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China becoming worlds renewable energy leader
2013-04-30 12:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: China is rapidly assuming a global leadership role on climate change alongside the U.S., a new study said Monday, but it warned greenhouse gas emissions worldwide continue to rise strongly. The report by the independent Australian-based Climate Commission, "The Critical Decade: International Action on Climate Change," presents an overview of action in the past nine months. The study found that every major economy had policies in place to tackle the issue, but China was at the forefront in strengthening...
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China to Surpass U.S. as Worlds Top Crude Importer, OPEC Says
2013-04-02 13:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: China is on course to overtake the U.S. as the worlds top crude importer by 2014, as the Asian countrys growing refining capacity boosts demand and Americas fracking boom cuts the need for foreign oil, OPEC said today. Imports to China may surpass 6 million barrels a day by the end of this year, according to an e-mailed report from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. U.S. oil imports declined 21 percent last year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Shipments...
A beautiful China also world's common desire
2013-03-03 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Xinhua: At the beginning of this year, just before the annual gathering of Chinese lawmakers and political advisors, an area of more than 1 million square km in east China was blanketed by heavy smog. In the capital city of Beijing, only five days were free of the hazardous weather phenomenon in January, with repeatedly higher-than-normal readings of PM2.5, fine particulate matter that is 2.5 microns or less in diameter. Moreover, the quality of China's underground water is also reportedly worsening....
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China tops U.S. as world's largest smart device market
2013-02-18 19:08:07| CNET News.com
China expected to finish the month with 246 million active Android and iOS smartphones and tablets compared with 230 million in the U.S., according to Flurry data. [Read more]
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For U.S. and China, Worlds Biggest Climate Polluters, Its Still Business as Usual
2013-02-04 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: China and the United States, the world's two largest economies, are responsible for emitting nearly half the planet's carbon dioxide emissions. China overtook the United States in 2006 as the world's biggest CO2 polluter due to its hardening coal addiction. Per capita, however, America's carbon footprint is far bigger. Both countries still have large fleets of coal plants and growing, but relatively tiny, renewable electricity sectors. Both have goals for lowering their global warming emissions--though...
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