CHINA'S ENVIRONMENT MINISTER HOLDS PRESSER
China's Minister of the State Environmental Protection Agency Zhou Shengxian answers journalists' questions concerning the pollution accident in the Songhua Rivrer last year, at a press conference in Beijing on January 24, 2006. Following the explosion in a petro-chemical plant of the CNPC Jilin Petrochemical Corporation on November 13, 2005, a major pollution accident in the Songhua River occurred. Nitrobenzene flowed for 42 days in Jilin Province and Heilongjiang Province in China, before entering Russian waters on December 25. (UPI Photo/Stephen Shaver)
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BEIJING, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Beijing authorities, reacting to complaints that the government was understating pollution levels, say they'll release more precise data on city air quality.
BEIJING, April 22 (UPI) -- China says it faces a long haul in its battle with pollution and has announced a three-stage goal to curb pollution in the next 40 years.
BEIJING, March 1 (UPI) -- China's environment minister warned that pollution in the country poses a threat to long-term economic growth.
BEIJING, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- China plans to survey the entire country for pollution from industrial, agricultural and residential sources, an official announced Friday.
BEIJING, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Chinese officials are blaming fraudulent project approval procedures and slow construction of pollution control facilities for increased pollution.
BEIJING, April 11 (UPI) -- The United States and China have joined together in an effort to reduce the environmental impact of Chinese industry. Zhou Shengxian, head of China's State Environmental Protection Administration, and his U.S. counterpart, Stephen Johnson, announced the "
BEIJING, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The head of China's environment agency has resigned as a two-week-old chemical spill threatening the water supplies of millions heads toward Russia. Xie Zhenhua was replaced by former State Forestry Administration director Zhou Shengxian, CNN reported Sat
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