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Cost of Protecting Against Climate Change Much Smaller Than Cost of Damage in East Asia: ADB

18 Oct 2013- 10:26 by OOSKAnews Correspondent MANILA, Philippines Climate change in East Asia is expected to cause rising sea levels, more severe storms that will increase flooding and more intense droughts, putting some 12 million people from 23 cities at risk and costing as much as $864 billion
50-Year Rains Cause Severe Flooding in China's Sichuan Province

10 Jul 2013- 10:03 by Local Press Report BEIJING The New York Times Rainstorms said to be the worst in five decades have flooded large areas of southwest Sichuan Province in China, washing out bridges, triggering a landslide that buried dozens of people and destroying a memorial to victims of the
Peru's President Looks to Chinese Investment
Beijing Water Supply Threatened by Upriver Garbage

A 23,000-square meter trash heap in Henan province is leaching garbage into a river that feeds Yangzhuang reservoir every time heavy rains hit the region.
900 Dead Pigs Found in Chinese Water Supply
Apple Supplier in China Penalized for Environmental Degradation

Chinese authorities have penalized an Apple supplier for environmental damage.

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