environment

seeingredinchina.com — When talking with Chinese friends and co-workers about the pollution levels in Nanjing (awful compared to developed countries, but decent for Chinese cities), they are quick to point out that foreign companies in China are the ones that should be blamed for the filthy air.

gigaom.com — China is either the greatest opportunity or the greatest threat that the U.S. green technology industry has ever faced, depending on who you've been listening to lately. But for entrepreneurs and investors intimately involved in China's green leap forward, the truth is somewhere in between those two extremes.

www.nytimes.com — China's growth kept churning through the 2009 global financial crisis that left the United States and Europe in economic shambles. That kept China's global carbon emissions on a steadily upward trajectory, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

www.chinadialogue.net — 'If one word could sum up China’s environmental events of the Year of the Tiger, it would be “leak”. At the beginning of 2010, a diesel leak from the Weinan branch of a China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) pipeline contaminated the Yellow River. On July 3, Zijin Mining leaked waste water into the Ting River. July 17 saw an oil pipeline in Dalian explode and pollute the surrounding ocean.

www.chengduliving.com — Since the Beijing Olympics the Chinese government has put forth a genuine effort to reduce pollution across the nation. How's the plastic bag ban working out in Chengdu? I investigate and interview locals.