Tragedy struck already water-parched northern China when a diesel oil pipeline owned by China National Petroleum spilled into the Yellow River yesterday. The compromised pipeline was sealed Wednesday after 150,000 liters of oil spilled into the nearby Wei river, an upstream tributary of China's second longest river in Shaanxi province. Attempts to contain the leak through diversion channels and floating damns ultimately failed: as a result, the spillage that finally leaked into the Yellow river has made the main source of water for millions of people undrinkable. With Beijing already sapping nearby water reserves, the spill could be devastating for much of the northern populace.
Massive oil leak renders Yellow River non potable
Less Blessed: Anyemaqen, Glaciers and the Yellow River
China Green has released another great look at some of the environmental problems plaguing this country. This time around, we head to the Tibetan plateau's Anyemaqen mountain range and the effects of climate change there. As explained on their website:
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Extra! Extra! Abuse, chemical spills and top-secret weather
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Extra! Extra! Mumbai, jailed reporters and self-immolation
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Extra! Extra! Torture, TomKat and turkey
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Looks like someone didn't eat their noodles
While noodling through a newspaper Shanghaiist came upon the story of an interesting archaeological find in Qinghai province: a remarkably well preserved bowl of mian that had been sitting there for 4,000 years. That's older than some of the stuff in our fridge.
Shanghai's cost of living and central heating south of the Yangtze
Teachers' salaries, the burbs and long underwear

