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Every drop counts: Saving water while washing dishes, brushing teeth

Feature | Science/environment
2009-11-10

AFTER dinner, Jessica Wang collects the dishes as usual, scrapes off leftovers and puts the dishes in the sink. She rinses them under running water, one by one. The 28-year-old says most of her friends wash dishes...

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Sun powers Expo pavilions

Feature | Science/environment
2009-10-27

STRIKING diamond and triangle shapes in dark and light blue sparkle on the roof of the huge World Expo 2010 Theme Pavilion. But the geometric shapes are more than decoration - they are solar panels that power the pavilion. ...

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Residents' resistance casts a cloud over solar energy plan

Feature | Science/environment
2009-9-1

A huge solar energy project is under threat because residents in a Greek town are choosing to ignore the arguments in its favor, writes Ingrid Melander. Lignite power plants belch dust and smoke into the air above...

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Residents fear the human cost of saving Europe's last ancient forest

Feature | Science/environment
2009-8-8

EUROPE'S last ancient forest, home to its largest herd of bison, faces an uncertain future because of climate change, but residents worry that tougher conservation efforts will damage the local economy. The 150,000-hectare...

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Chile pavilion leads the way for Latin American nations

Feature | Science/environment
2009-7-26

A DECISION by Chile President Michelle Bachelet in May to build a 2,500-square-meter Chile Pavilion for the Shanghai World Expo rather than renting a pavilion from the organizer as planned has made the Latin America...

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Celestial commotion in the Celestial Kingdom as China welcomes solar eclipse

Feature | Science/environment
2009-7-18

ANCIENT Chinese believed a dragon ate the sun during a solar eclipse, so they made a great commotion, beat drums and banged on pots to scare the beast away and bring back the light. That was when China was known...

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Star gazers flocking to Jinshan beach to witness solar eclipse

Feature | Science/environment
2009-7-18

NASA says suburban Shanghai will be one of the best spots in the world to catch Wednesday's astronomical phenomenon, reports Tan Weiyun. Jinshan City Beach may be the best spot in Shanghai to catch the total solar...

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Something fresh in Dutch design

Feature | Science/environment
2009-7-18

THE Netherlands Pavilion will likely stir curiosity among World Expo 2010 visitors with its "inaccessible" exhibit. Yang Jian gives a sneak preview. Many people know Holland as the home of Philips, Johan Cruyff,...

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Green cops see red

Feature | Science/environment
2009-7-14

ECO-COPS are sniffing the air, testing the waters and citing the stinkers. In suburban Nanhui area, Zhang Qian joins the pollution patrol and takes a deep breath. At a lakeside in suburban Nanhui area, Zhang Lei...

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Think ultra-thin: TV makers hope thin is in for newest sets

Feature | Science/environment
2009-7-11

AFTER getting rid of clunky old cathode ray TVs for flat screens, what else is new? How much thinner can you get? Barbara Ortutay has the skinny. Lee Richman installs high-end home theater systems that can cost...

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Buying green appliances and cutting red tape

Feature | Science/environment
2009-7-7

A brand new national policy encourages consumers to turn in their old appliances for energy-efficient models for a 10 percent discount up to 400 yuan (US$59), plus certified recycling. The discount goes up to 1,000...

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Total solar eclipse: the cosmic event of the last 2,000 years

Feature | Science/environment
2009-7-6

CHINA will be the center of the universe for astronomers, sun worshippers and everyone who loves the sky on July 22. The world's longest total eclipse of the sun in 2,000 years will take place from 8:23am to...

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Future of clean energy is written on the wind

Feature | Science/environment
2009-6-30

SHANGHAI is rich in clean green wind power and the city is constructing more and more windmills as part of a sustainable energy plan. Zhang Qian flips the switch. The sails of hundred-meter-high windmills rotate in...

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The destructive demons that have been attacking Shanghai's houses

Feature | Science/environment
2009-6-23

AS she was watering her house plants and moving flower pots around, 26-year-old painter Xiao Nan found yet another a pile of dead insects on the shelf. It is the legacy of the termite swarms that erupted in Shanghai...

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Forest carbon market already shows cracks

Feature | Science/environment
2009-6-9

IT could save the rainforests of Borneo, Indonesia, slow climate change and the international community backs it. But a plan to pay tropical countries not to chop down trees risks being discredited by opportunists...