2 billion Chinese mice overrun lake area
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People living in communities surrounding a large shallow lake have been overrun by field mice after floodwaters drove the rodents out of islands on the lake, state media reported Monday.
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Number of migratory birds drops in China's largest freshwater lake    NANCHANG, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- The number of migratory birds in Poyang Lake, China's largest freshwater lake, has dropped by 40 percent.
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China may have just ushered in the Year of the Rat, but the pesky rodents aren't welcome in its capital. Rats are the latest target of Beijing's efforts to present a sparkling city for the Olympics in August, with the government announcing a campaign to rid all venues of rodents.
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Senior officials in Beijing are now grumbling that the megaproject on the Yangtze is turning into an environmental nightmare
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China's online population has soared to 210 million people and could surpass the United States this year to become the world's biggest, the Chinese government said Friday.
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XINTAI, China, Aug. 23 -- The first sign of trouble was a stream of water that burst from a wall deep in the mine, Wang Kuitao recalled. Within minutes, he said, the water was everywhere, rushing down the shaft carrying tons of mud. Another disaster was on the way, Wang quickly concluded, one mor...
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By Audra Ang Associated Press  BEIJING - Fast-spreading, foul-smelling blue-green algae smothered a lake in eastern China, contaminating the drinking water for millions of people and sparking panic-buying of bottled water, state media said Thursday.
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AURORA __ A Beaufort County strip-mining operation that is one of the regions largest employers is asking regulators to allow it to destroy 2,500 acres of wetlands.
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Even cars are at risk as floods and building sites drive out rodents from their underground lairs
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Bulgaria has declared a state of disaster around its Black Sea port of Bourgas because of an infestation of millions of mice.
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More than 100 people have died in  floods and landslides in China where dykes protecting a swollen  river in the east, which has already prompted tens of thousands  to flee their homes, are in danger of being breached.
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BEIJING - Fetid algae growth returned to two major lakes in eastern China and covered one-third of their surfaces, but water supply were unaffected, state media reported Monday.
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Over exploitation threatens Tonle Sap Lake: PM    PHNOM PENH, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Over exploitation of fisheries and wildlife as well as the increasing population are threatening the Tonle Sap Lake, the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia, Prime Minister Hun Sen said here on Monday.
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More than 1 billion gallons of contaminated water Â enough to fill 1,500 Olympic-sized swimming pools Â is trapped in a tunnel in the mountains above the historic town of Leadville and threatening to blow.
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China's explosive economic growth is outpacing environmental protection efforts, leaving the country awash in "out of control" acid rain, the China Daily said Tuesday.
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Spreading plantations are blamed for a threat to wildlife.
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China's Sichuan province faced the  threat of epidemics on Wednesday after the worst flooding in a  century killed at least 172 people and left scores missing,  while water levels at the huge Three Gorges Dam swelled.