Thirty-five restaurants in Beijing have been fined in the latest campaign against kitchen emissions.
Shanghai's legislature has proposed imposing heavy penalties on companies and their owners if they are held responsible for emitting black smoke or other pollutants without permission, Shanghai's Labor Daily reported on Nov 5.
A transportation research center was jointly launched by China's Tsinghua University, Britain's University of Cambridge and the US Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Tuesday in Beijing.
Ecosystem restoration is no easy task, reports Wang Kaihao in Ordos, Inner Mongolia.
China should manage its massive urbanization plan in a low-carbon way to alleviate growing pressures on the environment and resources, a report said.
The "Litter Less" campaign, which aims at reducing litter and effecting long-term behavior change among global youth, was launched in the High School Affiliated to University of Science and Technology in Beijing on Oct 30.
Coal is once again under the spotlight as winter's chill approaches.
A Beijing environmental protection official vowed on Wednesday that the city will have an effective energy mix for the coming winter heating season.
Sixteen provinces or municipalities have been asked by the National Health and Family Planning Commission to monitor and report the density of PM2.5 and its impact on people's health.
Senior officials on climate change from BASIC countries, called on developed economies to offer support to developing countries.
When it comes to saving energy, another factor in economic growth, the Chinese government has cause for concern.
China's health watchdog has vowed to set up a national network to monitor the impact of air pollution on human health within the coming three to five years.
As winter approaches, China's capital is now rolling out new energy alternatives, to cut its reliance on coal by 13 million tons by 2017.
China will continue to strictly protect its wetland resources and aim to increase the wetland area to 53.3 million hectares by 2020.
China on Thursday revealed 10 major cases of environmental damage in which local officials were punished for failing to prevent or act after severe pollution.
Huge amounts of garbage line the Qinghai-Tibet Highway on the namesake plateau in west China, posing severe threats to local ecology.
A total of 4,468 metric tons of illegally imported foreign garbage has been shipped out of China from ports in Qingdao in the past eight months.
Regions that fail the 2012 water pollution control examination will have their project approvals suspended for one year, according to a notification released by the Environmental Protection Ministry on Wednesday.
Choking smog shrouded Northeast China on Monday, forcing schools to suspend classes and disrupting flights and road traffic.
China's natural gas industry will continue to grow at a high speed through 2025 with clean energy-driven power generation showing increasing importance.