By Courtney Lindwall Question: I’ve heard that producing denim is particularly bad for the environment. Do I need to give up my blue jeans? Answer: Throwaway plastics and gas-guzzling cars are the typical consumer no-nos, but clothing also has oversize impacts on the planet and our health. And it’s true — denim is one of […]
By Jeff Turrentine Is it just us? Other countries don’t seem to have a problem getting their high-speed rail systems on track. This superfast, fuel-efficient form of mass transit is wildly popular throughout Asia and the European Union. Japan’s sleek Shinkansen line, the busiest high-speed rail system in the world, carries an estimated 420,000 riders […]
At least 47 people have died in an explosion at a plant in Yancheng, China Thursday run by a chemical company with a history of environmental violations, Sky News reported. The blast forced more than 3,000 people to evacuate the area, AFP reported. More than 600 are injured and 90 are in the hospital with […]
The latest data on the world’s most polluted cities is out, and confirms that Asia has a major crisis on its hands when it comes to air pollution. The report, released by Greenpeace and software company IQAir AirVisual, shows that 22 of the world’s 30 most polluted cities are in India. Five are in China, […]
China has closed its Everest base camp to tourists because of a buildup of trash on the world’s tallest mountain. The move comes as the Tibet Autonomous Region Sports Bureau said it had collected 8.4 metric tons (approximately 9.3 U.S. tons) of waste, including garbage and human waste, from the core area of the mountain […]
By Sarah Treleaven Farmers are starting to re-emerge, supported by a restaurant scene that is wise to the benefits of a fresh local food system and a network of farmers’ markets. In many ways, the scene at Hong Kong’s Tong Chong Street Market on Sunday mornings is almost identical to the brazenly bourgeois gourmet food […]
By Daisy Dunne Methane emissions from coal mining in China have risen despite stricter government regulations that aimed to curb the greenhouse gas, satellite data shows. The data, which is published in Nature Communications, finds China’s methane emissions rose by 1.1m tonnes a year between 2010 and 2015. This could account for up to a […]
By Dan Nosowitz You’d think if you just supply plants with the right temperature, some sunshine and some water, you could farm pretty much anywhere—even the moon. It turns out moon-farming is much more complicated than that, with hazards coming in from all sides. Yet despite all the challenges, representatives working on the Chinese moon […]
By Wendy Whitman Cobb China became the third country to land a probe on the Moon on Jan. 2. But, more importantly, it became the first to do so on the far side of the moon, often called the dark side. The ability to land on the far side of the moon is a technical […]
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