china pollution

By overturning the principle that the West must decarbonize before developing countries, Beijing has opened the way for real action.

Empty promises and bad data won’t solve the air pollution crisis.

Chinese cities have a garbage problem — but incineration is no solution.

A new stimulus in China could eat up several of the few years left to avert climate change.

Beijing is building hydroelectric dams and dredging to allow bigger boats as worries of environmental devastation grow.

Locals were once outraged about China's poisonous air — now it’s disturbingly normal.

Beijing's diplomacy is increasingly green, but its international trade is getting ever more coal-black.

By monopolizing the mining of rare-earth metals, China could dictate the future of high-tech.

Rising incomes are pretty good at buying quiescence. But what causes people to say: “You can’t buy us off this cheaply”?

The United States is putting pressure on India to get serious about air pollution. But can New Delhi keep its factories humming and cut smog at the same time?

Sure, the haze and smog problems of the developing world are awful. But they have little to do with climate change.