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曾在中国环保部工作的环境经济学家胡涛认为，应将企业在海外的投资项目纳入国内环境法的适用范围。
Domestic environmental laws should be extended to overseas operations, says former government environment economist Hu Tao
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
专家称美国应对从中国进口的产品加强监管，狗粮及药物仍是重点领域。
America needs tougher regulation of products it imports from China, say experts, with dog food and pharmaceuticals remaining areas of concern
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.
中国的甲醇实验
中国正在做的事情之一是进一步将煤炭资源转化成甲醇。见http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2012-03/05/content_14752817.htm
甲醇比汽油更便宜更清洁，而且现有汽车只需进行一些简单改造就能使用甲醇作为燃料。还有，根据中国日报的一篇报道，能够使甲醇混合物被充分利用的新车型也可以比较方便地投入生产。
China experiments with methanol
One of the things China is doing is to further look at converting its coal resources to methanol. See http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2012-03/05/content_14752817.htm
Methanol is cheaper and cleaner than gasoline and with very little modification, existing cars can be made to run on methanol. Also, as noted in the story from the China Daily, new cars can easily be produced to optimize the use of methanol blends.