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China Coal Cap Could Strand Assets Around the World
2014-06-06 22:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: Analysts believe that China--the world`s largest producer and consumer of coal, accounting for almost half of global consumption--could be close to making an abrupt and drastic change of track. A report by the Carbon Tracker Initiative and the Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA) says that when China`s demand for thermal coal (cheap coal burned in power stations to generate electricity) peaks, this will leave up to 40 percent of its coal-fired power generation...
China Seeks to Cap Fossil Fuel Emissions for First Time
2014-06-06 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: China is working on how to cap its greenhouse gas emissions for the first time, an effort that would spur the worldwide effort to hold back climate change. The worlds biggest producer of fossil fuel emissions has been studying for more than a year how and when it might be able to make its pollution levels peak and hopes to act as soon as possible, said Xie Zhenhua, Chinas lead envoy to the United Nations global warming talks. China will behave in a very responsible way for Chinese people...
China says will cap greenhouse gas output soon, but no date set
2014-06-05 18:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China plans to cap its soaring emissions of greenhouse gases as soon as possible but has not yet decided when, Beijing's top negotiator at U.N. climate talks said on Thursday. Xie Zhenhua, vice chairman of China's National Development and Reform Commission, also welcomed U.S. measures to combat global warming, saying both nations were "working very hard to address climate change". "We will try our utmost to peak as early as possible," Xie told reporters on the sidelines of U.N. talks on global...
Industry Responds to EPA's Emissions Cap on Power Plants
2014-06-04 19:22:00| Transmission & Distribution World
The big news over the past week is the EPA's proposed guidelines to reduce carbon emissions from coal power plants. Content Classification: Curated read more
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China announces 2016 emissions cap after new US power plant restrictions
2014-06-03 15:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: China, the worlds biggest polluter, has claimed it will set legal limits on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions starting from 2016. The announcement comes just a day after the US unveiled tighter restrictions on power plants in order to cut pollution by 30%. The news is likely to provide a major boost for next years climate negotiations in Paris, considering that the US and China alone account for around 37% of global emissions. China had already announced its intentions to set climate targets...
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