Bohai Bay Oil Spill
Bohai oil spills worth $264m (Xinhua)
Fishermen sue oil firm in US (Shanghai Daily)
Experts discuss compensation for victims (Global Times)
Air Pollution
Haze from burning straw swathes cities in smog (Xinhua)
Straw burning shrouds central China provinces (Xinhua)
Chinese students monitor PM2.5 pollution (Xinhua)
Drought in Yellow and Huai River Regions
Drought hits Yellow-Huai regions, affects agricultural production (Xinhua)
Parts of Huai River in E. China dries up (Xinhua)
Drought leaves 800,000 people thirsty in central China (Xinhua)
Severe droughts hit east and central China provinces (Xinhua)
Energy
Sun shines on development of power sector (China Daily)
Solar firms feel chill as CBRC snubs IPO requests (China Daily)
China's solar thermal market, room for growth (China Daily)
Nation cuts fuel prices for second time in a month (Global Times)
International  Development
New direction to global governance (China Daily)
Rio 'reflects efforts of developing nations' (China Daily)
Delegates to consider UN development draft (China Daily)
Wen urges co-op on sustainable development (China Daily)
China pledges green support (China Daily)
Manufacturing and Industrial Pollution
Waiting game (Global Times)
Xinhua Insight: High stakes in China's dairy sector restructure (Xinhua)
From fashion cycle to recycle (China Daily)
Improving farm fields (Xinhua)
Public Attitude
Green evolution (Global Times)
Green Economy
Green resources offer a new means of prosperity (Xinhua)
Green Technology
Tibetan herders get portable TVs from SW China gov't (Xinhua)
The cost of creating a greener future (China Daily)
Rare Earth Minerals and Mining
China's rare earth regulation not for political or economic gains: official (Xinhua)
Rare earth limits to protect environment: white paper (Global Times)
China defends rare earth curbs (Shanghai Daily)
China to properly deal with request for WTO rare earth panel (Xinhua)
Ministry tightens rules on rare earth mining, smelting (China Daily)
China not to sacrifice environment for rare earth development (Xinhua)
Xinhua Insight: Multi-metal mine with world-class deposits rises in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (Xinhua)
Shifang Copper Plant Protest
Officials promise to abort controversial plant aborted after protests (Global Times)
Shifang protest needs law-based conclusion (Global Times)
Shifang fiasco is a lesson for all local governments (Global Times)
Project halted after protest (Global Times)
Water Pricing and Drinking Water
China to adopt progressive water pricing (Xinhua)
China pumps more funding into safe drinking water (Xinhua)
More than half of China's urban water networks leak: official (Xinhua)
Chinese lawmakers urge drinking water legislation (Xinhua)
Water Pollution and Marine Environment
Sea environment worsening: data (Xinhua)
South China Sea areas to be open for oil exploration (Shanghai Daily)
CNOOC to offer 9 blocks in S. China Sea for joint exploration (Global Times)
Sansha city set to protect marine environment (China Daily)
China's oceanic environment healthy in 2011: gov't report (Xinhua)
Desertification
China Exclusive: Inner Mongolia desert control offers wisdom to world (Xinhua)
Wildlife and Poaching
China seizes hundreds of bear paws, pangolin carcasses in raid (Xinhua)
Alleged poaching of wild bears investigated in NE China (Xinhua)
Scientists eager to save 'the lights' (China Daily)