北京周边600公里内的煤炭消耗比整个美国还要多。绿色和平组织警告说，在没有区域协作控煤的情况下，单凭北京市政府新推出的城市污染治理措施难解北京空气困局。
Action to tackle Beijing’s air pollution is meaningless without parallel efforts to stall growth in regional coal consumption, says Greenpeace
国土资源部公布了地下水监测数据，此举虽令人鼓舞，但义联律师指出该数据不完整，且过于专业性，普通人难以解读。
Data on groundwater quality in Chinese cities is “incomplete and too technical” but marks step forward in transparency
中国五大能源生产企业试图扩大干旱地区的燃煤发电能力，如此一来，这些企业恐会在财务及产能方面陷入困境。
Top five power companies face financial and capacity difficulties as they try to expand coal-fired generation in water scarce regions, warns new report
查韦斯的故去是否意味着中国企业与委内瑞拉签订的资源优先开采协议也随之终结。
With Chavez gone, so may be the days of preferential resource contracts for Chinese firms
上海出现全球首例H7N9禽流感死亡案例，其中一例为猪肉商贩，此消息令公众怀疑，上海黄浦江死猪事件是否与H7N9有关。
Two bird flu deaths in Shanghai prompt fresh concern over thousands of dead pigs found floating in Huangpu River
中国15000个重点污染源信息何时能够公开？中国环保人士希望政府不要再将污染信息当作所谓“国家秘密”，要早日公开。
Officials should stop being so secretive about the sources of the country's pollution, say 23 environmental groups
中国的交通发展计划中涉及大量的机场新建项目。然而，无论从经济角度，还是从环境角度，新建机场的计划都站不住脚。
China’s transportation development plans call for huge numbers of new airports, but building them is economically and environmentally untenable
英国近期的一个垃圾焚烧项目遭到强烈的抵制。在中国，也不乏对垃圾焚烧的抗议活动。
Rejection of waste-burning project in UK draws comparison with recent Chinese protests
2013年“最佳环境报道奖”评选即将开始，欢迎业界朋友们推荐或自荐报道作品参选！
The 2013 China Environmental Press Awards are now open for entries
台湾将以公投方式决定是否继续兴建其争议２０年之久的第四座核电厂（简称“核四”）。欧洲能源署中德可再生能源中心执行主任陶光远对于核电在台岛的发展方向表示严重忧虑。
Taiwan is set to hold a referendum to determine the future of a half-built nuclear power plant, with some experts hoping it will stop the plans
中国、中东及非洲的气候变化可能导致蝗灾频发，农作物歉收
Climatic changes in China, the Middle East and Africa could see more severe outbreaks of locusts devastating food crops
气候变化所引起的担忧还不足以推动除了政治对话之外的实质性行动。
Fear of the distant horrors of climate change isn't enough to drive anything more than just political talk and hand-wringing
中国正在尝试利用水交易来解决保证供应公平和避免生态破坏这个双重问题。
China approaches water trading with the twin problems of ensuring equity of supply and avoiding ecological damage
通过对藏羚羊基因组的研究，科学家揭开了这种可以在高海拔平原地区高速奔跑的濒危动物的奥秘。
Scientists have mapped the genome of China's much-loved but endangered Tibetan antelope, able to gallop across high-altitude plains at high speed
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.
