China environmental issues

Demand -- for lumber, meat, soybeans, and other goods -- is driving deforestation around the world. And China is a major customer. 

The war of words comes amid disputes over trade, technology, Hong Kong and Taiwan, spying accusations and more that has driven the bilateral relationship to its lowest point in decades. 

Wuhan residents protested the construction of a waste-to-energy plant, repeating a pattern seen elsewhere in China in recent years.

Beijing’s capacity – and willingness – to lead on climate change are being tested.

Amid tensions with the United States, there are dark clouds ahead of China’s climate agenda.

How fast can China develop a “green, low carbon power system”?

Finless porpoises are disappearing from the Yangtze River and East China Sea. One woman is trying to save them.

Beijing is fundamentally changing its environmental governance, but will it work?

China's green inspection teams just wrapped up a two-year, nationwide inspection.

A program to ban coal heating and switch to gas left households in the cold. What happened?

Feudalism and imperialism are gone, but China faces new 'mountains': social and environmental issues.