In this photo taken on Thursday, June 23, 2005, Guhonda, a male adult mountain gorilla, in the Volcanos National Park in Rwanda.Gorillas in central Africa are in danger from illegal logging, mining and from hunters…
Category: Environment
BEIJING – China said on Wednesday that the Three Gorges Project, the world’s biggest hydropower complex, had affected shipping, irrigation and water supply downstream on the Yangtze River. The disclosure came after the State Council…
A farmer on his dried field last week in Wuhan, China. Crops and drinking water have been threatened by a long drought. BEIJING — A severe drought along the Yangtze River region in central China…
In this April 29, 2011 photo, part of the Yangtze River’s river bed is exposed as water level lowered by drought, in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality. Much of central China is enduring its worst energy…
Southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region is poised to become the country’s leading solar power generation base with 10 more photovoltaic power plants to be completed within this year. The new plants, with a total investment…
The Chinese government has announced to implement a subsidy and reward program for the country’s herdsmen over the coming years in order to reverse and prevent damage that has been done to China’s grasslands because…
Just like the weather, everyone talks about earthquakes, but Yang Zhimin wants to do something about these powerful natural killers. The retiree knows it’s not possible to stop them, but he is eager for decision-makers…
Research says millions are displaced annually as a result of climate disasters. We must take the precautionary approach
China’s 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015) shows that it wants to become the world’s future green superpower. The implementation of ambitious ecological policy targets will contribute to the overarching goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions per…
Environmental awareness rises, but ‘disposal is mishandled’