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Beijing is still troubled over air quality and pollution. Despite implementing various policies to improve the air quality of the city, haze has prevailed. Some have attributed the haze to the weather. Perhaps all the measures taken to counter air pollution have not really removed the root of the problem.  Below is a report from [...]

Professionals in Shanghai have found a way to cool themselves without having to actually to go a cool place. They are choosing instead to wear T-shirts and sneakers for the coming Cool Week activity.
White-collar workers in the Lujiazui financial district of the Pudong area will work at 26 C rather than 24 C temperatures in [...]

This year’s 2008 Beijing Olympics has been termed “Green Olympics“. But how green are the venues that will be hosting the Olympic games?
Lets take a look at three of such venues. Firstly, the National Stadium, known as the “Bird’s Nest” for its latticework of interwoven steel. Secondly, the National Aquatics Centre, or “Water [...]

A plan aimed at cultivating high-yield and pest-resistant genetically modified (GM) crops for China to achieve agricultural sustainability has been approved, the Chinese authorities have said.
The State Council announced on its website on Wednesday the approval of the plan, one of the 16 key State plans marked by the central government to achieve breakthroughs in [...]

China is planning to restrict access by climbers to the summit of Mount Qomolangma (Mount Everest) to allow environmental teams to carry out a huge clean-up of the mountain.
Just weeks after the Olympic torch relay across the planet’s highest peak, mountaineers are planning to scale it to clear the mounds [...]

China’s installed wind power generating capacity is expected to top 10 gigawatts (GW) by the end of this year and to exceed 20 GW in two years, far above government targets, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
Beijing said in March that it had raised its target for installed wind power capacity to 10 GW in [...]

China has just announced an overnight rise in its domestic energy prices on friday. The cost of diesel is up by 18.1% while gasoline price increases by 16.7%. Amidst the rising oil price, what can the chinese government do to deal with the energy crunch, especially in the poorer rural areas? Solution: Build more bio-gas [...]