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China Carbon Dioxide Emissions

China To Send Premier To Copenhagen Climate Talks, Announces "Aggressive" Emissions Cuts

AP | CARA ANNA | Posted 11.26.2009 | Green

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BEIJING — China announced plans Thursday to cut its carbon emissions by up to 45 percent as measured against its economic output – a commi...

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100 Months and Counting Until Climate Change Is Irreversible

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 09.06.2008 | Green

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Karin Kloosterman

Runaway changes in weather patterns will start, there will be droughts; we can expect to see the collapse of species in the sea and on land. Basically, terribly scary stuff is expected to happen.

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Beijing's Air Pollution: It Isn't The Cars

Deborah Seligsohn | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics

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Deborah Seligsohn

Contrary to popular perception both inside and outside China, Beijing's air pollution problem is not primarily due to increases in personal vehicle use. The true problem lies with industrial emissions.

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Bikes, China's icon, thrive despite car invasion

AP | ELAINE KURTENBACH | Posted 07.29.2008 | Green

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SHANGHAI, China — For a vivid insight into the clash of old and new in China, follow the bicycle. Morning rush hour in Beijing and Shanghai use...

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China Extends Lead As World's Largest Emitter of Carbon Dioxide, 14 Percent Ahead Of The U.S.

International Herald Tribune | James Kanter | Posted 06.21.2008 | Green

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China is rapidly extending its lead over the United States as the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, according to fig...

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