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China is notorious for having some of the worst air pollution on the planet. In 2014 the country declared war on smog, and the results are in: China is killing it. In just four years, pollution is down 32 percent on average....

Many of China's major cities are devastated by pollution - but the nation is making efforts to clean up its skies and waterways. The past year has seen factory closures and the creation of an environmental police force in...

Is China at last cracking down on factory pollution? The country's Ministry of Environment inspectors have charged, fined, or reprimanded officials from over 80,000 factories in 10 provinces in the last year, according to...

Beijing's pollution problem is no secret - earlier this year the city even created an environmental police squad in a bid to stop smog. Now, the nearby province of Hebei - which contributes to Beijing's smog with it's heavy...

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A new park in China is now devoted to the firefly -- 10,000 of them to be specific -- and the results are surreal and quite beautiful. Divided into different zones, the East Lake Peony Garden in Wuhan City gives anyone from...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3kL6nMap2s You think your measly four-lane rush hour commute is bad? How about trying to navigate a bottleneck that spans 50 lanes. This week, about half of China - nearly 750 million people...

China is a land known for its beauty, but also a lack of practices by which to protect that beauty. The times are a’slowly changing, though, and Chinese officials are making a commitment to protect at least some of the...

Natural Resource Defense Council's director Linda Greer is spearheading the way to a cleaner fashion future. Greer is leading fashion's "toxic avengers" in a bid to clean up the toxic fashion industry in China through the...

  China’s environment can’t improve to at least half of it’s pollution is cut. With an economy growing at a breakneck speed, China’s need for power and transportation can’t keep up. The answer has been to create...

When it comes to China’s pollution problem, it seems like it’s one step forward and two steps back. China just announced plans to ban coal use in Beijing by 2020, citing the fuel source as a major contributor to the city's...

When it comes to China’s pollution problem, it seems like it’s one step forward and two steps back. China just announced plans to ban coal use in Beijing by 2020, citing the fuel source as a major contributor to the city's...

When it comes to China’s pollution problem, it seems like it’s one step forward and two steps back after China recently announced plans to ban coal use in Beijing in a move that environmentalists are calling potentially...

Beijing is notorious worldwide for its air pollution, but a concerned middle school principal's decision to suspend classes amid last week's smog attack has sparked controversy throughout China...

The Swiss power and automation technology group ABB has teamed up with Shenzhen Daimler New Technology Co to expand China’s electric vehicle charging network to be the largest in the world...