The capability of technical reading and writing and the understanding of research methodology are essential to an engineering student and will definitely affect his future career. This course will teach students the logic, sufficient and necessary conditions, and key points of technical reading and writing and research methodology first. And then via reviews of a variety of different excellent environmental-protection related papers (air pollution, wastewater, waste treatment and management, toxicants, soil pollution, and etc.) from technical and scientific journals to further master the ability of technical reading and writing and familiarize the methodology underlying research and development.