Believe it or not, China has an entire weather-modification department devoted to trying to stop rain for the opening night of the Olympics. Will they succeed?

Posted by Gerardo Orlando as Domestic Politics, Economy, Energy, Environment, Sports at 7:53 pm

With pollution out of control, the Chinese government needs to do something to improve the air during the Olympics. Otherwise, they’re going to have lots of sick athletes and their glorious PR campaign will fall flat. The solution? Force factories to stop production in the weeks leading up to the games.

Posted by Gerardo Orlando as Domestic Politics, Economy, Energy, Environment at 10:22 pm

China bans free plastic shopping bags. They have a long way to go on the environment, but every little bit helps.

Posted by Gerardo Orlando as Domestic Politics, Environment at 1:42 pm

Pollution costs China over 500 billion yuan in 2004. As the economy grows, this will become a huge issue for the Chinese people.

Posted by Gerardo Orlando as Economy, Environment at 1:45 pm