China Offers Plan to Clean Up Its Polluted Lakes
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The government has announced new regulations that will limit fish farms and require better treatment of wastewater, among other measures.
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Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)  Yichang, Hubei Province, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) - Chinese Vice-Premier Zeng Peiyan has instructed local authorities to improve the lives of people relocated to make way for the gigantic Three Gorges Project.
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China&#39;s first plan for climate change  will seek to fortify the country against damage from global  warming but also against international pressure to cut  greenhouse gas pollution that Beijing calls the cost of growth.
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Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)  ["Enterprises Violating Environmental Protection Rules in China Will Struggle To Get Bank Loans" - Xinhua headline]  Beijing, Feb.
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By Will Elliott  Lake Ontario fishing could become even better if plans to restore that lake's fishery are carried out.
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By Bulley, Henry N N Merchant, James W; Marx, David B; Holz, John C; Holz, Aris A  ABSTRACT: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is charged with establishing standards and criteria for assessing lake water quality.
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China's first plan for climate change will seek to fortify the country against damage from global warming but also against international pressure to cut greenhouse gas pollution that Beijing calls the cost of growth.
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Environmentalists in China are fighting plans for a hydropower project that they say would endanger one of the world's deepest gorges.
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By ANITA CHANG  BEIJING - China's environmental watchdog ordered factories polluting a scenic lake to stop production Tuesday, following an algae bloom that contaminated the drinking water supply for 2 million people.
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LUANXIAN, China  - The fate of a campaign by China to curb headlong investment and start cleaning up its polluted environment turns on businessmen like Cai Nianguang.
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By He Na  CHANGCHUN: Authorities in Northeast China's Jilin Province have announced a new target for improving the water quality of the Songhua River, one of the most heavily polluted in the country.
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The United States and Canada signed a declaration on Friday that outlines a plan to clean up the Great Lakes and the major waterways that feed them.
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China has disciplined officials for a chemical leak that contaminated a river and cut off drinking water and pledged action against those responsible for two other environmental disasters, state media reported on Wednesday.
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China says 312 million villagers face water shortages or use water contaminated by fluorine, arsenic and organic or industrial pollutants.
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By Bill Dolan, The Times, Munster, Ind.  Feb. 1--CROWN POINT -- The People's Republic of China is willing to help  Lake County save tax dollars by reducing the cost of garbage recycling.
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By Xin Dingding  Experts have urged the government to strengthen efforts to deal with water pollution in the wake of the Wuxi water crisis.  The Wuxi government has stressed that the incident was "an irresistible natural disaster".
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A massive cleanup plan to restore the Great Lakes for future generations needs to be a priority in Congress this year, lawmakers and environmental activists said Wednesday. Members of Congress representing Great Lakes states outlined a $20 billion plan to improve water quality, restore fish and wildlife around the lakes and guard against invasive species that could inflict economic pain on the region.