China Environment

If China Has a John Stossel, Be Afraid, Very Afraid

Adam Moser | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Water Pollution, China Pollution, Green Jobs, China Water Crisis, China Environment, Environmentalism, Green Living, Pollution, Air Pollution, China, John Stossel, Green News

America's geography blesses it with abundant natural resources and a relatively small population. But China lacks such advantages.

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Struggling To Lead The Charge On Electric Cars

AP | JOE McDONALD | Posted 04.26.2012

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BEIJING (AP) — China's leaders are finding it's a lot tougher to create a world-beating electric car industry than they hoped. In 200...

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In China, a Growing Call to Environmental Action

Mark Tercek | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Beijing Pollution, Green News, China Three Gorges Dam, China Pollution, China Timber, China Floods, China Deforestation, China Environment, Green News

China's environmental challenges are enormous, but as the country's government, businesses and citizens increasingly recognize the link between healthy natural systems and the country's prosperity, we have an big opportunity to help China achieve a sustainable future.

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China Lead Pollution Reportedly Poisons Over 100 Children

Reuters | Posted 05.04.2012

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BEIJING, March 4 (Reuters) - Lead emission from factories and the natural environment in China's manufacturing heart of Guangdong has poisoned 160 c...

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What Jeremy Lin and US-China Cooperation on Climate Change Don't (Yet) Have in Common

Angel Hsu | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Climate Policy, China Climate Change, Xi Jinping, China Environment, Climate Change, Jeremy Lin, Environmental Performance Index, US China Climate Policy, Durban Climate Conference, Green News

If China and the U.S. aim to bring their own version of "Linsanity" to climate and energy policy under new leadership, then both countries must pursue active and open dialogue and seek middle ground in the current race of self-interest.

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Chinese Residents Fight To Reveal Secret Pollution Data

AP | LOUISE WATT | Posted 02.06.2012

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The Climate Post: Ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies May Be the Way to Jumpstart Climate Finance

Mason Inman | Posted 11.29.2011

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Just five years ago, climate change adaptation was a taboo subject among many environmentalists -- as a feature in Earth Island Journal recounts -- but things have changed a lot in recent years.

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My Conversation With Dr. Henry Kissinger

Tavis Smiley | Posted 08.20.2011

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I spoke at length with former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger about a number of critical issues facing China, including the intersection of environmental and economic forces.

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China vs. US: Shape of Things to Come?

Edward Flattau | Posted 05.25.2011

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There are those who predict that China will eventually eclipse the U.S. as the world's most powerful nation. Maybe -- if China's recent rhetoric about its environmentally sustainable future prove to be true.

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Global Warming's Biggest Challenge? China's Consumers

nytimes.com | Keith Bradsher | Posted 05.25.2011

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If China cannot meet its own energy-efficiency targets, the chances of avoiding widespread environmental damage from rising temperatures "are very clo...

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Largest Ever China Oil Spill Grows, Official Warns Of 'Severe Threat'

Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATED 07/22 -- Scroll down for photos of the China oil spill (AP)BEIJING - China and environmental observers said cleanup efforts on the country...

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China: Spirituality Or Materialism?

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 11.17.2011

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Stripped of their cultural heritage by the brutality of the Cultural Revolution, the Chinese seem to be in a headlong rush to what they think they want and need--the material excess of the West.

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China Surprising Leader In Green-Technology

Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.25.2011

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China looms large over the global climate summit in Copenhagen, where Chinese officials are pressing the U.S. and other rich nations to accept new cur...

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Counting on China's Burgeoning Green Technology Marketplace

Joseph Meuse | Posted 05.25.2011

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A bumper crop of Chinese companies have emerged to address the country's significant environmental hazards accrued from their multi-decade role as the "world's largest factory."

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China's Middle Class Rise Up In Environmental Protest, Use Twitter To Organize

Telegraph | Malcolm Moore in Shanghai | Posted 05.25.2011

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More than 1,000 people took to the streets in a district of Guangzhou to protest against the building of a rubbish incinerator near their homes. The ...

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China Accepts First Environment Lawsuit Against Government

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — A court in southwest China has accepted the country's first lawsuit filed by an environmental group against a local government, a memb...

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China Wants Top US Technology In Climate Bargain

AP | ARTHUR MAX | Posted 05.25.2011

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BONN, Germany — China wants the United States to deliver top of the line technology as part of a new global warming agreement, the chief U.S. cl...

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China Says Its Economic Stimulus Won't Hurt Environment

AP | HENRY SANDERSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — China said Friday it will strictly monitor the government's economic stimulus package for projects that cause pollution, addressing wo...

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China Poised To Take On Role Of Global Trendsetter

nytimes.com | KEITH BRADSHER | Posted 05.25.2011

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SHANGHAI -- After a century in which American tastes largely set the course of the global automotive market, China is poised to increasingly take on t...

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