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China: spending 14.5 billion USD to clean Thai Ho
Environment

China: spending 14.5 billion USD to clean Thai Ho

According to the BBC, China has just announced a budget of $ 14.5 billion (108.5 billion yuan) to clean up toxic algae that are proliferating on the Taihu Lake in Jiangs…

December 16, 2018
Pollution increases birth defects
Environment

Pollution increases birth defects

Environmental pollution, especially due to increasing coal, in China has increased the rate of birth defects by 40% compared to 6 years ago. Every 30 seconds, there is o…

December 16, 2018
Lekima storm hit Nghe An - Ha Tinh
Environment

Lekima storm hit Nghe An - Ha Tinh

On the afternoon of October 2, the Prime Minister announced that the storm Lekima is continuing to move quickly with strong winds of level 11, tugging over level 11 and…

December 16, 2018
Warning earthquakes to every house
Environment

Warning earthquakes to every house

On Monday, Japan launched a state-of-the-art earthquake warning system, allowing anyone to hear on the radio or television a few seconds before a major earthquake occurr…

December 16, 2018
Reduce emissions?  Just bury CO2
Environment

Reduce emissions? Just bury CO2

Collecting CO2, burying it in the ground, the ocean floor ... is one of the solutions to limit greenhouse gas emissions in the air, being applied initially in some count…

December 16, 2018
China, thirsty rivers
Environment

China, thirsty rivers

Deep underground for hundreds of meters, the groundwater supply for more than two million people in the province is rapidly depleting (more than a meter each year). Urba…

December 16, 2018
China hustled against storm Krosa
Environment

China hustled against storm Krosa

China's coastal provinces are urgently evacuating more than one million people and calling for nearly 70,000 fishing boats to take refuge, before the Krosa storm is expe…

December 16, 2018