(February 23, 2011) Chinese official media reports that deadly chemicals from mining operations are poisoning the watershed.
Pollution fear cancels Beijing power plant plan
(February 11, 2011) According to Chinese official state media, plans to build a power plant near Beijing have been halted over environmental concerns. The plant would have been one kilometer from a canal that diverts water into drought stricken Beijing.
China counts £130bn cost of economic growth
(December 28, 2010) The Guardian’s Jonathan Watts writes that the cost of pollution, deteriorating soil and other impacts cost China 1.3 trillion yuan, or 3.9% of the country’s GDP, in 2008.
More people, more problems – water challenges with Chinese city growth
(November 24, 2010) Recent reports reveal China’s freshwater challenges and their possible solutions as cities prepare for major influx in population over the next 15 years.
Most groundwater in northern plain unsafe
(November 8, 2010) Only 24 percent of groundwater in the North China Plain is safe to drink, a recent study by the China Geological Survey shows.
Liang Congjie – China’s ‘green’ Cassandra
(November 4, 2010) Francesco Sisci, the Asia Editor of La Stampa, writes about the recent passing of one China’s foremost environmentalists, Liang Congjie.
Man goes to jail for dumping untreated sludge
(October 29, 2010) A man has been sentenced to three years and six months in prison for dumping 6,500 tons of sludge from a waste water treatment plants, located nearby the premises of a ground water source protected-area in a suburb of Beijing.
Beijing to pass pioneering pollution law
(September 26, 2010) Beijing is likely to be the first on the mainland to pass a local law against water pollution that allows government institutions and organizations to assist victims in collecting evidence against polluters in civil lawsuits.
Progress anything but smooth on China’s ambitious, and costly, water plan
(September 20, 2010) China is engaged on the world’s most ambitious replumbing scheme.
Beijing faces severe shortage of water
(September 10, 2010) Beijing’s water shortage is expected to reach 200 million to 300 million cubic meters before the completion of the South-North Water Diversion Scheme.
Running Short of Water, Beijing Looks for Help
(July 31, 2010) Officials in Beijing are once again looking to neighbouring provinces for help in dealing with the capital city’s worsening water crisis, writes the Epoch Times.
Spills remind China that polluters must pay
(July 29, 2010) The Dalian oil spill and other environmental tragedies demand thorough investigations and fair penalties.
China to move tens of thousands for huge water scheme
(June 29, 2010) The forced resettlement for the South-to-North Water Transfer Project will be the biggest China has undertaken since building the Three Gorges Dam, the world’s biggest hydroelectric scheme, said the People’s Daily.
Ensuring Water Purity
(June 17, 2010) Danjiangkou Reservoir can provide a model for China’s environment protection efforts.
Three cities fined for water pollution
(July 5, 2010) Northwest China’s Shaanxi province has imposed a fine of 700,000 yuan, or about 103,344 US dollars, on the cities of Xi’an, Baoji and Xianyang for "environmental compensation" for their failing to meet the standard for pollutant discharge in the Wei River in.
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