Heavy smog, worsened by weather, raises alarm across Asia
Jan 14, 2019
Unusually high levels of smog worsened by weather patterns are raising alarm across Asia
Chinese premier meets with Tesla's Musk as trade talks end
Jan 9, 2019
Chinese premier meets with Tesla's Musk as trade talks with US end
Giving up gas: China's Shenzhen switches to electric taxis
Jan 8, 2019
One of China's major cities has reached an environmental milestone: an almost all electric-powered taxi fleet
Japan says Chinese trawler fled with its inspectors on board
Dec 27, 2018
Japan says it protested to Beijing that a Chinese trawler suspected of poaching off Japan's southern coast sailed away with Japanese inspectors on board; China disputed the boat had crossed the border to fish
Japan to resume commercial whaling, but not in Antarctic
Dec 26, 2018
Japan is leaving the International Whaling Commission to resume commercial hunts but it will no longer hunt the animals in the Antarctic
Japan begins reclamation at disputed US base despite protest
Dec 14, 2018
Japan's central government has started main reclamation work at a disputed U.S. military base relocation site on the southern island of Okinawa despite fierce local opposition
Dead whale had 115 plastic cups, 2 flip-flops in its stomach
Nov 21, 2018
A dead sperm whale that washed ashore in eastern Indonesia had a large lump of plastic waste in its stomach including 115 drinking cups, 25 bags and two flip-flops
China suspends rules allowing tiger bone, rhino horn trading
Nov 13, 2018
China says it is suspending rule changes allowing the trading in tiger and rhinoceros parts, following an outcry from environmental groups
Melting glacier in China draws tourists, climate worries
Oct 22, 2018
On the edge of the Third Pole, a retreating glacier draws tourists and worries over climate change
Philippine police: Gunmen kill 9 people who occupied farm
Oct 21, 2018
Philippine police say gunmen have killed nine members of a farmers' group who occupied a part of a privately owned sugarcane plantation
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