China's pollution cuts local rain
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Industrial pollution in China is having a significant impact on local rainfall, according to a scientific study.
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The Chinese government announces a crackdown on plastic bags, in a bid to cut pollution and save resources.
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ALBANY, NY Aug. 17, 2004  Citing what they called a public health emergency, New York officials on Tuesday ordered power plants to reduce emissions blamed for acid rain.
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As a bicycle kingdom gearing-up to become an automobile society, China, the world&#39;s third largest car manufacturing base, is facing a serious problem of automobile-related pollution and soaring levels of petrol consumption.
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By Zheng Lifei  Gu Zhaodi had never had to think about water. It was taken for granted. In fact, no one in this beautiful lake city of Wuxi had bothered to spare a thought on one of the most vital elements of life.  But all that changed dramatically overnight last week.
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BEIJING -- When the opening lyrics of ''Dark Side of the Moon&quot; floated through the air at a Beijing bar on a recent evening, patrons sang along to the Pink Floyd classic. ''Breathe, breathe in the air,&quot; they chanted in chorus. They seemed oblivious to the irony, in a city that is fast becoming one of the world's most polluted.
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The death toll from nearly a week of heavy rain in southern China has risen to 71, as reports emerged of authorities deliberately flooding some villages in an effort to save bigger cities.
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The Asian "brown cloud" of pollution is affecting weather systems globally, according to research.
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With China celebrating the arrival of the Year of the Pig, Chinese factories that ordinarily spew a big percentage of the world's pollution are idle for a week. However there's no rest for the Chinese computers that produce a big chunk of the Internet's pollution.
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Chinaâs State Environmental Protection Administration said on Tuesday that water quality is barely improving in the main body of water behind the Three Gorges Dam.
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By Evan Osnos, Chicago Tribune  Mar. 12--LINFEN, China -- Here in one of the world's most polluted cities, where coal dust blackens apples still on the branch, something new is in the air.   It's not the brown smoke chugging out of coke plants and iron smelters day and night.
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China pledges to dispose key polluters    BEIJING, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- China's top environmental watchdog launched investigations into six of the country's most notorious polluters on Friday, with last week's chemical spill on a tributary to the Songhua River on the list.
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Artificial rainfall temporarily eases drought in northwest China   XI'AN, Feb.
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Rain-prevention experiments 'satisfactory', claims Beijing Chinese officials have announced that the Beijing Meteorological Bureau has successfully carried out experiments aimed at preventing light rain from washing out the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympics on 8 August.â¦
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China flooded dozens of evacuated  villages on Tuesday to ease pressure from a swollen river after  torrential rains that have killed more than 100 people  nationwide.
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Beijing, China (Sports Network) - For the second time in as many days, rain was a major factor at the inaugural $500,000 China Open.
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At least 64 people are now known to have died as a result of torrential rain in south-western China.