As air worsens, China travelers seek 'smog escapes'
China's travelers are driven not only by curiosity about the world, but also by a desire to get away from increasing air pollution in China's cities.
China's travelers are driven not only by curiosity about the world, but also by a desire to get away from increasing air pollution in China's cities.
A 2-year test will determine whether covering highways with solar panels is a useful way to produce clean electricity.
As part of a fight against pollution, the city will test rooftop gardens on buses and bus shelters to absorb CO2 emissions.
Stung by bad publicity and concerned about health issues, Paris is taking strong steps to curb its rat population.
Onward for a 3rd day of walking along the Thames Path, PortMoresby is astonished to stumble into a remnant of historic Richmond Palace.
At Weymouth, England, a habitation designed to attract helpful insects, including beetles, and some amusing insect models.
Long despised as an American habit brought on by over-large portions, doggy bags are becoming popular in France as a way to end food waste.
Denmark builds an urban ski slope on its new Copenhagen ultra-green power plant.
Spain worries about being swamped in tourism as other countries lose business, and also worries that the visitors are not spending enough.
Denmark's dealing with a unique problem: too many rainbow trout. 80,000 of them escaped from a fish farm and are threatening local fish life.
Along the Mersey in Liverpool, a low tide brings opportunity for gulls to scavenge, and for PHeymont to turn his lens on the birds, again.
A new guidebook to Yellowstone catches Marilyn Jones's attention, and triggers some thoughts on travel books generally.
Madrid and other Spanish cities have developed colonies of Quaker parrots, an invasive species that arrived as pets.
The 2016 list of Top 100 Sustainable Destinations seems to have an alphabet bias in honoring destinations that have embraced sustainable development.
Swiss and Austrian snowfall studies show that snow has been coming later and melting earlier, raising issues for resorts and the environment.