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China's slowdown and the global glut

2013-07-30 01:46:18| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

How China's slowdown affects the world economy

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The role of Chinas forests in mitigating climate change

2013-07-27 11:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

World Agro Forestry: Forest areas in China are rapidly expanding through reforestation and afforestation activities. There has been much discussion in China about opportunities for climate change mitigation through carbon sequestration and through opportunities for producing feedstock for electricity generation and liquid fuels from new forest plantations. There has been less discussion about the role that existing forests could and should play in climate change mitigation. A recent set of studies carried out by an...

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Chinas coal-fired economy dying of thirst as mines lack water

2013-07-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Bloomberg: At first glance, Daliuta in northern China appears to have a river running through it. A closer look reveals the stretch of water in the center is a pond, dammed at both ends. Beyond the barriers, the Wulanmuluns bed is dry. Daliuta in Shaanxi province sits on top of the worlds biggest underground coal mine, which requires millions of liters of water a day for extracting, washing and processing the fuel. The town is the epicenter of a looming collision between Chinas increasingly scarce supplies...

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Influencing China's healthcare industry

2013-07-24 02:32:50| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Bribery claims highlight corruption in China's health system

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China's Shenhua drains groundwater for coal project-Greenpeace

2013-07-23 10:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: A project operated by China's largest coal miner, Shenhua Group, has reduced groundwater levels in a region of Inner Mongolia and discharged high levels of toxic wastewater, environmental campaign group Greenpeace said on Tuesday. The report, the first by Greenpeace to single out and publicly challenge one of China's powerful state-owned companies, comes as the country's new leadership steps up its focus on pollution amid growing protests over environmental degradation. China recently canceled...

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