Global impact of Asia's pollution
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The Asian "brown cloud" of pollution is affecting weather systems globally, according to research.
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Asia-Pacific leaders were expected to sign a landmark statement on climate change at their annual summit on Saturday, papering over differences between rich and developing nations over pollution targets.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Burning of the Amazon and  other forests accounts for three quarters of Brazil's  greenhouse gas emissions and has made the country one of the  world's leading polluters, a long-delayed government report  showed on Wednesday.
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By VERONIKA OLEKSYN  VIENNA, Austria - Tackling air pollution, contaminated drinking water and other environmental problems could save millions of lives annually around the world, the World Health Organization said in a report Wednesday.
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TOKYO - Four cities in China, India, and Azerbaijan were added to a list of the world's 10 most polluted places, the Blacksmith Institute said, citing a legacy of mining, Cold War-era pollution, and unregulated industrial production.
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Businesses could profit from cleaning up China's horrendous pollution.
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&quot;Thousands of bodies rotting in the tropical heat were tumbled into mass graves, but officials said polluted water posed a greater threat..&quot;. BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - The death toll of the Asian tsunami disaster
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Asia's fishery industry is awash with growth, opportunity and risk.
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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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By Nisha Sabanayagam; Ranjeetha Pakiam; Minderjeet Kaur; Teresa Yong;  THE tipping point is very close.   Environmentalists warn that once past it, our countrys environmental deterioration will lead to irreversible consequences.  It may already have happened.
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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.
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As the world continues to debate global warming, one big question is how to accommodate the increased growth of the developing economies, especially India and China. How many tons of greenhouse gases are emitted per person globally each year?
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While developing nations China, Brazil and India grow at break-neck pace with their burgeoning industry and farming, industrialized countries want them to clean up the dirty practices that have made them some of the world's biggest polluters.
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Global warming is heating the Arctic at a rapid pace - with impacts that could range from the disappearance of polar bears&#39; summer habitat by the century&#39;s end to a damaging rise in sea levels worldwide.
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By Li Fangchao  Experts and the public have expressed strong concern over the possible environmental impact of the construction of a massive chemical plant in Xiamen, East China's Fujian Province, Outlook Weekly reported yesterday.
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The burning and deforestation of Brazilâs vast Amazon rain forest causes nearly 3% of the worldâs greenhouse gas emissions, according to a government report released yesterday.
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By Guan Xiaofeng  Experts have warned of environmental pollution from increased animal husbandry, as the country became the world's top meat and egg producer last year.