intensify its protection of the environment amid dramatic economic growth or face grave consequences, recipients of a UN environmental prize have said. The laureates of the...
Source: Agence France-Presse
Green GDP to Debut in Pilot Cities
The state environmental watchdog will calculate the "green gross domestic product" of six municipalities and provinces within a year to take account of the ecological cost of...
World Bank Vows to Support Sustainable Development
The World Bank will continue to fund oil, coal and mining projects but will be more selective, it said in response to a review that recommended it phase out support for such projects. The bank...
Source: Reuters
Scientists: Environmental Damage Cuts GDP
The State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) says that China should incorporate environmental protection into the government official testing system as soon as possible....
Chinese source
Beijing Will Test Battery Buses
Tsinghua University and a Beijing company have developed a kind of battery-powered bus which will run on Beijing streets very soon. The buses can be charged in 5 hours and run a maximum speed...
Green Olympics Filled with Concrete
One reason Beijing won the right to hold the 2008 Olympics was because it had an environmental plan to create a "green Beijing, green Olympics". The committee in charge of the bid was advised...
Guangzhou Pollution Concerns Olympic Board
An Olympic committee expressed confidence in Guangzhou's ability to host the 2010 Asian Games, but wants the city to address concerns about poor air and water quality and high hotel rates....
Authorities Scare Away Earth Day Activities
Heightened state security during the 15th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown means Beijing's green groups will not be celebrating an international environmental awareness...
UN Studies Environmental Link to War
The United Nations (UN) adopted a resolution to tackle the ways environmental problems can trigger war, in the hope of developing an early-warning system to avoid future conflicts. The...
Source: Associated Press
Environmental Management Raises Profits
Over the past year, the Sino-EU environmental management plan has begun testing in four industrial parks. Related observers say that pushing forward environmental management not only...
