Daily News March 27, 2014

Environment and Pollution

China regulators order end to smog insurance sales, Reuters

Chinese regulators have told the country's two largest insurers to stop selling coverage against smog, a week after such policies were launched, the China Daily reported on Thursday.

China to move some facilities out of polluted capital to ease congestion, Reuters

China plans to move some administrative, research and healthcare facilities out of its capital to a nearby city to ease the burden on Beijing, which is often wreathed in heavy smog and choked with traffic jams, state media reported on Thursday.

Guizhou to sell canned fresh air to tourists, Want China Times

Guizhou province in southwestern China plans to produce cans of fresh air to sell as tourist souvenirs, reports the state-run China News Service.

Enforcement seen key to success of China's new environmental markets, Want China Times

China's plan for a market in air pollution permits promises to help clean up its air cheaply, but the move could prove just as useless as previous environmental policies unless the government stamps out lax enforcement and spotty data.

Crops and Food Security

Chinese Pigs Eating Soybeans Cut U.S. Supply to 1965 Low, Bloomberg

In the 60 years that Ursa Farmers Cooperative has been loading Midwest soybeans onto boats along the Mississippi River, business has never been this good.