Archive for ‘china’
2030 global CO2 emissions expected to surge 56% over 2005 level
November 7th, 2007
Global carbon dioxide emissions in 2030 will likely be 56 percent higher than in 2005 due chiefly to burgeoning CO2 emissions from China and India, the International Energy Agency said in an annual report Wednesday.
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China blames warming for growing water shortages
November 5th, 2007
China suffers a water shortage of nearly 40 billion cubic metres a year which Water Resources Minister Chen Lei blamed largely on global warming, state media reported on Monday. “The changes have led to a combination of both frequent drought and flooding,” the China Daily newspaper quoted Chen as saying
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Olympics-IOC chief says daily pollution tests for Beijing Games
November 1st, 2007
International Olympic Committee chief Jacques Rogge said on Thursday that a monitoring system would be set up in Beijing to gauge whether air pollution warranted delaying events at next year’s Games.
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Wind turbine maker Nordex invests 70 million dollars in China
November 1st, 2007
German wind turbine manufacturer Nordex is to invest 50 million euro (72.3 million dollars) in China to almost quadruple production by 2011, the company announced Thursday.
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Heroes of the Environment
November 1st, 2007
Former Philippine professor, think-tank founder and one of China’s richest men appear in Time’s Heroes of the Environment.
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Olympics-Even with “blue skies”, is Beijing’s air safe?
October 31st, 2007
Beijing has vowed that next year’s Olympic Games will take place under blue skies, but even on an apparently clear day the pollution levels may not be safe for athletes.
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Unhealthy lifestyles blamed for rising rates of breast cancer among urban Chinese women
October 30th, 2007
An increasing taste for Western-style junk food and unhealthy lifestyles have caused the rate of breast cancer among urban Chinese women to jump sharply over the past decade, a state-run newspaper said Tuesday.
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Chinese province sees high rates of birth defects in coal mining areas
October 29th, 2007
Coal mining regions of northern China are reporting soaring levels of defects in newborn babies as an apparent result of heavy pollution, state media said Monday, citing a local population planning official.
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China announces $14 billion lake cleanup
October 27th, 2007
China has announced a multibillion-dollar plan to clean up a severely polluted lake where an algae bloom forced the suspension of water supplies to millions of people this summer.
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Beijing set to meet Games pledge on water recycling
October 24th, 2007
Beijing will meet its Olympic commitments on sewage treatment and water recycling by the end of the year, officials said on Wednesday. Organisers who made “Green Olympics” one of the three central pillars of the 2008 Summer Games are keen to emphasise their environmental credentials with the seventh world forum on Sport and the Environment being held in the city …
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Pigs into the ring of fire
October 18th, 2007
The piglets are trained from the age of two months and keepers have to keep a close eye on their weight. If they get too fat, they’re out of the show.
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China attempts to go green
September 27th, 2007
Solar energy is flourishing in China as it attempts to reduce the impact of industrialisation.
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China’s solar market heats up
September 24th, 2007
China is now the world’s second largest investor into renewable energy, and is eyeing even more international business opportunities in this area.
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Chinese man fights polluters
September 12th, 2007
A local farmer is in jail after speaking out at big business for allegedly polluting local rivers in China.
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Merkel visits China
August 27th, 2007
Angela Merkel urges China, on her second visit to the country, calls for more effort to tackle the issues of climate change and rampant intellectual property rights abuses.
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