持续多日的大规模雾霾，在中国掀起了一场关于机动车油品质量如何升级，以及由谁埋单的大讨论。更有专家直接提出，汽油涨价就应该由消费者埋单。
Vehicle fumes are a major factor in China’s persistent smog, but experts disagree about who should foot the bill for tightening fuel standards
中国在缅甸萨尔温江上修建的大坝导致地方紧张形势加剧，但企业没有吸取过去的惨痛教训。
Companies pursuing dam projects on Myanmar's Salween River are failing to learn from painful past experiences
万头死猪浮出黄浦江水面，沉在底下的，是上海周边的水系污染、河道管理的政出多门、跨界污染的协调乏力等弊病。
Behind the thousands of dead pigs floating down the Huangpu River, there lies a murky tale of waterway pollution and river management failure
贫穷的西非国家几内亚被禁止买卖濒危物种，但购买黑猩猩的中国并未承担任何责任。
The impoverished west African country is barred from trading in species, while chimp-buying China sees no consequences
中国银行业的绿色度总体偏低，但原庆丹认为：中国较高的金融业集中度是发展绿色信贷的独特优势，完全应该对经济运行起到更好的引领作用。
Companies and officials get blamed for pollution incidents, but rarely the financial bodies that lent the money, says senior state researcher Yuan Qingdan
中国公众如此大规模地质疑和反对一位部长的任命，极为罕见，说明公众对环境之恶化与环保部的无所作为已不能容忍。中外对话北京办公室总编辑刘鉴强报道。
A rare show of public opposition to a ministerial appointment shows the Chinese people can no longer accept government inaction on the worsening environment
在世界核电运行事故记录的基础上，物理学家何祚庥用“经验概率论”的方法，分析了中国出现重大核事故的“或然率”。他认为，如果中国坚持在2015~2020年再建30座“第三代”核电站，将在2030年前，“最可几”地出现一次重大核事故。
China is heading for a nuclear accident if it continues with current construction plans, says former state nuclear physicist and prominent critic He Zuoxiu
民间组织第一次提出条款严谨、清晰的立法草案，已经成为全国人大会议新的立法议案。中国民众正慢慢参与到政治决策中来。
A new NGO-proposed law on nature reserves is a sign of an increasingly active civil society movement, pushing to be involved in the Chinese political process
香港限制中国大陆游客购买婴幼儿奶粉，引起中国母亲们的不满。中国奶粉连续不断的丑闻，令她们担心无法给孩子买到合格的进口奶粉。这一话题甚至在“两会”上也成为舆论焦点。
Baby milk formula becomes major topic at Lianghui - China’s annual parliament session - after Hong Kong put limits on the amount that can be exported
一个国际律师网络希望各国提供资金，帮助那些因气候变化被迫背井离乡的人。
An international network of lawyers wants countries to commit funds to helping people forced from their homes by climate change
至年初官方严打危害食品安全犯罪起，已有900余人因生产销售假肉而被捕，其中更有甚者以老鼠肉冒充羊肉。
After more than 900 arrests over the selling of fake meat, including rat as mutton, officials face an uphill battle to change a fraudulent culture
人类在过去100中的过度捕捞导致了鳕鱼、鲨鱼、金枪鱼和箭鱼等大型鱼类数目急剧减少。
A century of overfishing by humans has seen a vast reduction in the numbers of large fish, such as cod, sharks, tuna and swordfish
在过去的五年，洪水和暴风等自然灾害已造成中国近5000万人流离失所。
Natural hazards like floods and storms have forced almost 50 million people in China from their homes over past five years
印度农业遭遇危机，农民自杀事件接连发生，兰詹娜•帕迪的新作《遗孀》讲述了这一背景下妇女的艰难处境。
Written against the backdrop of continuing suicides among Indian farmers, a new book describes the impact of the country’s agricultural crisis on women
短评 in brief
如果人类不能消除对生态和地球系统的无知，世界将会怎样？卡斯帕•亨德森认为，弗雷德•古特尔的《物种的命运》一书对最坏的情形进行了令人惊心的概述。
The Fate of the Species by Fred Guterl is a bracing overview of the worst that can happen if humans do not overcome their ecological and Earth-systems illiteracy, writes Caspar Henderson.
