Topic: Environmental Issues And Protection
Environmental authorities in Beijing have accused the US embassy of "hype" after its widely-publicised measurements of air quality in the Chinese capital sparked concern, state media said Friday.The embassy's readings, published on Twitter, often clash with official data. On Sunday, it rated ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats on Thursday blocked the first major bill in the Senate that would have delayed the Environmental Protection Agency's clean air rules.The bill, which needed 60 votes to pass, got only 47 votes. Joe Manchin from West Virginia, who ...
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Catcher Technology, a casing supplier for Apple Inc, said a plant in China that was ordered closed due to complaints about pollution could fully reopen as early as next month.It said in a statement that all improvement work at ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday it will postpone its final rule aimed at slashing air pollution from coal plants for a month, but made it clear it plans to move forward on the regulations.The EPA said ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday it will develop rules for disposing of wastewater produced from the country's booming shale gas industry after finding that pollutants were entering surface water due to inadequate waste treatment.The EPA said ...
SHANGHAI/TAIPEI (Reuters) - Some of Apple Inc's suppliers in China have once again come under scrutiny, with state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) accusing them of causing pollution.Taiwan media gave prominent play on Wednesday to an investigative report aired on Sunday in ...
Fading Republican 2012 candidate Rick Perry pledged Friday to unleash a new economic boom by throwing open land and seas to oil drilling and tapping America's status as the "Saudi Arabia of coal."The Texas governor tried to revive his presidential campaign with ...
Greenpeace on Friday accused Indonesia of waging a vendetta against the environmental group, after the head of its British branch was denied entry to Jakarta to campaign against deforestation.Greenpeace UK director John Sauven was blocked by immigration officials on arrival at Jakarta ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday to delay Environmental Protection Agency limits on pollutants from industrial boilers, its latest move to hinder air rules designed to protect public health.The vote was 275 to 142 for the ...
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Small changes made to a federal smog pollution rule last week have not allayed fears of Texas regulators who worry the new rule could lead to increased rolling blackouts, Donna Nelson, chairman of the Texas Public Utility Commission said ...
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