China's green progress leaves US red-faced
(Apr 13)
China's green progress leaves US red-faced Guardian.co.ukChina pushes ahead with an emissions trading scheme, while American initiatives remain sunk in Congressional quicksand
Importing Coal, China Burns It as Others Stop
(Nov 22)
By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL Even as developed countries close or limit the construction of coal-fired power plants out of concern over pollution and climate-warming emissions, coal has found a rapidly expanding market elsewhere: Asia, particularly China. At ports in Canada, Australia, Indonesia, Colombia and South Africa, ships are lining up to load coal for furnaces in
Amid Trade Tensions, U.S. Creates More Clean Tech Research Partnerships With China
(Sep 15)
By DARIUS DIXON of ClimateWire The number of clean energy partnerships between the United States and China reached a new peak when the U.S. Energy Department announced two new consortia aimed at tackling clean vehicles and 'clean' coal technology earlier this month. Along with a substantial funding pool totaling $100 million, split evenly among the two countries, the new
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(May 12)
China environmentalist alleges brutal jail treatment By Robert Saiget (AFP) – 19 hours ago BEIJING — A top Chinese environmentalist said Tuesday he was beaten and suffered brutal treatment while serving a three-year jail term imposed after he spoke out about rampant pollution in a major lake.Wu Lihong also told AFP that authorities tried to force him to confess to bogus extortion charges. He
Has China Really Gotten Serious About Climate Change?
(Sep 25)
A thick smog settles over Beijing. Paula Bronstein / Getty
Via Time.com By Bill Powell Thursday, Sep. 24, 2009 To get a sense of how far the Chinese leadership has come on the issue of climate change in a relatively short period, consider a conference held two years
E-Waste: There’s an App for That
(Sep 24)
The iPhone is coming to China -- and so is a lot of technological trash. BY ADAM MINTER | SEPTEMBER 23, 2009 <!-- END ARTICLE MAST --> <!-- ARTICLE BODY --> Before year's end, Apple and China Unicom will finally launch the iPhone in China, leaving hundreds of thousands of affluent Chinese cell-phone users with an increasingly pressing question: What should
Three river delta areas sinking, report claims
(Sep 24)
By Wang Qian (China Daily)
Updated: 2009-09-23 07:40
Three river deltas in China are sinking due to global warming and excessive extraction of underground water, leaving millions of people with an increasing risk of floods, a recent scientific report showed.
The Pearl, Yangtze and Yellow river deltas in China are among the 33 major deltas studied, with 24 of them found to be sinking,
