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Greenpeace’s Top 10 Ways to Hide Pollution in China

Using some very interesting caricatures, Greenpeace has put together a top 10 list of ways Chinese firms often hide their pollution.  Some of these are old hand, but a couple (including consolidating of waste streams) were new to me. Many … Continue reading

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Global Crisis Brings Blue Skies to Beijing

With China’s energy production closely tied to the global economy, it should come as no surprise that Beijing’s skies have cleared up recently as a result of the downturn: In the second half of last year, a period that included … Continue reading

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China Assigns 5 Strategic Environmental Regions

China Strategically Evaluates Five Environmental Regions details the recent decision to classify the Bohai Region, Taiwan Straight, Beibu Bay, Chengdu, and Chongqing as Strategic Environmental Regions If you have been to Bohai Region (Tianjin) or Chongqing, then you may be … Continue reading

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China’s Environmental Costs: Cancer

While attending the JUCCCE conference last year, I began to understand that when looking at clean technologies, or otherwise making the case for “sustainability”, it was important to understand the health costs to remaining brown. That in the end, policy … Continue reading

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China Study Links Birth Defects to Pollution

For years, the warnings of a deteriorating environment on the health of the Chinese population have been there, and over the last 2 years it is clear that these warnings have grown in number and in urgency. However, to date, … Continue reading

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China’s New Faces – Give Me Back the Natural Scenery:

RAdio Television Hong KOng has just released a very powerful series on the impact of China’s environment called China’s New Faces – Give Me Back the Natural Scenery: Produced by Anita Tong, the filming took place in the area around … Continue reading

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Industrial Pollution Creates Cancer Village in China

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