The lights on Shanghai's three tallest buildings will be switched off for an hour on Saturday night as part of a campaign to raise environmental awareness. Usually spectacularly lit, the Shanghai World Financial Center, Oriental Pearl TV Tower and Jin Mao Tower will be in darkness between 8:30pm and 9:30pm to ...

Electric vehicles have been trying to make it big since the late 1800s, and the story truly seems to be repeating itself today. Take the story of chemist Pedro Salom and inventor Henry Morris. The duo cruised the streets of Philadelphia aboard their 'Electrobat,' one of the first automobiles, on August ...

An eco-friendly sewage system is to be built on Chongming Island, ensuring virtually no waste water is discharged into wetlands that provide a vital habitat for birds. Work is scheduled to begin early next year in an area of 12.5 square kilometers around Dongtan Wetland on the island. This will be the ...

China is leading a push by Asia Pacific nations into green technology, which could be their ticket to sustained growth and reduced reliance on Western markets, the United Nations said Thursday.  This is much needed because of China’s incredible growth over the past decade. It said environmentally friendly industries could provide ...

The city is calling on 1,000 Chinese people and foreigners to volunteer to help plant trees on March 12, when the country marks its 30th Tree Planting Day anniversary at Fengxian Bay National Forest Park. Xiao Qianghua, director of the greenery office of Shanghai Landscaping Administration Bureau, said that the activity is ...

China faces acute environmental and resource strains that threaten to choke growth unless the world's second-biggest economy cleans up, the nation's environment minister said in an unusually blunt warning. In an essay published on Monday, Zhou Shengxian also said his agency wants to make assessing projected greenhouse gas emissions a part ...