Several provinces in China have established trans-provincial environmental compensation rules, in a bid to solve the difficulty of pipointing sources of watershed pollution that often goes beyond administrative regions.
Continual aftershocks and insufficient relief supplies are hampering the rescue efforts in southwest China's Sichuan, 36 hours after a powerful tremor hit the province.
A postgraduate student in Shanghai has died more than two weeks after he drank water that was allegedly poisoned by his roommate.
An elephant sprays water to a mascot dressed as a ghost during the Songkran festival, Thailand's traditional New Year Festival, in Bangkok, Thailand, April 10,2013.
The number of dead pigs fished out of Shanghai's Huangpu River has risen to nearly 6,000.
The number of dead pigs collected from Shanghai's Huangpu River has increased to 5,916, Shanghai authorities announced Tuesday.
Tap water for 60,000 people was cut off Monday due to the pollution of a water source in east China's Jiangxi Province, government sources said.
Environment has been completely integrated into discussions as political and business leaders talk about new visions for economic growth at the annual Davos meeting, Danish Environment Minister Ida Auken said on Friday.
As much as 50 percent of all food produced around the world ends up as waste, a new report said on Thursday.
Beijing residents have been stunned by a news report revealing a couple working in the public health department haven't drunk tap water for twenty years, calling into question the safety of their drinking water.
The five-year cycle of big floods that always put most of Indonesia's capital of Jakarta under water is feared to hit the biggest city in the country early next year, media reported here on Monday.
Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon issued the directive in light of the viral video at You Tube showing a new smuggling technique where a sachet of "shabu" was concealed in a bottle of mineral water.