ECONOMY-SCIENTIFIC-TECHNOLOGY
Big money spent, but waste not treated
13/05/2014|12:01:14
Waste treatment remains a big headache for local authorities in the Mekong Delta. While open dumping on the ground pollutes the environment, modern waste treatment plants have been left idle.
Philippines to charge 'poachers' despite China warning
13/05/2014|08:12:21
Philippine prosecutors said on Monday they would charge nine Chinese fishermen arrested in disputed East Sea waters with environmental crimes, despite Beijing's warning of a dire effect on relations.
Farmers to be compensated for pollution
12/05/2014|10:29:26
The head of a rogue waste-treatment company who earlier admitted dumping polluted waste water into a canal in the southern province of Dong Nai, has agreed to pay compensation to an extra 106 farmers ignored in the first settlement.
The truth inside the Google bus lawsuit: gentrification hurts the environment
10/05/2014|08:44:30
A new lawsuit brought by San Francisco activists against the city places blame squarely on Silicon Valley's now infamous private tech-employee shuttle buses, claiming that they not only spew air pollution across the city and endanger cyclists and pedestrians, but also that they directly displace residents from their homes.