Category Archives: Environmental problems

What the citizens know: oil spills, environmental disasters

Clean up worker drowning in the the Dalian oil spill This opinion piece is by Zhenni Zhang, who is studying environmental policy for her Master’s in Environmental Management student at Duke University. If they know the truth, they can do … Continue reading

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Blue skies over Beijing

Blue skies return to the capital after a week of smog and soupy air.

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The air in Beijing: 2010 and 2006

AP reports:

Pollution in Beijing was so bad Friday the U.S. Embassy, which has been independently monitoring air quality, ran out of conventional adjectives to describe it, at one point saying it was “crazy bad.”

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Bringing the Bohai Sea to Xinjiang

A conference proposes routing seawater from Bohai Gulf to Xinjiang to fight desertification.

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Asbestos in China – Who cares?

Why doesn’t anyone worry about the risks of asbestos in China?

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Solar power strictly forbidden

The Southern Metropolis Daily reports on a beautification process that involves making flat roofs slopy, thus the solar panels on top are forcibly removed.

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World Wide Fund for Nature and Earth Hour

Lights off for one hour starting from 8:30pm, this Saturday.

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NIMBY protest hits Chengdu

Protests against a PetroChina plant in Chengdu.

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Choking in Beijing – API hits 500 today

Looking southeast towards Changping District and downtown Beijing from Hebei Yesterday Danwei relayed reports that Beijing’s air quality was the worst so far this year, but the air is even worse today. According to the State Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), … Continue reading

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Danwei FM: Interview with Caroline Campbell

Interview with Caroline Campbell, creative director and co-producer of the Green Dragon Media Project.

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