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China's new environment law submitted to parliament
2014-04-22 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Amendments to China's 1989 environmental protection law that will mean stiffer punishments for polluters have been submitted to the country's parliament for deliberation, official news agency Xinhua reported late on Monday. The National People's Congress (NPC), China's legislature, will consider the amendments during its latest bimonthly session, which runs until Thursday this week, Xinhua said. The first change to the legislation in 25 years will give legal backing to Beijing's newly declared...
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China's coal boom is slowing that's huge deal for climate change
2014-04-18 14:36:59| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vox: How much global warming will we get in the future? That largely depends on how much extra carbon-dioxide humans put in the atmosphere. And that -- in large part -- hinges on how much coal China ends up burning in the years ahead. China has been growing rapidly -- and with 1.3 billion people, it needs a staggering amount of energy. Currently, 65 percent of that energy comes from coal, the most carbon-intensive of all fossil fuels. That's a huge deal: Over the last decade, fully half of the global...
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One-fifth of Chinas farmland polluted
2014-04-18 13:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: As much as 16% of Chinas soil is contaminated by dangerous pollutants, according to newly released information from the national environment ministry. The report, based on a seven-year survey covering 2.4 million square miles, found that about 16% of the country`s soil and 19% of its arable land was polluted. Some 82.8% of the contaminated samples contained toxic inorganic pollutants, such as nickel, mercury, arsenic, and lead. The report said it was certain that agricultural production...
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VIDEO: China's hard-hit steel industry
2014-04-16 11:06:29| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
China's economy grew 7.4% in the first three months of the year - slightly better than expected, but below the government's target.
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China's 7.4% growth beats forecast
2014-04-16 04:36:11| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
China's economy expanded by 7.4% in the first quarter of the year, better than expected but down from 7.7% at the end of 2013.
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