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CANCUN, Mexico - Nongovernmental organizations' (NGOs) contribution to fighting climate change should not be overlooked, China's climate chief negotiator, Xie Zhenhua, said in Cancun on Dec 9. Xie thanked representatives from the NGOs, including the World Widelife Fund (WWF), ...
Alejandro Garcia and many of his friends work as volunteers at the Moon Palace, the main venue for the ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference. "I don't know how much progress they're making," Garcia, a 22-year-old student at Anahuac University in Cancun, admitted. "But ...
CANCUN, Mexico - China will stay the course of sustainable, low-carbon and green development and will never repeat developed countries' old path of high energy consumption and unlimited emissions, China's climate chief negotiator said Wednesday. China still has a large population ...
By Cancun, Mexico Confirmation of the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol is the focal issue of the Cancun talks, Xie Zhenhua, head of the Chinese delegation, said in his meeting with representatives of international non-government organizations on the sideline of the ...
City looking for ways to get more people cycling Netizens have been excitedly debating a new proposal from the municipal government for a bicycle-sharing system to ease the city's traffic gridlock. The idea calls for 1,000 locations to be opened with more than 50,000 bikes for ...
Boosting water infrastructure construction in rural areas may be listed in China's first central document of 2011, the China Business News reported Thursday, citing Lu Xueyi, a scholar at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The "No 1 document," the first central document of ...
As local government calls for input, residents share ideas to cut congestion With the public feedback period for the recently released draft plan to deal with the capital's congestion ending on Sunday, Beijingers are offering up their suggestions for how the city can put the ...
It is widely accepted that China is the engine for worldwide economic recovery. But as the country continues to post staggering economic growth figures, its hunger for the commodity without which no engine can function - fuel - is becoming ever more apparent. Guaranteeing a long...
China, the world's second-biggest energy user, started construction of its first carbon dioxide capture and storage project in Ordos in Inner Mongolia to reduce emissions. The project will cost 210 million yuan ($30.9 million) and will be able to hold 100,000 metric tons of ...
CHANGSHA - A Chinese manufacturer has won a deal to produce five environment-friendly subway trains for India, the company's spokesman said Tuesday.Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co Ltd of China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Corporation Limited (CSR), China's main rail vehicles ...
At Rutgers University in New Jersey, 7,600 panels convert sunlight into electricity, saving some $200,000 in energy costs this year in the biggest solar-power experiment at a US college. Yingli Green Energy Holding Co, China's second-largest solar-panel maker, supplied the $10 ...
GENEVA - The Chinese ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva on Wednesday called for persistent international efforts in dealing with environment challenges such as climate change and the shortage of energy and natural resources. "Finding appropriate solutions to address these ...
DALIAN: The first environment equities exchange in northeast China - the eighth nationwide - opened Wednesday. The exchange in Dalian, a coastal city in Liaoning province, provided a platform to help develop a low-carbon economy, said Zhang Jun, deputy mayor of Dalian. It is ...
A World Bank working paper published online today pointed out that urban transportation public policy could affect a city's CO2 emissions in more ways than one. The paper, based on data available from 1993 to 2006 from 17 Chinese cities, found that increases in energy use and CO2 ...
BEIJING - China's endeavor to increase the use of clean energy got a big boost on Wednesday after an experimental fast reactor using the mostly homegrown fourth-generation nuclear technology reached the critical state. Fast reactors that run on the fourth-generation technology ...
SHANGHAI - The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has donated $820 million to fund about 100 environmental protection projects in China, GEF CEO and Chairperson Monique Barbut said here Tuesday. At an official celebration for GEF's Honorary Day at the Shanghai World Expo, Barbut ...
China may spend about 5 trillion yuan ($738 billion) in the next decade developing cleaner sources of energy to reduce emissions from burning oil and coal, a government official said. The government will submit plans to develop cleaner energy, including nuclear power and gas from ...
Efforts to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions through domestic cap-and-trade systems have acquired new urgency, as China is set to become the world's largest emitter and energy user in the coming decade. In the absence of a functioning global cap-and-trade system that is widespread ...
China Guangdong plans to start work this month, complete first phase by 2016 BEIJING - China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding Corp will start work on a nuclear power plant in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region later this month. Guangxi Investment Group will partner China Guangdong ...
BEIJING: Energy consumption growth in the second half of the year is likely to slow down as the government is planning tough measures against energy-intensive industries, sources said on Wednesday. Xie Zhenhua, vice-chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC...
Chicago unveils Chinese New Year celebrations
Chicago unveils Chinese New Year celebrations
CHICAGO -- Chicago held a ceremony Friday at the landmark Daley Civic ...
UN chief, Syrian FM in verbal clash at conference
UN chief, Syrian FM in verbal clash at conference
The first day of the peace conference in Montreux, was marked by ...
Chaos on streets after three reported killed in Kiev
Chaos on streets after three reported killed in Kiev
Three people have reportedly been killed in Ukraine's capital Kiev ...
Panel to push financial reform in FTZ
Panel to push financial reform in FTZ
Financial reform in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone will ...
Economist sees world economy strengthening in 2014
Economist sees world economy strengthening in 2014
NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Global economy is likely to gain ...
China economic reform in focus at World Economic Forum
China economic reform in focus at World Economic Forum
There’s been much talk of China at the World Economic Forum-and a ...
China's banks must evolve or perish
China's banks must evolve or perish
As China's traditional banks raise interest rates to claw back lost ...
Court rejects Apple lawsuit over iPad name
Court rejects Apple lawsuit over iPad name
Shenzhen Municipal Intermediate People's Court has rejected a lawsuit ...
Chinese steelmakers see profits plunge
Chinese steelmakers see profits plunge
China's 77 major steel companies reported an average profit margin of ...
Injured star short-track skater Wang Meng left out of China's squad for Sochi
Injured star short-track skater Wang Meng left out of China's squad for Sochi Winter Games
Injured Olympic champion Wang Meng has been ruled out of the 139...
Yao's gift of sport for all
Yao's gift of sport for all
Chinese NBA player Yao Ming teaches a boy with special needs how to ...
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
History-making tennis legend Li Na notched the first-ever grand slam ...