SHIJIAZHUANG - Shijiazhuang, one of the major polluted cities in north China's Hebei Province, saw remarkable improvement of air quality after a hefty investment last year, said the city's mayor Wa

CANBERRA - An Australian green investment bank will partner with a Chinese associate in the aim of encouraging more companies to invest in solar energy and, in particular, the use of photovoltaic p

US President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the climate change deal signed by the US and China last November offers hope for reaching a global agreement in the Paris negotiations at the end of this

Although data provided to smartphones allow the general public to access information about local emissions levels, the programs are only as effective as the official agencies tasked with dealing wi

SHANGHAI - Two people in China's coastal Fujian province have died of H7N9 avian flu, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported, quoting local health officials.

China retained its global top spot for clean energy investment in 2014, with surging demand especially in both solar and wind.

BEIJING -- The Chinese government met several air and water pollution control targets for 2014, said the Ministry of Environmental Protection on Thursday.

BEIJING - China's top economic planning body said Wednesday that cities of Beijing and Tianjin as well as Hebei province in North China must slash coal consumption to reduce air pollution.

URUMQI - A 5.0-magnitude earthquake has damaged houses and affected over 1,500 residents in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, local authorities said.

A city environmental watchdog has lashed out against a giant petrochemical company and ordered it to apologize to the public in a rare case of government lambasting a State-owned corporation.

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