可再生能源－和树木－对于降低温室气体是非常重要的．但是，人工和单一的森林方法不能有效捕捉碳，而且会对生物多样化造成负面影响，冯永锋说。
Renewable energies – and trees -- are critical to reducing greenhouse gases. But manmade, single-species forests fail at carbon capture and adversely affect biodiversity, writes Feng Yongfeng.
中国内地目前每年产生的医疗废物约为六十五万吨，政府将投资六十八点九亿元人民币在全国城市建设三百项医疗废物集中处置设施。
China is investing around 7 billion yuan (US $875 million) in the construction of three hundred disposal facilities for the 650,000 tons of medical waste that the country produces every year.
全球变暖对人类有利吗? 茅于轼把知识视为人类获得可持续发展的工具。他认为，这种可持续性不仅仅是环境问题，更多的是社会问题。
Are there benefits to global warming? Yushi Mao sees human knowledge as a tool which will help us to cope in a world where sustainability is more a social than an environmental issue.
一项新的研究已确认，在1986年切尔诺贝利核电站事故中受到辐射的孩童和青少年，他们现在患甲状腺癌的几率不断增加。
A new study confirms a substantially increased risk of thyroid cancer among people exposed to radiation during childhood and adolescence after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident.
欧洲委员会周三表示，欧洲计划改变方针以遏制过度捕鱼，增加一些已被多年来欧盟渔船捕杀殆尽的鱼类，例如鳕鱼的数量。.
Europe plans to change tack in the way it tries to curb overfishing and boost numbers of species such as cod, depleted after years of quota-busting by EU fleets, the European Commission said on Wednesday.
中国新希望集团周三表示已获政府批准进口美国玉米。这表明中国政府不会再干预谷物贸易。
China Xiwang Sugar Holdings Co. Ltd. said on Wednesday it had obtained government approval for US corn imports, which signalled that Beijing would no longer stand in the way of the grain's trade.
