"China's High-Speed-Rail Revolution"
"China has begun operating what is, by several measures, the world's fastest rail line."
Source: Technology Review, 01/12/2010
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"China Diesel Spill Reaches Yellow River"
"A spill of around 150,000 litres of diesel oil from a broken pipeline in northwestern China into a river has started reaching the Yellow River, but drinking water is safe for now, state media said on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 01/06/2010
"China Defends Wen Jiabao's Role In Copenhagen Talks"
"China on Friday defended the role played by premier Wen Jiabao at climate change talks in Copenhagen this month after a barrage of international criticism blaming China for obstructing negotiations."
Source: Reuters, 12/29/2009
"Nuclear Power Expansion in China Stirs Concerns"
"China is preparing to build three times as many nuclear power plants in the coming decade as the rest of the world combined, a breakneck pace with the potential to help slow global warming."
Source: NYTimes, 12/17/2009
"Mystery of Bangladesh's Mass Arsenic Poisoning Solved"
"Researchers have pinpointed the source of what is probably the worst mass poisoning in history, according to a study published Sunday. For nearly three decades scientists have struggled to figure out exactly how arsenic was getting into the drinking water of millions of people in rural Bangladesh."
Source: AFP, 11/17/2009
Report: "The Dangers for Journalists Who Expose Environmental Issues"
Around the world, journalists face considerable risks when they expose environmental misdeeds. A new report from Reporters Without Borders/Reporters Sans Frontières looks at 13 cases of journalists and bloggers who have been killed, physically attacked, jailed, threatened or censored for reporting on the environment.
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SciDev.Net's Climate Change & Insect-borne Disease
September 10, 2009: SciDev.Net (The Science and Development Network) published a spotlight on the impact of climate change on the spread of insect-borne disease that considers how countries can prepare for these changes.
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Japan: "Hunters Pass On Opening Day Of Dolphin Season"
After the dolphin hunt in Taiji, Japan, was covertly filmed in the award-winning documentary, "The Cove," no hunting seemed to be going on on the opening day of this year's hunting season.
Source: NPR, 09/08/2009
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