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"Death rates soar above the national averages in small communities near industrial and chemical plants in China. Roll over the dark green circles …"

"EU's executive arm accuses China of selling panels below-cost and threatening 25,000 jobs in the European solar industry"

"China's cabinet has outlined measures aimed at improving the country's air pollution problems, which have plagued many of its larger cities over recent years. One of the main measures, announced in state media over the weekend, is a target to reduce emissions from heavily polluting industries by 30% by the end of 2017. In statement after a meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang, the State Council said there would be "tough measures for tough tasks""

"In June 2012, "Welcome to the Anthropocene"-a film about the state of the planet-opened the UN's Rio+20 summit on sustainable development. The summit was the largest UN meeting to date. 3mins 38 worth watching A 3-minute journey through the last 250 years of our history, from the start of the Industrial Revolution to the Rio+20 Summit. The film charts the growth of humanity into a global force on an equivalent scale to major geological processes. "

"Off-shoring used to be a buzzword for British industry - with company after company shifting its production to lower cost countries. But now there are signs that the opposite is happening as some businesses re-locate production to the UK, in a process some are calling "re-shoring""

If you have 5 mins read this ...... am i going mad. This is ludicrous

"As online shopping explodes in Britain, helping to push traditional retailers such as HMV out of business, more and more jobs are moving from high-street shops into warehouses like this one. Under pressure from politicians and the public over its tax arrangements, Amazon has tried to stress how many jobs it is creating across the country at a time of economic malaise. The undisputed behemoth of the online retail world has invested more than £1bn in its UK operations and announced last year that it would open another three warehouses over the next two years and create 2,000 more permanent jobs. Amazon even had a quote from David Cameron, the prime minister, in its September press release. "This is great news, not only for those individuals who will find work, but for the UK economy," he said."

"The Maersk 'Triple-E' container ship is the biggest vessel in the world. But what goes into building the ultimate engine of commerce? Click on the yellow hotspots to read more about what makes the ship a state of the art machine."

"You hear the squeals of the pigs long before reaching a set of long buildings set in rolling hills in southern China. Feeding time produces a frenzy as the animals strain against the railings around their pens. But this is no ordinary farm. Run by a fast-growing company called BGI, this facility has become the world's largest centre for the cloning of pigs."