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Making polluting companies pay their cleaner competitors should help lower the country’s carbon foot......

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Local companies were found to be collaborating with an emission monitoring company to skirt environm......

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Northern China Hit by Worst Sandstorm in 10 Years

Six people are dead and dozens remain missing in neighboring Mongolia.

2021-03-15 10:35:32

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Authorities in China are reviewing hundreds of environmental impact assessment reports after a conse......

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The Biggest Winners From China’s Protected Species List? Wolves.

The predators, long viewed as dangerous and targeted for eradication, now enjoy protected status, a ......

2021-02-19 09:26:02

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China to Roll Out Provincial Renewable Energy Targets

The targets could help fulfill the country’s commitment to installing 1.2 billion kilowatts of wind ......

2021-02-18 06:51:15

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Amid a winter of weird weather, a persistent lack of rain has created a water shortage for millions ......

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Shandong Family Dies From Gas Poisoning After Illegal Dumping

Several residents from a neighborhood in Zhucheng were hospitalized after inhaling toxic fumes emitt......

2021-02-02 13:52:42

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Can Designated Ports Fix China’s Overfishing Problem?

By concentrating on monitoring ports, through which all domestic catch must pass, authorities can ga......

2021-02-02 12:54:35

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China Slams Own Energy Agency Over Failed Environmental Policies

Inspectors found that coal capacity in key pollution-control areas continued to rise despite expensi......

2021-02-01 11:05:03

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State-Owned Tree Farm Probed for Leasing Land to Vineyards

The Gansu government says there was no large-scale deforestation to make room for grape cultivation.......

2021-01-29 10:01:00

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Northwest China Reports Thallium Pollution in Yangtze Tributary

A high concentration of the toxic metal was found in the upper Jialing River basin, which cuts throu......

2021-01-27 10:29:00

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In China’s New Age Communes, Burned-Out Millennials Go Back to Nature

Fed up with the grind of urban life, young Chinese are starting over in the countryside, where they ......

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