Environment

Chinese president, premier urge all-out efforts to protect the public from floods, minimize damages

BEIJING, July 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao have ordered ministries and local governments to ensure the safety of the public and minimize property losses as the country entered the flood season.

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China faces worst floods in years, Japan on alert

BEIJING/MANILA, July 15 (Reuters) - Heavy rains and powerful winds battered East Asia on Thursday, pressing authorities to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people from their homes in Japan and putting China on alert for its worst floods in years.

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MANGROVE LOSS OUTPACING DESTRUCTION OF LAND-BASED FORESTS, UN REPORTS

Despite restoration efforts by some countries, mangroves are being lost at a rate three to four times higher than land-based forests, with one fifth of all of the world’s mangroves thought to have been lost in the past three decades, according to a...

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BP Starts Testing New Cap Over Gulf Oil Leak

BP has started testing a cap designed to stop the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico for the first time in almost three months.

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