Transportation
Beijing car ownership exceeds 5 mln (Xinhua)
Yunnan drought
China issues emergency response to Yunnan drought (Xinhua)
3 years of drought, and it could get worse (Shanghai Daily)
Animal rights
Bear bile issue stirs fight over firm's IPO (Shanghai Daily)
Raw emotion leaves attacks on TCM undercooked (Global Times)
In pictures: Bear Bile Extraction Stirs Online Protest (Caixin)
Trade & Environment
Trade war looms over EU's airline tax (China Daily)
Bio-fuel
China, U.S. firms sign bio-fuel deal (Xinhua)
Environmental governance
Green record now promotion issue (Global Times)
PM2.5 readings vital for political careers (China Daily)
Water quality
China to overhaul pollution controls along Yellow River tributary (Xinhua)
Taking aim on water quality woes (China Daily)
Pollution disrupts water supply of 50,000 residents (Xinhua)
East China county afforests to safeguard Hong Kong's drinking water source (Xinhua)
Toxic pollution
Heavy Metal Danger [including cadmium] (Beijing Review)
Factories shut down over toxic glue (China Daily)
Land reclamation
Not So Paradise Islands (Beijing Review)
Nuclear energy
Tale of 2 towns at odds over nuclear power plant (Shanghai Daily)
China Starts Nuclear Power Safety Projects (Beijing Review)

Compiled by Angela Merriam