Industrial News
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October 08, 2010
A Chinese environmental update
China’s water-resource imbalances between the dry north and the wetter south may worsen due to global climate changes and economic activities, Xinhua quoted vice minister Hu Siyi as saying. The country will face unprecedented challenges in saving water during the period of the next five-year plan, from 2011...
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October 01, 2010
A Chinese environmental update
Using Suzhou as a test case, scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California have created a new energy model for Chinese cities, according to PhysOrg.com. The model, by the lab’s China Energy Group, is the first to calculate an entire city’s embodied energy rating, said The Daily Californian,...
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A Chinese environmental update
China has gone beyond merely influencing the Brazilian economy and has begun reshaping it, bringing bonanzas to some industries and burdens to others, according to Reuters. As the countries’ economies grow, they have become increasingly intertwined, but their relationship is hardly equal.
Moscow and Beijing have agreed on...
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September 17, 2010
A Chinese environmental update
The prospects of a new global climate-change treaty still hinge on resolving the “huge differences” between rich nations and the developing world, Reuters quoted Su Wei, head of the climate-change office at China’s National Development and Reform Commission, as saying. Another round of talks is to begin...
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September 10, 2010
A Chinese environmental update
While China’s booming clean-energy sector is fast dominating the production of green technologies, much of its success lies in aggressive government policies that help the crucial export industry in ways not used by most other governments, The New York Times reported. These measures – including heavy subsidies...
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September 03, 2010
A Chinese environmental update
Chinese officials have ordered state-owned companies to meet with investment bankers to explore potential options to block the Australian mining giant BHP Billiton’s bid for Canada’s PotashCorp, Reuters reported. Beijing’s order underscores China’s concern over the BHP bid and its implications for...
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August 27, 2010
A Chinese environmental update
Fierce rain pounded the Yalu River basin in north-east China as the week ended, just days after the river on the border with North Korea flooded, Xinhua quoted flood-control officials in Liaoning province as saying. At least eight people were reported dead, with 170,000 evacuated and 1,100 houses toppled. Shipping...
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August 20, 2010
A Chinese environmental update
Rescue crews continued to search for scores of people left missing and feared dead in south-western China, the Associated Press said, after torrential rains triggered massive mudslides during a summer plagued by deadly rains and flooding. The latest landslide, a layer of mud and rock several metres thick, crashed...
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August 13, 2010
A Chinese environmental update
Torrential rain across western China has caused more mudslides and flooding – and additional deaths -- Reuters quoted state media as saying. Gansu and Sichuan provinces have been badly affected, and more rain is forecast.
From Beijing, Bloomberg News cited a water-resources ministry official as saying that...
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A Chinese environmental update
An investigation by Greenpeace into the Dalian oil spill makes a compelling case for an alternative account of the July 16 accident, The New York Times reported. In preliminary findings, Greenpeace said that after the explosion at the Dalian Xingang oil terminal, large quantities of oil were deliberately released from onshore tanks...
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