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Beijings War on Coal
2014-08-08 17:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: China announced its latest step in the war on pollution this week, with a Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau official declaring a ban on coal power and the sale of coal in Beijing by the end of 2020, due to its acute health and environmental impacts. While it constitutes a relatively small portion in Chinas annual coal use, analysts expect neighboring provinces to follow suit. According to official statistics, coal use accounted for 25.4 percent of the capitals energy consumption...
Beijing's coal ban may herald the end of the fuel
2014-08-07 19:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: Could the world be approaching peak coal production? It sounds unlikely, given that demand for the black stuff has surged in the past decade. But Beijing is planning to ban coal burning in its six central districts from 2020. If energy-hungry China backs away from coal, the demise of the world's dirtiest fuel may be at hand. The Beijing plan was announced on Monday by the city's Municipal Bureau of Environmental Protection. It is no pipedream. The first of four big coal-fired power stations,...
Beijing's bid to move polluting firms watched warily in nearby regions
2014-04-17 11:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China's capital has ordered more than 50 companies to shut down this year in an effort to cut pollution but pushing factories out could raise objections in surrounding areas reluctant to host Beijing's polluters. Smog-shrouded Beijing and the surrounding province of Hebei have become a front in a "war against pollution" declared by Premier Li Keqiang last month. But experts say efforts to cut coal consumption and industrial output in big cities like Beijing is likely to put pressure on other...
How the Ukraine Crisis Could Help Clear Beijing's Smog
2014-04-10 09:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Vladimir Putins land grab in Ukraine has led to Russias worst crisis with the West since the end of the Cold War, but it may have one favorable consequence for people far away from Crimea. With Russias lucrative exports of natural gas to Europe now threatened, Putin needs to find new customers to the East--and that could mean the smog-choked residents of Beijing and other Chinese cities may be able to breathe a little more easily. For the Chinese, a Russian pipeline would help reduce the reliance...
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Private sector wary of Beijing's plan for 'mixed economy'
2014-03-16 22:36:12| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Private sector executives see long road ahead for Beijing's plan to let market forces play a bigger role in economy given past experience Implementing Beijing's plan of forcing state-owned enterprises to offer assets and investment opportunities to private firms will not be easy, some mainland business leaders say.
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