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With its fast-expanding carbon footprint, China is moving into the emissions ranks of developed-world countries, The Daily Telegraph said. The country’s per-capita emissions could exceed Britain’s by the end of 2012 and those of the United States by 2017, according to a UN-sponsored report by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. ...
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Production at a solar-panel factory in China was suspended after violent protests by residents of Haining, Zhejiang province, who blame the Zhejiang JinkoSolar Company plant for fouling the air and water, The New York Times reported. The local people cited toxic smokestack emissions and factory wastewater that they say has killed a large number of fish. Government...
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Over 17 Million people in Beijing and 100 000 people work on the front line of the waste and recycling industry in the city. Rubbish and Recycling is big business in China and its estimated that the Waste Treatment and Recycling Industry is worth over €14 billion Dollars in China. At the moment the collection of recyclable waste is generally a family...
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China’s State Oceanic Administration ordered a subsidiary of ConocoPhillips to halt all operations at the Penglai 19-3 oilfield in Bohai Bay, Reuters reported, saying the company has failed to seal a leak that has lasted more than two months. Citing negligence, the authorities ordered the company to stop injection, drilling and production...
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Off north-east China, the massive Bohai Bay oil spill may be worse than first thought, according to the US energy giant ConocoPhillips, Agence France-Presse reported. Chinese officials have ordered ConocoPhillips to clean up the sea bed by August 6, but the company said it had discovered an unknown quantity of “additional oil-based drilling mud...
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Two lead-emitting companies in Shanghai were ordered to suspend production after 25 children were diagnosed with excessive lead levels in their blood, Caixun.com said. The two companies in the Pudong Kangqiao Industrial Zone were identified as Shanghai Johnson Controls International Battery and Shanghai Xinming Auto Accessories. A nationwide safety...
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China’s cabinet ordered an investigation into the ConocoPhillips oil spill in Bohai Bay, Agence France-Presse reported. The State Council said the inquiry must ascertain the leak’s causes and consequences, determine legal responsibility and uphold the rights of people (such as fishermen) who have sustained losses.
Premier Wen Jiabao said the...
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The US oil-giant ConocoPhillips, already facing public condemnation and legal action for its oil spills off China’s northern coast, has found seven new leaks near a platform in Bohai Bay, Xinhua quoted maritime authorities as saying. Liu Cigui, head of the State Oceanic Administration’s North China Sea branch, referred to the spills –...
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Ahead of Saturday’s deadline for applications, more than 10 legal-advisory agencies have shown interest in handling a potential lawsuit against the US-based oil company ConocoPhillips over environmental damage from spills in Bohai Bay, China Daily cited maritime authorities as saying. The State Oceanic Administration said spills originating from...
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China’s second-biggest train maker, CNR, will recall 54 bullet trains used on the new showcase Beijing-Shanghai line for safety reasons, Reuters reported. CNR president Cui Dianguo said the trains had “experienced a number of quality failings” and the recall would mean a cut in services on the route. Earlier, CNR blamed service delays on...
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