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A proposal from the Ministry of Environmental Protection to redraw the boundaries of a crucial fish conservation zone in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River has met strong opposition from environmental organizations. The ministry is seeking public opinions on the proposal, which would see the Upper Yangtze National Nature Reserve for Rare and Endangered Fish shrink by more than 1,400 hectares… |
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| Chinas investment on south-to-north water diversion project hit 115 bln |
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China has invested 115 billion yuan (17.45 billion U.S. dollars) on the South-to-North Water Diversion Project as of the end of last year, a senior official said Monday.E Jingping, director of the Office of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project Commission (SNWDPC) of the State Council, said construction on 40 projects began last year, marking a new annual record.No major accidents happened … |
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| Beijing may tap Yellow River water |
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Municipal water authorities have proposed diverting water from the Yellow River to relieve the parched capital as part of their five-year plan (2011-15), the Beijing Water Authority told the Global Times Monday."The plan has yet to be approved by the Ministry of Water Resources," said Yu Yaping, the water authority's publicity office director."There's still a long way to go before this project a… |
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| Australian floodwaters surge into towns |
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Surging floodwaters broke levees in disaster-hit Australia on Monday to inundate more properties in the southeast, as residents sandbagged homes against the spiraling crisis. Swollen rivers in the southeastern state of Victoria have created a flood zone measuring an estimated 90 km long and 40 km wide, the State Emergency Service said. "This area has seen unprecedented flooding," SES spokesman K… |
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| National Water Resources Master Plan approved |
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Recently, the National Water Resources Master Plan was formally approved by the State Council. The plan, which is stipulated by the Water Law of the P. R. China, forms the basis for water resources development, utilization, conservation, protection and management. According to the Plan, China will exert efforts on limiting the total water consumption to 670 billion m3, halving water use per 10,0… |
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| Israeli scientist finds to plastic waste |
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An Israeli researcher said he has found a sweet solution to a sour worldwide problem: mountains of disposed plastic items that pack landfills and wash out to sea, and take decades, if not centuries to melt down.Prof. Moshe Kol of the Tel Aviv University (TAU) School of Chemistry, working in tandem with colleagues at the University of Aachen in Germany and the University of Bath in England, is us… |
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| China weighs law to prevent water, soil loss |
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China's top legislature Monday began reviewing a draft revision of the Law on Water and Soil Conservation in order to provide better protection for China's land and water resources.The draft was the second version of the law revision. The first version was reviewed by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) in August this year.According to the second revision, if peo… |
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| 61 cities short of sewage treatment facilities |
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Dozens of Chinese cities have failed to build sewage treatment facilities this year, though China is making great progress in its urbanization, according to officials in the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD) Tuesday.Across the country, 61 cities, counties and large towns are still short of sewage treatment facilities and continue discharging untreated waste water into the … |
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| Water transfer system to end Xinjiang drought |
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China may consider to divert seawater from its eastern regions along thousands of kilometers of pipeline made of glass-reinforced plastic to the northwestern Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in response to its decades-long drought, experts said.
The proposal, which follows the country's South-to-North Water Diversion Project, will cover three provinces and autonomous regions in North and North… |
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