my care2
make a difference

causes & news

news network

socially conscious news and video shared and rated by the community

Environment News tagged with CHINA

China Unveils Carbon Target for Copenhagen Deal
Environment  (tags: News, copenhagen summit, China, Carbon targets, environment )

Katie
- 8 days ago - uk.reuters.com
China unveiled its first firm target to curb greenhouse gas emissions on Thursday, a carbon intensity goal that Premier Wen Jiabao will take to a summit in Copenhagen next month hoping to aid a global climate deal.
35 comments
China Reiterates Its Principle on Climate Change Issue
Environment  (tags: climate-change, globalwarming, world, CHINA, protection, CO2emissions, environment )

Cal
- 50 days ago - china.org.cn
Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday reiterated China's stance on the climate change issue, stressing the principle of "common but differentiated responsibilities
3 comments
Kiribati The Sinking Island-Take Action Against Climate Change.
Environment  (tags: globalwarming, CO2emissions, Injustice, China, USA, Europe, Kiribati, Islanders, Take Action )

Panda Eat
- 96 days ago - foe.co.uk
The islander's of Kiribati haven't done anything to quicken or cause climate change,they are quite green in fact..they don't drive Humvee's,they don't fly everywhere,they aren't like China or America..yet their island is sinking,and soon it will be gone.
16 comments
Police: 400 Missing In Taiwan Mudslide -
Environment  (tags: suffering, mudslide, typhoon, death, Taiwan, disaster, China )

Raffi
- 116 days ago - justnews.com
A mudslide touched off by a deadly typhoon buried a remote mountain village, leaving at least 400 people unaccounted for Monday, and military rescue helicopters unable to land because of the slippery ground dropped food to desperate survivors.
14 comments
China Insists West Must Go Further to Tackle Climate Change
Environment  (tags: CO2emissions, pollution, world, China, environment, climate-change, globalwarming, humans )

Cal
- 120 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
China has insisted that rich countries should commit to large cuts in their emissions of greenhouse gases, while declining to put a ceiling on its own emissions.
10 comments
China's Conservation Challenges
Environment  (tags: environment, conservation, habitat, China, biodiversity, wildlife, nature, protection )

Cher
- 121 days ago - fauna-flora.org
As the world's conservation professionals and students come together at the Society for Conservation Biology's Annual Meeting in Beijing this year, FFI Chief Executive Mark Rose reflects on our China programme and the conservation challenges China faces:
1 comment
China's Noxious Coal Fires Add to Global Warming
Environment  (tags: globalwarming, environment, coal, China )

Michael
- 380 days ago - chron.com
The barren hillsides give a hint of the inferno underfoot. White smoke billows from cracks in the earth, venting a sulfurous rotten smell into the air. The rocky ground is hot to the touch, and heat penetrates the soles of shoes.
4 comments
China Report Warns of Greenhouse Gas Leap
Environment  (tags: pollution, climatechange, environment, China, humans, globalwarming, climate )

Cal
- 408 days ago - reuters.com
China's greenhouse gas pollution could double or more in two decades says a new Chinese state think-tank study that casts stark light on the industrial giant's role in stoking global warming.
add comment
Flooding Hits Southern China
Environment  (tags: china, flooding, suffering, destruction, weather )


- 535 days ago - itn.co.uk
Over a million people have been forced to flee their homes after flooding in southern China. At least 57 people have died after massive flooding across nine provinces.
add comment
Yellow River
Environment  (tags: China, Yellow River )


- 595 days ago - ngm.nationalgeographic.com
The proliferation of factories, farms, and cities--all products of China's spectacular economic boomis sucking the Yellow River dry. What water remains is being poisoned.
6 comments
Building Ban for Beijing Olympics
Environment  (tags: China, Pollution )

Ben
- 598 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
All building sites in Beijing will be shut three weeks before the start of the Olympic Games, as the city tries to clear its skies of pollution. The move follows mounting concern that athletes may suffer from Beijing's noxious atmosphere...
19 comments
Destination: China. (Illegal Logging in Russia)
Environment  (tags: China, Russia, Illegal logging )

Ben
- 603 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The vast forests of Eastern Siberia, known as the Taiga, are a goldmine for Chinese wood traders, who send raw logs over the border to serve their home country's booming economy. But much of the wood trade is illegal.
8 comments
CHINA : 1,033 Houses Toppled By SNOW
Environment  (tags: China, climate, weather, winter, cold )


- 683 days ago - presstv.ir
Heavy snow has already affected 1.21 million people in east China's Anhui Province as the country braces for the coldest part of winter
1 comment
ENN: China Bans the Use of Plastic Bags
Environment  (tags: ecosystems, pollution, humans, china, bans, government, habitat, protection, conservation, environment, green, recycle, politics )

Thunderr
- 691 days ago - enn.com
China announced this week that production and use of plastic bags in supermarkets and retail shops will be banned beginning 6/1.This new law could have a considerably positive environmental impact, Chinese citizens "use as many as 3 billion bags a daily"
4 comments
Rare Win for Chinese Greens as Beijing Sinks Dam Plans - World - Theage.Com.Au
Environment  (tags: china, tiger leaping gorge, good news, win, dam, hydro power, electricity, green, government, environment, protection, destruction )

Chrissy
- 705 days ago - theage.com.au
CHINA has abandoned controversial plans to build a huge dam that would have submerged one of the country's most renowned tourist areas and forced the relocation of 100,000 people in the south-western province of Yunnan.
4 comments
 
 Older >

Popular Tags for: Environment

animals carbonemissions climate conservation destruction eco-friendly ecosystems endangered energy environment extinction forests globalwarming government greenhousegases habitat habitatdestruction humans oceans pollution protection research science Sustainabililty sustainability trees water weather wildlife world

Most Active Stories Today in Environment tagged with CHINA

top story finders in Environment

1. charles mclachlan 48 popular stories

2. Maria Oniga 47 popular stories

3. Laura H. 44 popular stories

4. Cher C. 44 popular stories

5. Horselover I. 44 popular stories

6. Tierney G. 42 popular stories

7. Kelly C. 40 popular stories

8. Ann C. 39 popular stories

9. gail d. 35 popular stories

10. Kat Y. 35 popular stories

more top news finders »

What makes a top story finder?
A top finder is someone who submits stories that become popular and are promoted to the front page.

wanted: news analysts

Get Active in the Care2 News Network!

Help ferret out the most noteworthy of the Newly Submitted stories and promote them to the Front Page.

care2 news network tools

News Network Bookmarklet

Submit stories from your browser toolbar with the easy to use Add to Care2 News! bookmarklet.

News Network Syndication

Get this page in RSS. Keep up to date with the Care2 News Network in your favorite RSS reader. Yahoo!, Newsgator, Bloglines, and more!
Find out how to subscribe!

care2 newsletter spotlight

Join over 2 Million Care2 Subscribers! Sign up for our FREE Newsletters, Delivered to your Inbox!

care2 action alerts

From the Care2 Action Alert Center:





Copyright © 2009 Care2.com, inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved