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The Earthquake in China

May 16, 2008

Posted by Alex Wang

Tags:
china, earthquake

This past Monday sometime around three in the afternoon our staff in Beijing felt a strange swaying sensation, a few of them said they felt dizzy and saw the glass partition walls of our offices buckle and wave for a...continued

The Bali Conference - a view from the floor

December 7, 2007

Posted by Alex Wang in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
bali, climatechange, climatenegotiations, globalwarmingdeniers, globalwarmingsolutions, UNFCCC

Today was my first day at the “united nations climate change conference” in Nusa Dua, Bali.  In the U.S., we still have to deal with Fox News, the Wall Street Journal editorial page, and a NASA head who claims...continued

What a difference a day makes...

November 26, 2007

Posted by Alex Wang in Curbing Pollution , Greening China

It's a beautiful day in Beijing today, which made me think about this picture someone sent me a few months ago:This is a photo of Beijing on two consecutive days about a year ago in 2006.  This, in a single...continued

Pollution Reduces China’s Rainfall

November 18, 2007

Posted by Alex Wang in Curbing Pollution , Greening China

Tags:
airpollution, pollution, science, sustainabledevelopment, watersupplies

Pollution is causing rainfall to decrease in certain parts of China.  A little noticed study published in Science earlier this year, somewhat opaquely entitled “Inverse Relations between Amounts of Air Pollution and Orographic Precipitation,” found that average precipitation in a...continued

Little Stiletto Heels and China’s Environment

November 6, 2007

Posted by Alex Wang in Curbing Pollution , Greening China , Living Sustainably

Tags:
airpollution, consumerbehavior, globaleconomy

It’s no secret that the products that fuel our daily consumer lives in the U.S. are now overwhelmingly produced in China.  Try living a year without buying anything “Made in China” and see how you like it (one woman seems...continued

Can Beijing Clear the Air in Time for the Olympics?

August 10, 2007

Posted by Alex Wang in Curbing Pollution , Greening China

Tags:
2008olympics, airpollution, beijing, china, cleanair

The hot topic in Beijing this week is whether the murky haze of smog that usually covers the city will be lifted when the world's athletes begin to descend on Beijing in August 2008.  This summer certainly hasn't been pretty...continued

Alex Wang
Alex Wang
Senior Attorney; Director, China Environmental Law Project
Beijing, China
I am based in NRDC's Beijing office, working with China's policy-makers, fledgling environmental groups, and...
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