Archive for ‘china’
China environment agency gets more power
February 29th, 2008
China’s government is boosting the authority of its environmental watchdog agency in an attempt to rein in the rampant pollution that has become a byproduct of the nation’s rapid economic growth.
Popularity: 4%
Olympics-Six China provinces ordered to cut pollution
February 22nd, 2008
China has ordered Beijing and five surrounding provinces to cut industrial pollution for two months from late July to ensure clean air for the Olympics and Paralympics, an official said on Friday.
Popularity: 12%
China factories move inland to avoid green scrutiny
February 20th, 2008
New “green laws” and growing public intolerance for polluters are driving dirty Chinese factories inland from coastal regions to escape higher costs and tighter scrutiny, a think-tank said on Wednesday.
Popularity: 3%
China: rich `culprits’ on climate change
February 16th, 2008
Negotiations on a new treaty to fight global warming will fail if rich nations are not treated as “culprits” and developing countries as “victims,” China’s top climate envoy said.
Popularity: 3%
China snows show world faces new disasters
February 6th, 2008
China’s devastating snowstorms and cold of the past months show that the world must prepare for new types of disasters caused by what was once called freak weather, United Nations experts said on Wednesday.
Popularity: 3%
China asks for more leeway on greenhouse gas
February 5th, 2008
China said on Tuesday it should be given more leeway over its rising greenhouse gas emissions as it was a world manufacturer and exporter, benefiting people at home and internationally.
Popularity: 4%
China stuggles with power shortages
January 27th, 2008
Many blame the current situation where coal prices are free to float while power prices are fixed. The ongoing heavy snow in many parts of China, which snarls coal transportation and destroys electricity cables, is also to blame for the crisis.
Popularity: 4%
Rising sea levels threaten China cities
January 17th, 2008
Sea levels off Shanghai and other Chinese coastal cities are rising at an alarming rate, leading to contamination of drinking water supplies and other threats, China’s State Oceanic Administration reported Thursday.
Popularity: 3%
Sea levels rising at ‘alarming’ rate, say Chinese scientists
January 16th, 2008
Scientists say new figures show that sea levels along China’s coast are rising at an ”alarming” rate due to global warming, with some cities more affected because excessive extraction of groundwater is causing ground levels to sink, state-run media reported Wednesday.
Popularity: 2%
China eyes energy, environment ministries in March
January 14th, 2008
China will likely get an energy ministry in March and upgrade its environment watchdog to ministry status, sources said on Monday, as it aims to boost fuel security with oil at $100 a barrel and cut back on pollution.
Popularity: 5%
Shoppers: It’s BYO bag in China
January 9th, 2008
Declaring war on the “white pollution” choking its cities, farms and waterways, China is banning free plastic shopping bags and calling for a return to the cloth bags of old — steps largely welcomed by merchants and shoppers on Wednesday.
Popularity: 3%
Ice town sweats from global warming
January 9th, 2008
China’s hometown to ice sculptures, Harbin, is suffering from global warming.
Popularity: 4%
China seen surging to top wind turbine maker in 09
January 8th, 2008
China will leap to be the top wind turbine producer in 2009, transforming an already fast-growing renewable energy sector, a leading wind power industry official said.
Popularity: 2%
China launches surprise crackdown on plastic bags
January 8th, 2008
China launched a surprise crackdown on plastic bags on Tuesday, banning production of ultra-thin bags and forbidding its supermarkets and shops from handing out free carriers from June 1.
Popularity: 2%
China ice festival feels heat from climate change
January 8th, 2008
Chinese scientists have warned that climate change is hurting the most famous draw in the northern city of Harbin — its annual ice sculpture contest.
Popularity: 3%
