OECD paints bleak picture of Chinese pollution
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Hundreds of millions of people fall ill every year or die prematurely from air and water pollution caused by China's breakneck economic growth, one of the world's leading economic thinktanks has concluded following an 18-month investigation.
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"The Chinese government will take concrete measures in energy saving and pollution control and try to meet the targets set in the Eleventh Five-Year Plan"  China will take its responsibilities seriously and contribute to the global cause of environmental protection, said Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Friday. via People's Daily Online
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China&#39;s car production and sales this year will be lower than expected and also the lowest increasesince China&#39;s entry to the World Trade Organization three years ago, according to industry experts.
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Asia's greenhouse gas emissions will treble over 25 years, a report commissioned by  the Asian Development Bank warns.
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China is the biggest producer and exporter of seafood in the world, but contaminated water has created serious food safety and environmental problems.
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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. The stranger is talk of an ultimatum.
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Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)  ["Beijing Reports Economic Losses Caused by Environmental Pollution" - Xinhua headline]  Beijing, Feb.
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Just over a year before it plays host to the Olympics, Beijing reported its worst air pollution for June in seven years, state media said Sunday.
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BEIJING: China faces water shortage of 40 billion cubic meters (1,400 billion cubic feet) every year with severe water pollution posing a threat to the health of millions of people, state media reported.
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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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China needs to look back at environment before leap: official    BEIJING, Sept.
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New export taxes on polluting and energy intensive industries will help reshape how China's economy grows, but alone are not enough to resolve its trade imbalances with the United States, a top Commerce official said on Sunday.
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Air pollution is killing more than half a million people in Asian cities each year and shows no sign of improving as urban centers expand, studies by the Asian Development Bank show.
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China has expressed regret over a   request by the European Union, the United States and Canada for   a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel to hear their complaint   about China's tariff treatment of foreign auto parts.
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By ALEXA OLESEN  BEIJING - At least four children among the hundreds of people sickened by emissions from a lead smelter in western China are likely to suffer permanent brain damage, state media said Friday.
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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.
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A Chinese government report has found that nearly 20% of products made in the country are below standard.