Archive for ‘china’
Booming, polluted Beijing to build “green belt”
November 30th, 2007
Beijing will gird its concrete city limits with a kilometre-wide “green belt” to allow its densely packed residents space for rest and recreation, local media reported on Friday.
Popularity: 3%
China says will curb emissions if gets tech help
November 29th, 2007
China would “definitely do more” to cut its contribution to climate change if rich nations were willing to share clean energy technologies, its chief climate negotiator Yu Qingtai told Reuters on Thursday.
Popularity: 5%
China says rethink of IPR needed for energy saving
November 28th, 2007
Rich countries must rethink intellectual property protection on energy-saving technology if costs of such technology are to be within reach of developing nations, a top Chinese energy official said on Wednesday.
Popularity: 3%
China seeks rare blood type for Olympics
November 27th, 2007
Ahead of the 2008 Olympics, Beijing is preparing for an unprecedented influx of foreign visitors. Health Officials are promoting a blood collecting drive to ensure there is an adequate supply of the type of blood that is far more common in Caucasians than Asians.
Popularity: 25%
World to seek broader climate deal by 2009
November 27th, 2007
The world is to start a 2-year drive next month to bind outsiders led by the United States and China into a U.N.-led fight against climate change with the United Nations rating failure to act “almost inconceivable”.
Popularity: 7%
Sarkozy tackles Hu on yuan, human rights
November 26th, 2007
French President Nicolas Sarkozy brought his trademark directness to China on Monday, publicly urging President Hu Jintao to let the yuan rise more swiftly and cajoling Beijing to do more to respect human rights.
Popularity: 5%
Three Gorges impact not that bad
November 22nd, 2007
Chinese officials on Thursday refuted reports that the massive Three Gorges Dam trigged deadly landslides, part of an apparent attempt to play down the environmental impact of the giant water management project.
Popularity: 5%
UN panel gives dire warming forecast
November 17th, 2007
The Earth is hurtling toward a warmer climate at a quickening pace, a Nobel-winning U.N. scientific panel said in a landmark report released Saturday, warning of inevitable human suffering and the threat of extinction for some species.
Popularity: 4%
China the focus in clean cars race
November 16th, 2007
Automakers racing to find affordable ways to make cars environmentally sustainable are zeroing in on polluted, fuel-scarce China to help them take clean car concepts from the laboratory to the market.
Popularity: 5%
Shopaholic Hong Kong tackles waste
November 16th, 2007
Officials say Hong Kong’s three existing landfill sites - amongst the deepest in the world - are rapidly running out of space. Environmentalists are urging the government to promote cost effective recycling solutions to tackle the issue.
Popularity: 5%
Record pollution dumped in China river
November 14th, 2007
The amount of sewage dumped into China’s Yangtze River rose 3 percent last year to a record level, state media said Wednesday.
Popularity: 3%
China emission-cutting fund to reap up to $3 bln
November 9th, 2007
China could have as much as $3 billion coming to a state-owned fund that supports emissions-reducing ventures, if a slate of projects on its books win U.N. approval, the Finance Ministry said on Friday.
Popularity: 3%
China environment woes blamed on lack of planning
November 8th, 2007
Lack of central planning, ministerial infighting and a pervasive get-rich-quick attitude mean China’s environmental problems are not going away any time soon, a state newspaper on Thursday quoted an official as saying.
Popularity: 3%
China’s rising sands
November 8th, 2007
Nearly 30 percent of China’s land mass is covered by desert, and the sands are continuously spreading. Losing farm land to desertification directly affects the livelihood of 400 million Chinese, and is having a severe impact on the economy. An AFPTV report from Heshui village in the Gansu province
Popularity: 3%
China to reject binding emissions caps, Europe says
November 7th, 2007
China will not accept binding emissions caps in any pact to tackle global warming, a European Parliament team said on Wednesday, but added the bigger obstacle was those countries who might refuse to join the fight at all.
Popularity: 2%
