May 26, 2013
English Stories from the Chinese Press: May 2, 2012

Air Pollution
Dust leaves Beijing's air 'hazardous' (China Daily)
Awareness
Living green a matter of course (Shanghai Daily)
Xinhua, UN institutions launch global media campaign on environment protection (Xinhua)
Cyclists flock to celebrate Earth Day (China Daily)
Bio-fuel
Chinese scientists turn kitchen waste into fuel (Xinhua)
Bohai Bay oil spill
ConocoPhillips to pay 173 mln USD for N China oil spill (Xinhua)
Climate Change
Himalayan glacial lakes' size growing: study (Xinhua)
Desertification
Stopping Sand (Beijing Review)
Energy efficiency
Tesco to open 16 more energy-efficient stores in China (Xinhua)
Keeping It Green (Beijing Review)
Forest resources
Forest fire raging in SW China (Xinhua)
GM food
Risk evaluation needed for GM food: experts (Xinhua)
Green technology
Land of the rising solar industry attracts firms (Xinhua)
Groundwater
Beijing has that sinking feeling, warn experts (Global Times)
National Parks
Nature demands deep wallets (Global Times)
Pesticides and tea
Pesticide standards 'reasonable', expert says (Xinhua)
Pesticide standards unlikely to change soon (China Daily)
Rare earth mineral mining
Rare earth mining damages the environment (Shanghai Daily)
Recycling and waste management
The dirtiest job (Global Times)
River management and water pollution
People tap into a healthier life (China Daily)
China invests in Yellow River tributary treatment (Xinhua)
Feeding a Populous Country (Beijing Review)
Wildlife and conservation
Deaths of 'river pig' dolphins raise specter of extinction (Shanghai Daily)
Wounded bird helped by student volunteers (Global Times)
China works to protect endangered finless porpoises (Xinhua)
Police uncover 700 illegal wildlife trade cases (Xinhua)
Progress in work to protect rare tigers, leopards (China Daily)
China to release alligators into wild (China Daily)






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