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The article reports that thousands of tons of material left curbside for recycling in American cities and towns have gone to landfills after China banned in summer 2018 imports of various types of plastic and paper for recycling as part of its antipollution campaign. Topics covered include the difficulty of waste managers in finding a substitute for the Chinese market, and six ways to properly recycle to prevent the recyclable materials from being contaminated.

The article discusses the relationship between the decrease in the price of oil and the 2015 international climate accord targeting the reduction of carbon emissions, including the U.S. and China's policy of reducing emissions. The impact that the lowering of petroleum prices has on the reduced use of clean energy, including in regard to price increases in the cost of solar energy, is discussed.

The article reports on a United Nations (UN) climate accord in which nearly every country among the 195 represented nations agreed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to mitigate the effects of climate change. Poor nations as well as wealthier states have agreed to reduce emissions. Scientists warn, however, that the deal will only reduce emissions by about half as much as is needed to prevent devastating environmental effects. Topics discussed include environmental policy in China and the U.S. and the energy industry.

The article reports that Chinese President Xi Jinping will create a so-called cap-and-trade emissions trading plan for China. Under the plan, China will agree to reduce emissions from coal-fired power plants. The article also discusses items that U.S. President Obama and President Xi Jinping plan to talk about at a summit meeting taking place during September 2015 in Washington, D.C. The issues to be discussed include cyber security and military tensions in the South China sea.

The article discusses a 2014 United Nations (U.N.) summit aimed at negotiating an international agreement aimed at mitigating greenhouse gas emissions in response to climate change, noting that it is likely impossible to prevent a global temperature rise and the near-term detrimental impact of climate change. Topics addressed include an agreement between the United States and China aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions, as well as scientists' concerns that action will not be taken quickly enough.

The article covers comments made by U.S. President Barack Obama at the United Nations Climate Summit in which he encouraged the Chinese government to increase efforts in reducing the country's greenhouse-gas emissions. It notes that the absence of Chinese President Xi Jingping at the summit suggests China is unlikely to agree to an international treaty on global climate proposed by the U.S.

The article discusses the effects of pollution on childhood breathing problems in China as of April 22, 2013, highlighting poor air quality in Beijing, China. Topics addressed include Chinese parents' efforts to leave the country in order to live in a cleaner environment; attitudes towards the Chinese Communist Party's efforts to ensure child safety in China; and protective measures such as face masks, air filters, and domes covering buildings.

The article discusses disagreement within the Chinese government regarding environmental policy aimed at addressing pollution problems in the country as of March 22, 2013. Topics addressed include the influence and environmental policies of state-owned oil and energy companies, debate over fuel standards in China, and China's economic policy.

The article examines a growing water shortage in China, one of the country's many environmental crises caused by its explosive economic growth. Water pollution is a problem throughout the country, while industrial and agricultural development in northern China has led to a severe water shortage there. Water use has quintupled since 1949. Allocating supplies poses many difficult political choices for China's risk-averse government.

This article discusses how the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China will be a harbinger of where the world is going in the next century or more. The way the Chinese handle the city's pollution problem may be a sign of what kind of air people will be breathing in the future. Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee, has said that endurance events will need to be rescheduled if the pollution isn't reduced.

The article reflects on the legislative changes of China's environmental protection law approved in April 2014 that would include stronger enforcement powers including the right to detain persistent violators and to fine polluters heavily than before.

The article reports that officials of Jiangsu Province, China, will spend more than $14 million to clean up the country's third largest fresh water lake, Lake Tai. It states that the lake is polluted with urban sewage and chemicals leading to the fprmation of an algae coating reflecting the lax environmental pollution standards and regulation for polluting industries. It also discusses environmentalist Wu Lihang's three year prison sentence for protesting against the chemical factories.

The article discusses the speech delivered by Chinese President Hu Jintao at the 17th annual convention of the ruling Communist Party on October 15, 2007. He promised that he would tackle social problems, corruption and environmental issues in his second term as the president. He expressed his thoughts on development. He, however, talked little about any political reform in the country.

The article focuses on the widespread environmental pollution in China. It is not easy to clean up the air and the Chinese officials realize that a huge shift is required to move China from its polluting model to a sustainable one. The author suggests that the country needs virtual efficiency power plants to save energy and also meet their environmental targets.

In this article, the author discusses the threat imposed by fast economic growth of China on environmental degradation in the country. According to the author, if no policies related to environmental protection are adopted in the country, it would become an eco-nightmare. The officials of China fear that if policies regarding environmental protection are adopted, the country would cease to become a low-cost producer, which in turn would affect jobs.

Discusses China's acknowledgment of the role its official policies and neglect have played in summer 1998 flooding in southern and northeastern China. Effect of clear-cutting timber and draining of wetlands; Announcement of policy changes; Lack of public discussion about the impact of the planned Three Rivers Dam; Details.

States that China is contributing to global warming faster than any other major country, and it is not much aware of the problem. In order to develop the country, increasing amounts of coal are being burned, releasing threatening gases, and China is not willing to curb the pollution at the cost of economic growth. At the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro next month, world leaders will try to reason with China.

Examines concerns with environmental pollution in China. Impact of Chinese pollution on world ecology; Discussion of efforts of Communist Party leadership and financial problems; Information on funding by International aid, World Bank, Asian Development Bank and United Nations Development Bank; Examination of effect of industrial effluent on Chinese rivers, streams and coastal seas; Details of environmental degradation of Huai River valley; Reference to Anhui and Jiangsu areas.