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March 28, 2008, saw the launch of China's Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP). As stated in its mission, this new cabinet-level...
Most discussions around international climate change—the Kyoto Protocol, the Lieberman-Warner Bill introduced on the floor of the U.S. Senate last month, and the G8 discussions taking place this week—include targets for emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHG). A more direct question was addressed at the Tallberg Forum in Sweden last week:...
To the list of air pollution's health effects, add another one: loss of sense of smell.
As the Olympic Games approach, China has come under fire for its environmental track record. Tales of Beijing and other cities' infamous pollution and images of highly polluted lakes and rivers have met with demands for action, both within China and internationally, and have produced some meaningful results. Yet another environmental crisis looms: biological invasions. Indeed, while perhaps not...
The global campaign to eradicate malaria in the 1950s and '60s successfully vanquished the disease from the United States and Europe and substantially reduced it in others – in India and Sri Lanka, for instance, 
The earthquake that struck Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008 was China's most damaging earthquake since the 1976 Tangshan earthquake disaster. Sichuan, a province in western China, has been historically known as the "Land of Abundance" (Tian Fu Zhi Guo), as it is one of the major agricultural production bases of China.
Economic accounts and social indicators have aided policymaking in both the public and private sectors for many decades. Here at EarthTrends, we catalogue information about 
Trash is a pervasive but unnoticed part of our lives. The great irony of waste management is that
even the most efficient and well-run waste collection programs remain out of
sight, ignored by the public that they serve. Only with failure does the omnipresence of trash really come to
light.
Ecological resources have factored into many national conflicts--either through competition for scarce resources or greed to exploit plentiful ones. But some scholars see another role for the environment: fostering peace. Resources managed jointly can quell regional hostilities, or better, keep lines of communication open so that a conflict never starts, these scholars say, and it seems the idea is...
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