JINAN, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- A municipal government in east China's Shandong Province has offered a huge reward for clues or evidence of local enterprises pumping emissions underground. The government of Weifang City has offered a 100,000 yuan (15,873...
BEIJING. Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Beijing authorities asked the public to cut firework celebrations and said they have reduced stocks of the items, as firework sales began on Tuesday for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year. Three authorized retailers in Be...
BEIJING, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Thirty percent of official cars in Beijing should not be used when there is extremely bad pollution, traffic authorities confirmed Tuesday. The order was implemented on Monday evening to help combat the fourth round of he...
BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Beijing will strengthen its efforts to treat PM2.5 and slash the density of major air pollutants by 2 percent this year, the municipality's acting mayor said Tuesday. The capital will take 180,000 old vehicles off the roa...
BEIJING, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- The number of vehicles on Beijing's roads could be cut on days when the city suffers from heavy air pollution, according to a new regulation released for comments on Saturday. According to the Beijing Municipal Air Pollut...
China releases air pollution reduction plan...
Shell in Court Over Nigeria Pollution Charges LONDON The international oil and gas company Royal Dutch Shell was in court Thursday facing charges of polluting Nigerian villages. The case has been brought in a civil court in The Hague by four Nigerian...
LONDON, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- The weather for the closing ceremony of the London Olympic Games this Sunday is likely to be in the middle of a spike in air pollution, the British government air pollution forecast predicted on Friday. With just two days...
Ohio Lake Erie, the smallest of North Americas five Great Lakes, supplies fresh drinking water to an estimated 11 million people in Ohio, Michigan and southern Ontario province, Canada. Yet sometimes pollution, both from industrial waste and farm-che...
Unwanted Music is Noise Pollution to Some You probably like at least some sort of music. Tunes that you pick out. Problem is, in lots of places across the United States, youre forced to hear somebody elses choice in music. Say youve just landed at an...
