Instead of focussing on carbon credits, let’s concentrate on reducing harmful emissions at home.
China braces for extreme flooding
Chinese authorities are preparing for potentially catastrophic floods along the Yangtze River where the giant Three Gorges dam is being built as the country braces itself for extreme summer weather conditions.
Nations worried about reform pace in Mozambique
(May 24, 2007) Aid to Mozambique would remain largely unchanged in 2008 due to the African nation’s poor progress fighting corruption and implementing other reforms, a group of Western nations and donor agencies said on Thursday.
Heaviest floods since 1998 could hit Yangtze valley
(May 24, 2007) The most "severe floods" since 1998 might hit the Yangtze River this summer, a senior flood-control official warned yesterday.
China’s environment declining
(May 23, 2007) China’s environmental situation is deteriorating, with several major rivers and lakes clogged by industrial waste, state media said Tuesday.
Three Gorges Dam is hurting river, study finds
(May 21, 2007) China’s Three Gorges Dam, the world’s largest hydropower project, is retaining huge amounts of sediment and nutrients and causing significant erosion in the downstream reaches of the Yangtze River, researchers have found.
Myanmar to sign hydropower pacts with China and Thailand
(May 21, 2007) Myanmar, which is facing an acute power shortage, is set to sign a series of deals with neighboring China and Thailand to build hydropower plants in eastern and southern Myanmar, a newspaper reported Monday.
World Bank justice
(May 18, 2007) All that mattered to Mr. Wolfowitz’s accusers was to be rid of him, whatever the pretext or methods.
Big polluters emboldened by local governments that ignore violations
(May 18, 2007) It is critical for China’s slowly progressing environmental campaign to strengthen supervision and loosen the interest bonds between money and power – a tall order.
Wolfowitz resigns, ending long fight at World Bank
(May 17, 2007) The resignation, effective June 30, brings a dramatic conclusion to two days of negotiations between Mr. Wolfowitz and the bank board after weeks of turmoil.
More residents evacuated after fresh landslide in China
(May 17, 2007) More than 100 residents have been evacuated after a fresh landslide occurred in another village of central China’s Hubei Province on Wednesday, local sources said.
Wolfowitz, the World Bank, and illegitimate lending
(May 16, 2007) Although the World Bank is finally addressing corruption, President Paul Wolfowitz is doing so in a way that puts all the responsibility on the people of the borrowing country. In Wolfowitz’s system, the lender carries no responsibility.
Watchdog Pan Yue calls for environment renewal
(May 15, 2007) In 1962, an unassuming Rachel Carson convinced Americans that blind faith in technology, as evidenced in the indiscriminate use of pesticides, was harmful to man as well as nature.
World Bank jobbery
(May 15, 2007) More evidence the Wolfowitz accusers chose to ignore.
Residents evacuated after massive landslides in China
(May 14, 2007) All the 658 residents living near a landslide area in central China’s Hubei Province had been evacuated by Monday afternoon.
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