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China Coal Decline
2015-03-04 17:42:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Abrupt - Significant - Turnaround In a potentially significant shift, Chinese production and consumption of coal to generate electricity in 2014 fell 3 percent, according to the Chinese government. It was the first decline in 14 years, after China mounted a long-term campaign to electrify under-served regions predominantly through rapid expansion of coal-fired electric generaiton. read more
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China Sets Coal Consumption Standards For Power Plants
2014-09-30 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Clean Technica: China is taking serious initiatives to reduce dependence on coal as it looks ready to unleash unprecedented measures to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) is spearheading efforts to reduce pollution from coal-fired power plants and has, in collaboration with the National Energy Administration and the Ministry of Environment Protection, issued coal consumption standards. The standards are part of China`s climate change plan for 2020. As...
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New China coal mines uneconomic
2014-09-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A potential $112 billion (R1.2 trillion) of coal mine expansion and development to 2025 is uneconomic at current spot coal prices, a report by non-profit financial think tank Carbon Tracker Initiative (CTI) said on Monday. CTI, which works to highlight how investment in fossil fuel resources might be affected by the global drive to curb climate change, said many of the world's future coal mines are not economic as Chinese demand growth slows. The report was published the day before a major...
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Coal gas boom in China holds climate change risks
2014-08-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Deep in the hilly grasslands of remote Inner Mongolia, twin smoke stacks rise more than 200 feet into the sky, their steam and sulfur billowing over herds of sheep and cattle. Both day and night, the rumble of this power plant echoes across the ancient steppe, and its acrid stench travels dozens of miles away. This is the first of more than 60 coal-to-gas plants China wants to build, mostly in remote parts of the country where ethnic minorities have farmed and herded for centuries. Fired up in...
U.S., China ink coal, clean energy deals but climate differences remain
2014-07-09 11:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The United States and China on Tuesday signed eight partnership pacts to cut greenhouse gases that will bring the world's two biggest carbon emitters closer together on climate policy, but fundamental differences between the two sides remain. Consensus between the United States and China will be a crucial part of any new global climate pact to replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, but they have long struggled to come to an agreement on how the costs of cutting greenhouse gases should be distributed among...
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