New York Times: The cost of environmental degradation in China in 2010 was about $230 billion, or 3.5 percent of the nations gross domestic product, an official Chinese news report said this week. The statistic came from a study by the Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning, which is part of the Ministry of Environmental Protection. So far, only partial results of the study are available. The 2010 figure was reported on Monday by a newspaper associated with the ministry. The estimated loss for that year was...