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New Pollution Tax Could Reap in More than 50 Billion Yuan

December 27, 2016 Andrew Burke Comments Off on New Pollution Tax Could Reap in More than 50 Billion Yuan

China may be on the verge of unleashing its most aggressive environmental-protection tax to date. The new law passed through the National People’s Congress is designed to reduce the contamination of air, soil and water. […]

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China’s Floods Cause Massive Amounts of Trash to Wash Ashore Hong Kong Coastlines

July 6, 2016 Hilary Fask Comments Off on China’s Floods Cause Massive Amounts of Trash to Wash Ashore Hong Kong Coastlines

This past week’s severe flooding in central and southern China not only had devastating effects for the people of China, their crops, and their livelihoods, but the high floods are causing massive environmental consequences for […]

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Water from 80 Percent of China’s Wells is Too Polluted to Drink

April 11, 2016 Staff Writer 0

More than 80 percent of underground wells tested in China have water too polluted for human consumption, according to a new survey released by the Ministry of Water resources. The ministry tested 2,103 wells across […]

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4 Million Chinese Diagnosed with Cancer in 2015

March 24, 2016 Staff Writer 0

More than four million people in China were diagnosed with cancer in 2015, according to the American Cancer Journal of Clinicians. That year, the disease killed three million people in China. Cancer rates in China […]

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Leo calls China “Hero” of the Green Movement

March 22, 2016 Staff Writer 0

While promoting his new movie in Beijing, Leonardo DiCaprio called China a “hero of the environmentalist movement.” He was at an event in the wake of his new movie “The Revenent,” which was released in […]

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Man Captures Three Years of Beijing Air Pollution in Photos

March 18, 2016 Staff Writer 0

Every morning before going to work, Zou Yi snaps a photo of the Beijing Television skyscraper from his living-room window on the 13th floor. Sometimes, the skyscraper basks in bright blue sky. Other times, it’s […]

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“Hairy Nose” Film in China Tells You How Much Pollution Stinks

March 8, 2016 Staff Writer 0

A group of people in China grow their nose hair to their chins in order to filter the smog that surrounds their community. That’s the premise for a bizarre new comedy by the campaign “WildAid.” […]

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China Raises Red Alert Standards

February 23, 2016 Staff Writer 0

China announced the country would be changing environmental standards for issuing Red Alerts in the face of growing pollution. Red Alerts are issued when an air in a region undergoes an Air Quality Index level […]

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60 Percent of Plastic Waste Dumped to Sea Comes from these Five Countries

January 14, 2016 Staff Writer 0

Every year, more than 8 million metric tons of plastic makes its way to the ocean, according to research cited by Science Magazine. Who is responsible for most of this waste? If you guessed the […]

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Chinese Residents in Pollution-ridden China are Buying Bottles of Fresh Air from a Canadian Company

December 17, 2015 Staff Writer 0

Citizens in smog-filled China are scrambling to get their hands on bottles of air sold by a Canadian company. Vitality Air bottles their product in the Rocky Mountain town of Banff. The company tells CNN […]

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