China's Energy Crisis Blankets Hong Kong in Smog
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To gaze across Hong Kong's harbor at the city's glittering skyscrapers and soaring peaks is to take in one of the world's most spectacular urban vistas.
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Large parts of Gaza were plunged into darkness on Sunday when its main power plant shut down after Israel closed the borders of the Hamas-controlled territory and blocked fuel supplies.
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An earthquake has rattled Hong Kong causing skyscrapers to shake and sending people running into the streets in rural areas.
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More than two million people have been hit by power cuts in China's Qujing city and thousands have been stranded on highways as snowy weather revisits the southwest region, state media said on Saturday.
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Rich nations are responsible for greenhouse gases fuelling global warming, China said on Tuesday, urging them to cut emissions and deflecting questions about whether Beijing will accept limits.
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Chaotic winter weather besieged China's business and farming heartland on Tuesday amid the country's worst power crisis, with one mountain-road accident blamed on snow killing 25 people ahead of a major holiday.
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Chaotic winter weather besieged China's business and farming heartland on Tuesday, with no quick end in sight to weeks of snow and ice that have trapped energy and food flows ahead of a big national holiday.
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Air pollution in Hong Kong has hit record levels, the government said on Wednesday, and it warned people with heart or respiratory problems to stay indoors.
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Greenpeace offer of help declined Japanese whaling vessel the Nisshin Maru - partially evacuated yesterday following an engine-room fire - is still wallowing powerless in Antarctica's stormy Ross Sea, the Daily Telegraph reports.â¦
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Thanks in part to an explosion of demand for air-conditioners in hot places like India and China, the ozone layer is proving very hard to repair.
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Hong Kong's bad air may be   responsible for a significant jump in children being admitted   to hospital for asthma, a six-year study has found.
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Chinese authorities are battling to clean up after one of the worst oil spills in the region's waters.
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The coldest, snowiest winter in decades has left millions of Chinese without heating and running water, leading the government on Friday to order a suspension of coal exports as the country struggles to meet its power needs.
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Large parts of the Gaza Strip plunged into darkness on Sunday when its main power plant shut down after Israel blocked fuel supplies and closed the border to the Hamas-run territory.
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Acute electricity shortages across a swath of China after winter blizzards disrupted coal deliveries have exposed the fragility of transport networks.
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China struggled on Sunday with  transport havoc and threats to energy and food supplies caused  by snows and icy cold, with forecasters warning of more brutal  weather across eastern and central areas in coming days.
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By SCOTT McDONALD  BEIJING - China's environmental watchdog admitted Monday the country had failed to reach any of its pollution control goals for 2006 and had fallen further behind as the economy picked up speed.