Tag Archives: environment

Yunnan white-handed gibbon declared extinct

The Yunnan white handed gibbon has been declared extinct.

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Hog badger in Yanqing

A hog badger sighting in Yanqing County.

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NIMBY protest hits Chengdu

Protests against a PetroChina plant in Chengdu.

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Back to the motherland!

Jiang Rong vs Howard Goldblatt; China Daily girly pics; France and China; retired PLA officer fights pollution; anti-sweatshop or anti-Olympics? Renounce your Canadian citizenship!

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Spring snow and a mystery footprint

Spring snow in the mountains east of Beijing, and a mystery footprint.

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Western media shenanigans

Google ads on sanlunche; China for Dummies; western media on China and on Africa; Tibet and the environment; Chen Liangyu at trial; weather manipulation.

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Wind power in China

A video about wind farms in China.

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Green brothers on Beijing public transport

A light-hearted video about green issues and public transport in Beijing.

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Beijing air ‘moderate’

After a few lung-crunching days of awful air quality, Beijing’s pollution level is now at a level termed ‘moderate’, with a down town Air Pollution Index number of 72. Strong winds seem to have blown the gunk away. See this … Continue reading

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Beijing air breathable again today

Beijing’s air is back down to normal, dirty levels after several days of horrible API numbers.

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