Three managing personnel of a copper plant have been detained and a county official has resigned after the plant contaminated a local river in Shanghang County, east China's Fujian province.
China National Nuclear Corp, the country's biggest builder of reactors, is seeking to construct a nuclear plant in Argentina as the company expands overseas.
The massive increase of animal waste coming from the livestock industry has become a main source of water pollution in the country, environmental researchers have warned.
Zijin Mining Group Co, China's largest gold producer, said the nation's securities regulator will investigate its disclosure of an acid leak at a plant in Fujian province.
Energy consumption growth in the second half of the year is likely to slow down as the government is planning tough measures against energy-intensive industries, sources said on Wednesday.
As the low-carbon campaign is carried out in full swing across the country, the one-and-half-day long forum featuring environment changes and city responsibilities, an activity of Shanghai Expo, concluded in Nanjing on July 4.
China's government will soon come out with environmental protection guidelines for domestic companies planning overseas investments, ministry officials said on Thursday.
The city of Shenzhen began offering subsidies for new-energy vehicles on Tuesday, as part of broader national program to encourage fuel-efficiency.
While companies like Foxconn, in the news for employees' suicide, have started the process of shifting their production bases inland to maintain their low-cost operation, the provinces where they relocate should help improve the business environment.
The United Nations Environment Programme will issue a report to assess the carbon footprint from the Shanghai World Expo at the end of the event.
China, the world's second-biggest energy user, started construction of its first carbon dioxide capture and storage project in Ordos in Inner Mongolia to reduce emissions.
Experts argue education is key to bringing about changes in human activity to halt climate change.
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