December 12, 2011
The World Health Organization describes primitive cooking stoves as the world’s top environmental killer On Thanksgiving, we cook and, if we’re doing it right, we give sincere thanks for being alive. But we rarely think of how the two really interact. We don’t recognize that in many parts of the world, cooking provides not [...]
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November 8, 2011
Brick-making kilns in the northern province of Phu Tho Vietnam’s government needs to put more investment into trade villages where locals are facing critical environmental pollution threats, lawmakers said at the National Assembly’s session on Monday. Representative Tran Du Lich from Ho Chi Minh City said that Vietnam seems to pay more attention to projects worth [...]
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October 31, 2011
Air pollution in Beijing reached “hazardous” levels on Monday, the US embassy said, as thick smog blanketed the city for the third day running, forcing the closure of highways and cancellation of flights. The Chinese capital is one of the most polluted cities in the world, mainly due to its growing energy consumption — [...]
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October 10, 2011
Women plant forests in Vietnam. Vietnam’s environmental performance has been ranked 85th out of 163 countries by a World Bank report, which argues that many natural resources are under threat in the developing nation. With 59 points scored on the Environmental Performance Index (EPI), Vietnam is considered doing well in planting forests, water and pesticide [...]
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September 12, 2011
A tower being built on the Pearl River in Guangzhou. Environmental activists say that Vietnam’s poisoned Dong Nai River could meet the same fate as a heavily toxic river in China if serious measures aren’t taken soon. According to a leaked cable from the US Consulate in Guangzhou, China, to the State Department in Washington [...]
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September 3, 2011
Company sends goons to beat up protesters Nguyen Van Tuan was attacked by truck drivers on August 29 after he and others at Da Nang City’s Hoa Lien Commune blocked vehicles from entering a construction site. A survey by Nielsen found environmental concerns in Vietnam has shifted from climate change to environmental pollution. The [...]
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August 9, 2011
Sewage flows from a sluice gate of Sonadezi Corporation's waste treatment plant into a canal that runs into the Dong Nai River. Fishermen living near the waste treatment plant of state-owned Sonadezi Corporation in southern Vietnam have accused the company of hurting their livelihoods by dumping untreated sewage into the river. Last Thursday, after observing [...]
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August 8, 2011
Researchers warn that urban noise pollution will exact a severe toll on Ho Chi Minh City eardrums Dense traffic at the Hang Xanh crossroads in Ho Chi Minh City. Doctors warn that the city’s excessive lvel of noise pollution is a threat to the hearing of residents. Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong sold her house [...]
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August 6, 2011
A picture taken in 2010 shows a man walking near the spilled crude oil on the shores and in the waters of the Niger Delta swamps of Bodo, a village in the famous Nigerian oil-producing Ogoniland. Nigeria’s government and oil giant Shell Friday came under heavy pressure following the release of a landmark UN report [...]
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July 30, 2011
I’ve spent a lot of time in Hanoi over the last 14 years, and have strong emotions about it, not of course all positive. Back in 1994, it was possible to walk around at 10 p.m. in the winter down the streets, which were basically empty of traffic, with a group of friends. There [...]
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