刚刚召开的中国两会会场内外，无处不见雾霾治理的热议。此前各地召开地方两会时，正是严重雾霾席卷中国之时。从推动政策的角度来说，这雾霾来得“正是时候”。
Both inside and outside the ongoing Lianghui, China’s annual parliamentary season, everyone is talking about what to do about smog. Wang Tao reports.
陕西北部地区近期在试开采的过程中就遇到了麻烦，致使当地不得不暂时中断附近城市的供水。
Recent drilling test in Northern Shaanxi Province saw local officials temporarily cut a nearby city's water supply
马上要换届的中央政府过去10年在环保方面的作为，可分为两个阶段：前五年狂飚突进，后五年无所作为。
The outgoing administration’s environmental record can be split in two stages: five years of storming forward, then five years of nothing
气候变化和过度放牧正损害着西藏的自然环境，科学家和政府官员们都在努力保护地球上这片最原始的土地 。
With climate change and overgrazing taking a toll on the landscape, efforts are being made to preserve one of the planet’s wildest places, explains George Schaller
中国数十亿美元的尼克森能源公司收购案遭遇了加拿大国内边缘排外主义的反对。然而，中国对此反应平静。
China’s multi-billion-dollar purchase of Nexen Energy has met borderline xenophobia within Canada, but a muted reaction from the Chinese
十多年来，中国科学界对地下水污染防治的呼吁从未停止，但最终成为政策的有效行动屈指可数。
For over a decade China’s scientists have called for action on groundwater pollution, but there has been little effective response
一个看似不可能的团体是如何挑战英国的既有政治体制，并取得千百万人支持的？
How an unlikely group resolved to challenge the UK political establishment, and gained tens of million supporters
地球的生态系统就是我们经济的基础，但几乎从来没有在资产负债表上出现过，这对市场来说是巨大的风险。
Earth’s ecosystems are the foundations of our economy, but rarely appear in balance sheets. That means risks for markets
福岛事故前，中国核电已基本布满沿海地区，新增装机容量将无法回避内陆核电。王亦楠分析了中国发展内陆核电的风险。
China’s nuclear industry is shifting inland, away from the crowded coast. It’s a risky move, argues Wang Yi’nan
李坚强表示，过去对动物的怜悯曾经被认为是“反革命的”，但如今年轻一代越来越无法接受虐待动物了
Compassion for animals was considered counter-revolutionary but now the younger generation increasingly find cruelty unacceptable
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.
