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China gets tough polluters, nixes projects worth $19.5 billion
2014-02-11 11:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China's environmental watchdog vetoed as many as 32 projects with a total investment of 118.4 billion yuan ($19.5 billion) last year as it stepped up efforts to get tough on industrial polluters, a senior official said on Tuesday. Zhai Qing, the vice-environment minister, told reporters his ministry was working to improve its environmental assessment capabilities and strengthen its powers to monitor and punish polluters. "I think our ability to enforce and monitor is extremely important......
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China gets tough on carbon
2013-06-12 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature: China, responsible for about one-quarter of the worlds carbon dioxide emissions, has ambitious goals to reduce them -- but has been unwilling to set absolute targets for fear of slowing economic growth. There are now signs that its position is changing. On 18 June, the country will launch an emissions-trading scheme in the southern city of Shenzhen, marking its first attempt to cut emissions using market mechanisms. Under the scheme, more than 630 industrial and construction companies will be...
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With CO2 Cuts Tough, U.S. and China Pledge a Push on a Rarer Greenhouse
2013-06-09 05:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: As some environmental analysts had hoped, President Obama and President Xi Jinping of China found room to maneuver on global warming in their California desert retreat. They sidestepped the super wicked issues impeding restrictions of the greenhouse gas of greatest concern, carbon dioxide, and staff released a joint statement on plans to cut releases of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, a potent group of heat-trapping gases. Below you can read the joint statement, followed by a link to a 2010 Times...
VIDEO: China graduates face tough job market
2013-05-17 03:10:22| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Youth unemployment in Asia may be relatively low compared to the rest of the world, but it is rising and the jobs market is getting tough, even for college graduates.
China imposes tough new fuel standards as renewables boom gathers pace
2013-03-22 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Just days after China's new premier, Li Keqiang, promised to "show even greater resolve" in the government's promised crackdown on air and water pollution, officials have reportedly confirmed tough new fuel efficiency standards for new cars in the world's largest auto market. According to Reuters' reports, five government bodies, including the National Development and Reform Commission, have confirmed long-awaited fuel efficiency rules that will require manufacturers to deliver average fleet efficiency...
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