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Pollution

Decades of Resistance: An Indian Community’s Struggle Against a Polluting Steel Plant

Decades of Resistance: An Indian Community’s Struggle Against a Polluting Steel Plant

By Prasant Paikray
For two decades, the village of Dhinkia has pushed back against plans for destructive, polluting “development projects” in the area.

Ulaanbaatar: Growing Strong and Sick

Ulaanbaatar: Growing Strong and Sick

By Nicholas Muller
Pollution and a serious health crisis have accompanied rapid urbanization in Mongolia’s capital
Confronting Southeast Asia’s Plastics Problem

Confronting Southeast Asia’s Plastics Problem

By Mercy Barends
Women play a unique role in plastic management and face different, sometimes greater, risks. No solution is complete without their contribution.

Cleaning Kathmandu’s Air: Are Electric Vehicles the Answer?

Cleaning Kathmandu’s Air: Are Electric Vehicles the Answer?

By Arun Budhathoki
Can electric vehicles fix Kathmandu’s air pollution?

Towards a Resource Efficient and Pollution Free Asia-Pacific

Towards a Resource Efficient and Pollution Free Asia-Pacific

By Shamshad Akhtar and Erik Solheim
This week sees the first-ever Asia-Pacific Ministerial Summit on the Environment.

What’s Driving Taiwan’s Mass Protests?
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What’s Driving Taiwan’s Mass Protests?

Pollution Like Snow: A Mongolian Winter

Pollution Like Snow: A Mongolian Winter

By Peter Bittner
Mongolia’s true wintertime foe isn’t the cold or the snow. It’s the horrendous air pollution in Ulaanbaatar.

India: Trouble in the Air

India: Trouble in the Air

By Neeta Lal
Residents of New Delhi are literally choking to death. Can authorities solve the pollution problem?
Making the Chinese Dream Come True

Making the Chinese Dream Come True

By Richard Ghiasy, Stephan Mothe, and Frances Pontemayor
If the Chinese Dream is to lead to a more viable social contract, the CPC must review how it produces and packages its messages.

China’s Demographic Dividend Could End By 2015

China’s Demographic Dividend Could End By 2015

Plus, more damning reports on British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline’s activities in China. Tuesday China links.

China Asks EU to Help it Go Green

China Asks EU to Help it Go Green

Plus, a second Chinese citizen electrocuted by an iPhone charger. Friday China links.

Killer Smog: East Asia, India, Southeast Asia Top Global Air Pollution

Killer Smog: East Asia, India, Southeast Asia Top Global Air Pollution

Study: More than two million deaths a year are attributed to poor air quality.

Punishable by Death: China to Execute Polluters

Punishable by Death: China to Execute Polluters

Plus, the U.S. plans to sanction China over human trafficking. Thursday China links.

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