Asia

"To feed an enormous building boom, India’s relentless sand miners have devastated the waterways that make life there possible."

"China's consumption of coal fell in 2016 for a third year in a row, official data showed Tuesday, as the world's top carbon polluter has emerged as a global leader in addressing global warming."

"Leather processing is big business in Bangladesh, India, and other parts of the developing world, where regulations are lax and poisons run freely."

"On the rocky cliffs of the Himalayas, the path to snow leopard conservation is paved in feces."

"A global pandemic rose from these swamps. Now scientists may have a way to stop it."

"Radiation levels inside a damaged reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station are at their highest since the plant suffered a triple meltdown almost six years ago."

"China's smog-hit capital Beijing plans to slash coal consumption by a further 30 percent in 2017 as part of its efforts to combat air pollution, the official Xinhua news agency said late on Sunday, citing the city's mayor."

"Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), the operator of Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, said on Monday it may have found nuclear fuel debris below the damaged No. 2 reactor, one of three that had meltdowns in the 2011 disaster."

"Vast plant in Qinghai province is part of China’s determination to transform itself from climate change villain to a green energy colossus".