Polluted River Runs Red in China

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A pollution spill on a branch of the Yangtze River has affected…

Fertilizer Finishes-off Fish

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Water pollution from homemade fertilizer affected the drinking…

Drought leaves 250,000 short of drinking water in north China

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About 250,000 people in north China's Hebei Province, which neighbors…

Investing in the future of water in rural China

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China has allocated 38 billion yuan (5.3 billion U.S. dollars)…

Three Gorges cleanup effort fails to improve water quality.

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Despite an ambitious, multibillion-dollar effort to clean up…
Video: Desert Overtaking Inner Mongolia

Video: Desert Overtaking Inner Mongolia

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Changes in patterns of precipitation in an already parched region, leading to severe shortages of freshwater.
Video: Reign of Sand

Video: Reign of Sand

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The blowing sand in Inner Mongolia is more evidence of the consequences of the duel China fights as it promotes rapid industrial development.

Blackwater: Rare Court Victory in Pollution Case

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Dianhua Paper Mill discharged wastewater into a lagoon, killing sheep, sickening people, and damaging grasslands.

A Track to Modern Nomads

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East Umchjin County, near the border with Mongolia, a place renowned for what Chinese scientists call "typical grasslands.

Drinking Milk Tea

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An Inner Mongolia herder, confined by the government to a small pasture for his animals, is nevertheless more fortunate than some.

China Faces Reign of Sand

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INNER MONGOLIA, CHINA (January 21, 2008) – Furious dust and…

China Faces Reign of Sand: Circle of Blue Reports on Inner Mongolia’s Expanding Desert

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INNER MONGOLIA, CHINA – Furious dust and sandstorms from Inner Mongolia cripple airports, darken skies, and choke millions of people across East Asia every spring. According to "Reign of Sand," the new multimedia report from Circle of Blue, the storms are growing in intensity and frequency, and the primary causes are deepening drought in northern China and the mismanagement of the largest grasslands on earth.