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China is certainly making serious efforts to deal with carbon emissions, U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern said Wednesday, adding he has "enormous respect" for what China is doing domestically. Stern told reporters that he knew China is doing a great deal with ...
Becoming a low-carbon city has become the latest trend as China steps up efforts to reduce its energy consumption and cut greenhouse gas emissions. At least 100 Chinese cities have announced plans to become low-carbon cities. Lhasa's plan to build a "sun city" powered by solar ...
China, the world s fastest-growing major economy, will meet its year-end energy conservation targets, said Zhao Jiarong, a deputy secretary general at the National Development and Reform Commission. The country will meet its goal of cutting energy consumption per unit of gross ...
Su Wei, the chief Chinese negotiator reaffirmed his confidence of making progress on Thursday at the ongoing UN climate change conference, held in Cancun, a resort city of Mexico. Head of the climate change department of China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)...
China said it s prepared to compromise in a debate between developing countries and Japan that could be disastrous for the outcome of United Nations climate talks in Cancun, Mexico. China s lead climate negotiator Su Wei said he s prepared to drop a demand that developed ...
China s environmental tax plan is awaiting approval by the State Council after being passed by the Ministry of Finance, State Administration of Taxation, and the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Economic Information Daily reported today, citing unidentified people ...
The European Investment Bank has agreed to provide a loan for climate change mitigation projects in China, according to a press release distributed before a briefing in Beijing today.
China will resort to more legal, technical and fiscal measures for greater progress in energy saving and emission reduction over the next 5 years, said officials attending the China International Green Industry Forum 2010 in Beijing Wednesday. Xie Zhenhua, deputy director of the ...
China's chief negotiator to the UN climate change talks in Cancun has said that since 2006 the country has emitted 10 percent less pollution than the previous five years. Xie Zhenhua, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, made the remarks before ...
Zhu Yuzu, manager of a privately owned brick factory in northwest China's Gansu Province, will have a long winter vacation starting on Thursday. His factory, in the capital city of Lanzhou, Gaolan Yellow River Brick, will suspend production till the end of March 2011. Zhu's ...
China will resort to more legal, technical and fiscal measures for greater progress in energy saving and emission reduction over the next 5 years, said officials attending the China International Green Industry Forum 2010 in Beijing Wednesday. Xie Zhenhua, deputy director of the ...
China has joined more than 190 other nations attending the opening day of UN climate talks in Cancun, Mexico. The two-week conference aims to tackle a range of issues dividing developed and developing economies. Around 15-thousand government delegates, environmentalists, business ...
Massive amounts of carbon are being released into the atmosphere as swathes of forests growing on peat swamps in Southeast Asia are being converted to palm oil plantations, prompting scientists to call for a special focus on them in the upcoming climate talks, a press statement ...
China put into use Thursday its latest air quality monitoring system which provides hourly air quality information of the country's major cities. According to a statement of the China National Environmental Monitoring Center (CNEMC), the new system provides air quality informatio...
The Global Sustainable Leaders Forum kicked off Tuesday in Beijing, gathering 600 youth delegates from more than 30 countries and regions to discuss the transition to a low-carbon economy and sustainable development. The three-day event is in part a celebration of the UN's ...
China would like to work with other governments and international organizations to assure positive results at the upcoming Cancun climate change conference, Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang said Wednesday. Li made the remarks during the China International Green Industry Expo 2010...
China Tuesday underlined its position on climate change for the upcoming Cancun Conference, vowing to "effectively control" greenhouse gas emissions over the next five years. China's pledge came in its Annual Report on Policies and Actions to Address Climate Change, which was ...
Chinese oil giant PetroChina reported an 81% rise in fourth-quarter net profit today, beating forecasts on the back of strong crude oil prices and robust domestic economic growth. Benchmark US crude prices rose about 12% in the fourth quarter from the third quarter, boosting the ...
China used 3 percent less energy for every economic unit produced in the first nine months compared with a year earlier, China Daily reported, citing Xie Zhenhua, vice chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission. The world s fastest-growing major economy is on ...
Sinopec, the largest refiner in Asia by capacity, has signed a US$9-billion agreement with state-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corp to set up a refinery joint venture in southern China, foreign media reported. The two partners will each hold a 50% stake in the JV, according to the ...
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