Daily News April 21, 2014

Environmental Pollution and Health

2 Charts That Put the Chinese Pollution Crisis in Perspective, theatlantic

No one now alive has experienced anything similar in North America or Europe, except in the middle of a forest fire or a volcanic eruption.

China's top legislature opens bimonthly session, Xinhuanet

 A bimonthly session of China's top legislature opened on Monday as lawmakers looked to amend laws on environmental protection and the government's budget.

Pollution in cities is becoming a political issue

Now what may become the world’s first city with the word in its name is beginning to take shape in the unlikely setting of a smog-shrouded expanse of salty mud on the northern Chinese coast.

Water Crisis

China's Water Is Worse Than Its Air, Bloomberg

In recent months, Chinese leaders have pledged drastic steps to clear their nation’s smog-choked air. 

Over 280 Million Chinese People Exposed To Unsafe Drinking Water, NTD

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Ministry of Environmental Protection reported that 280 million Chinese are exposed to polluted drinking water.

Grain, Poultry, Dairy and Food Security

Seafood study: Up to 32 percent imported to U.S. is caught illegally, Washingtonpost

A new study that examined illegal and unreported marine harvests brought into the United States found that some fish shouldn’t be on U.S. tables. Up to 32 percent of imported wild shrimp, crab, salmon, pollock, tuna and other catch is poached, according to the study.

GM food's fate in China uncertain, Wantchinatimes

In November of 2013, China rejected imports of 600,000 tonnes of US-grown corn on the grounds they it was a genetically modified food not approved in China.

Food additive scandal scares public yet again, Wantchinatimes

Food safety is raising eyebrows among the Chinese public once again, after a family-run workshop in east China was exposed to be selling duck blood made with banned additives.

Energy Development and Problem

China eyes new energy projects for greener development, CNTV

China will launch a number of major projects to restructure its energy layout and achieve a greener development with cleaner energy.

Related:

Nuclear power capacity in China to reach 88 GW by 2020, Wantchinatimes

Major projects to ensure power supply in coastal areas, boost economic growth, Chinadaily

A nuclear solution to smog, NST

'Solar chimneys' may help solve China's energy woes, SCMP

Convection devices the size of skyscrapers generate electricity by heating air inside

How does environmental pollution influences supply chain model

China Focus: "Green business" to tackle China's pollution problems, Xinhuanet

China faces severe environmental tasks but there are opportunities for companies to become more sustainable in the way they operate, delegates at a summit on "green business" said on Monday.