2018/12/28 |
Mind Pollution: How Dirty Air Harms Human Cognition
A study shows that air pollution has a massive detrimental impact on human cognition.
2018/11/12 |
Taiwan News: Thousands Protest Pollution in Kaohsiung, Mayoral Debate in Taipei
Your daily bulletin of Taiwan news, courtesy of ICRT.
2018/11/08 |
'Transboundary Haze': The Seasonal Pollution Plaguing Southeast Asia
A researcher says ASEAN states are not doing enough about the region's seasonal pollution problem.
2018/10/26 |
OPINION: Taipei Should Have a Car Free Day
Taipei and Taiwan's other cities would benefit enormously from a few days break from the tyranny of the gas-guzzling automobile.
2018/07/27 |
Modernizing Malaysia: The Blessings and Stresses of an Infrastructure Explosion
Malaysia is undertaking a breakneck building spree that is lifting its economy while placing its environment and politics under pressure.
2018/04/19 |
OPINION: Vietnam Grossly Mismanages Its Water Resources
With a growing population, increasing pollution, extreme weather events and ineffective government, Vietnam is due to face a watery calamity.
2018/02/21 |
Kaohsiung Fights to Reclaim Polluted Ground
Kaohsiung will struggle to get its oil-soaked soil back to baseline.
2017/10/17 |
Pollution and Industrial Smog Cloud Taiwan's Bicycle Paradise
Taiwan's ambitions to be a cycling paradise are blighted by industrial eyesores and local governments that turn a blind eye to polluters flaunting regulatory loopholes.
2017/10/12 |
Nano this Plastic Should Be in Our Water
For the first in a regular bi-weekly series on the environment in Taiwan, Green Bulletin interviews the policy head of the Taipei American School's team as they prepare to solve Taiwan's nanoplastic problems for iGEM, a world-leading student synthetic biology competition.
2017/07/27 |
Why China’s Attempts to Curb Air Pollution are Facing Resistance
According to a report by Caixin earlier this month, 33 incidents of industry obstructions occurred in more than half the localities under inspection since April.
2017/07/01 |
Are Bike-Sharing Schemes Running Riot?
One year in and bike sharing apps are transforming Chinese cities, but oversight and environmental impacts are a concern.
2017/06/01 |
INFOGRAPHIC: How Climate Change Will Impact Taiwan
If you’re worried about rising sea levels, stay out of Yilan
2017/05/19 |
INFOGRAPHIC: Taiwan’s Cities are One Giant Heat Sink
If you want to keep cool in Taiwan, start growing some rice or fish.
2017/04/21 |
PODCAST: Is Taiwan Adrift in a Sea of Trash?
Check out the latest episode of The News Lens Radio.
2017/03/28 |
Sticks, Carrots and Toxic Carrots: Clearing the Air in China and India
Both countries can do more to ensure that policies on air pollution and clean energy are aligned.
2017/03/18 |
The Global Drain: Why China’s Water Pollution Crisis Should Matter to the Rest of the World
Can China simply get rich first and clean-up later?
2017/03/06 |
Bihar’s Toxic Textile Industry
The textile industry of Patwa Toli is polluting rivers and groundwater in the Indian state of Bihar, but businesses have failed to clean up their act claiming they provide essential jobs