Industrial News
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The Qinghe wastewater treatment plant has the capacity to serve 814,000 people and is situated on the northern banks of the Qinghe River in Beijing. The plant's footprint is 30.1ha and it serves a population area of 15,942ha. The brainchild of the Beijing Government, the Qinghe WWTP forms part of the scheme for the development of 15 large-scale waste water...
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International: Maersk Line has announced a US$ 775 increase in its Asia-Europe shipping rates with effect from March 1st
The hike will be applied to all dry cargo shipped from any Asian port to destinations in North Europe and the Mediterranean.
The introduction of an increase has been widely anticipated as shipping lines continue to grapple...
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Bleak new statistics on pollution in China’s richest city show government efforts have failed to attack the most serious threats to public health. There is a better way forward, writes Mike Kilburn.
The last few days of the Year of the Rabbit marked a watershed in Hong Kong’s ongoing battle with poor air quality. On January 2, the Environmental...
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In order to increase the effectiveness of the collection and recycling of bioplastics, on 21 November 2011 the EPA preannounced revisions to Articles 19 and 20 of the Regulations on Enterprises Responsible for Recyclable Waste, to the effect that operators responsible for dealing with bioplastics are no longer legally required to recycle them. The EPA...
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Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper, on a four-day trade visit to China, affirmed his commitment to diversifying Canada’s energy exports to include countries such as China, Bloomberg News reported. As his country moves to reduce its reliance on the United States, Harper said he would push for the construction of new infrastructure for shipping oil...
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TEAN strives to increase Taiwan's involvement in international efforts on diverse environmental issues. Through collaborations with other international organizations, it also provides a support network for environmental protection efforts in Taiwan.
The environment has become a global issue that emphasizes international collaboration and consensus...
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A power plant in Pinghu, China. A cap-and-trade system would help China to reduce carbon emissions by 40-45% below 2005 levels by 2020. Photograph: Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images
When it comes to responding to climate change, the contrast between China and the United States is stark.
It has been clear for some time that the Asian powerhouse is...
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Eight executives from two industrial companies have been detained on suspicion of dumping toxic cadmium into the Long River in the Guangxi Zhungzu region, threatening drinking water supplies for millions of people, Reuters said, citing state media. He Xinxing, mayor of Hechi, named Jinhe Mining and Jinchengjiang Hongquan Lithopone Material as the two...
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Cadmium pollution in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region has been found downstream of the tainted Liu River at Liuzhou, Xinhua reported. The Guangxi Jinhe mining company is being held responsible for discharging toxic waste that, in mid-January, polluted the Long River, an upstream tributary, killing fish at Hechi city. So far, the river’s upper reaches,...
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Authorities in Hong Kong say a second dead bird in a week has tested positive for the lethal H5N1 strain of avian influenza, the Associated Press said. Laboratory tests confirmed that an Oriental magpie robin was found to be infected. Nearly 20,000 birds were culled at a Hong Kong market and the import and sale of live poultry was banned for three weeks...
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