Archive for ‘pollution’
Chinese man fights polluters
September 12th, 2007
A local farmer is in jail after speaking out at big business for allegedly polluting local rivers in China.
Popularity: 2%
Will Hong Kong ever get a breath of fresh air?
August 16th, 2007
Environmental groups and coprporations in Hong Kong are warning an infamous shroud of polution over the city is worsening. The deadly haze is driving out foreign professionals and many worry the Hong Kong’s reputation as Asia’s financial hub is at risk. A voiced report.
Popularity: 2%
Dirty Cities: A New Environmental Report
May 20th, 2007
A new environmental report has listed what it claims are the worst polluted hotspots in the world with three Russian cities falling in the top ten.
Popularity: 2%
China’s growing pollution problem
May 2nd, 2007
A demand by China, India and Brazil that rich nations accept they are mainly responsible for global warming has held up progress at a key UN climate change conference here, according to delegates. At least 400 scientists and experts from about 120 countries are attending the week-long session of…
Popularity: 3%
Gold firm cleared in pollution row
April 24th, 2007
U.S. based gold mining company Newmont is acquitted of dumping toxic waste in Indonesia. The high profile case against the Indonesian unit of Newmont Mining Corporation and the unit’s American president was seen as a key test of attitudes towards foreign firms and environmental protection.
Popularity: 2%
China’s climate challenge
March 20th, 2007
After more than two decades of breakneck economic expansion China is starting to see the environmental fallout. The nation last year missed its goals of cutting by 4 percent the amount of energy it uses to generate each unit of national income and of reducing emissions of key pollutants by 2
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