HK feels pressure over pollution
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A pressure group is formed to urge Hong Kong's government to act on air quality amid warnings over costs to the economy.
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By Chen Dongliang  While looking after people might be its primary concern, the PLA in Hong Kong is also involved in caring for the region's wildlife and environment.
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Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)  ["Official Urges Legislature To Hold Governments Accountable for Pollution" - Xinhua headline]  Beijing, Feb.
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A vast cloud of pollution has descended on Cairo once more, creating health problems and challenging authorities as they seek ways to stop it coming back.
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By Zhan Lisheng  GUANGZHOU: Guangdong Province is trying to curb industrial pollution by preventing cities with excessive pollutant emissions being granted new investment projects.
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A stay in India's capital often leads to a case of the notorious "Delhi belly," but as pollution rises, many visitors and residents are suffering from the Delhi itchy eye and hacking cough too.
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As urbanites with rising incomes are demanding better air and water, the countryside is increasingly becoming a dumping ground.
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In an unusual public acknowledgment, Chinese officials said that pollution and water-quality problems had become the biggest challenges facing Chinaâs fish farming.
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The arrival of Batman in Hong Kong this November for filming of the latest Hollywood sequel has ruffled local politicians who say the masked hero could disrupt traffic and cause noise pollution, reports said on Friday.
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&#39;Climate of Fear&#39; Before Polls Open in Vote for Legislators Human rights conditions in Hong Kong have deteriorated in the run-up to the legislative elections, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
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By Liu Weifeng  Leave the car at home and take a bus.   That's the message being pushed by environmental experts in a campaign to clear the air in China's cities.
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Air pollution is killing more than half a million people in Asian cities each year and shows no sign of improving as urban centers expand, studies by the Asian Development Bank show.
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As concern about global warming ripples across Sweden, the average citizenâs relationship with comfortable â and highly polluting â cars is becoming strained.
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By Zhu Zhe and Sun Xiaohua  After putting two highly polluting projects on hold as a result of public pressure, the top environmental watchdog yesterday said it would seek to establish a proper mechanism to allow for its further participation in environmental governance.
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Preparations for the Beijing 2008 Olympics are well on schedule but pollution is still a concern, the International Olympic Committee said on Wednesday.
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Science & environment: More regulation needed to curb the potential harms of pollution, say researchers
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By MICHAEL CASEY YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia - Asia's rapid economic expansion has turned its skies into some of world's most polluted and the region must do more to fight a scourge that is blamed for more than 500,000 premature deaths annually, delegates told a clean air conference Wednesday.