这场环保运动的主力不是标语牌和游行队伍，而是律师。汤姆·莱维特采访了这群运用法律手段抗击空气污染的法律活动人士。
It’s a campaign fronted not by placards and protest marches, but a team of lawyers. Tom Levitt meets the UK-based legal activists fighting air pollution through the courts
环保部宣布将下放环评审批权限。自然之友理事、前总干事李波认为，这一做法将令中国的环境更加恶化。
Moves by the Ministry of Environmental Protection to devolve powers to the local level is a mistake, says Friends of Nature director Li Bo
中国工人已进入格陵兰的报道罔顾事实，格陵兰政府尚未就矿产开采达成协议。
Talk of thousands of Chinese workers on the ground in Greenland masks the reality of a country still coming to terms with its potential mining wealth
近期的气候丑闻表明，科学问题政治化使美国环境保护署极易受到外界的干扰。
The US Environmental Protection Agency has become vulnerable to allegations of outside interference, as latest climate scandal shows
2012 年接连发生的几场环境群体事件，让邻避运动成为无可回避的社会现象。霍伟亚根据媒体报道，对中国不同社会部门的回应及其方式特征进行了梳理。
China’s environmental NGOs need to take on the concerns of local protests and keep the pressure on polluting companies
生活在中国城市的数亿人口，有一半饮用着不合格的自来水。
Hundreds of millions of people live in China’s cities and half of them are using tap water containing harmful pollutants
中国大量有毒的土地被开发为住宅区，甚至是高档的住宅。但居民对此一无所知。
Huge areas of contaminated land in Chinese cities like Beijing are being developed into residential districts. But the residents of these developments have no idea.
世界上能够使用清洁厕所的人远不如人们从前认为的那样多，这已经给公共健康和环境造成威胁。
Far fewer people have access to clean toilets than previously thought, threatening public health and the environment
中德这两个截然不同的城市，是否能携手找到应对气候变化挑战的解决方案？
Can two very different cities in China and Germany find common solutions to climate change?
传言中的“死飞”禁令难掩自行车的魅力。
Talk of a Chinese crackdown on fixed-gear bikes is unlikely to dampen growing enthusiasm for cycling as a trendy pastime
尽管中国在国际谈判中言辞保守，在减排行动上却长足进步。国际谈判实际促进了中国减排。李硕认为，保持气候谈判中来之不易的自上而下法律框架至关重要。
Top-down, rule-based structure of UN climate negotiations is crucial in pushing China to make progress on cutting carbon emissions, argues Li Shuo from Greenpeace
在中外对话和伦敦大学亚非学院联合举办的讲座上，公众与环境研究中心主任马军就环境信息透明度与听众们进行了讨论。
Award-winning environmentalist Ma Jun talks about his quest for transparency at a recent event organised by chinadialogue
依照中国国家发展和改革委员会宣布的计划，深圳——中国第一个碳排放权交易试点城市，要在“十二五”期间将碳排放量减少21％。
The city of Shenzhen will reduce carbon emissions by 21% over a five-year period under plans announced by China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)
诗人及生态环境保护者露丝·帕德尔分享了五本探索我们与动物和自然环境关系的重要著作。
The poet and conservationist shares five key books that explore our relationship with animals and our natural surroundings.
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.
