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Posted April 30, 2012 by Greenlaw from NRDC China in Greening China
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- carbon, chinariverbasin, coal, oilspill, porpoises, russiaenergy, solarenergy, suvs, xinhua
NRDC has been working in China for over fifteen years on such issues as energy efficiency, green buildings, clean energy technologies, environmental governance and public participation, and green supply chain issues. This China Environmental News Alert is a weekly compilation...continued→
Posted April 19, 2012 by Fuqiang Yang in Curbing Pollution, Greening China, Health and the Environment, Solving Global Warming
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- china, methane, naturalgas, shale
China is rapidly expanding production and use of cleaner burning natural gas in an attempt to wean itself off heavily polluting coal for electricity and heating. In the next five years, it plans to increase the share of natural gas...continued→
Posted April 19, 2012 by Greenlaw from NRDC China in Greening China
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- Apple, carbonemissions, coalbed, desertification, ecoconservation, endangeredspecies, heavymetal, mercury, naturalgas, naturereserve, renewableenergy, solar, textile
NRDC has been working in China for over fifteen years on such issues as energy efficiency, green buildings, clean energy technologies, environmental governance and public participation, and green supply chain issues. This China Environmental News Alert is a weekly compilation...continued→
Posted April 11, 2012 by Susan Egan Keane in Curbing Pollution, Greening China, Health and the Environment
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- apparel, chemicals, china, cleanbydesign, energy, supplychain, waterpollution
More than 6000 water pollution violations from apparel factories in China – that is just one revelation in a stunning new account of water pollution from the Chinese textile industry, courtesy of noted Chinese environmentalist Ma Jun and his Green Alliance of activist...continued→
Posted April 9, 2012 by David Pettit in Curbing Pollution, Greening China
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- beijing, china, environmentallawyer
Was that Paladin (Richard Boone) down at the stables? Marshal Dillon (James Arness) over at the saloon? Lanzhou is in Gansu Province in China's Wild West, a two-hour plane ride from Beijing. Last week I spent five days there giving...continued→
Posted April 9, 2012 by Greenlaw from NRDC China in Greening China
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- airpollution, bohaioilspill, climatechange, CNOOC, conocophillips, dioxin, drought, greencities, nuclearenergy, ruralpollution, toxic
NRDC has been working in China for over fifteen years on such issues as energy efficiency, green buildings, clean energy technologies, environmental governance and public participation, and green supply chain issues. This China Environmental News Alert is a weekly compilation...continued→
Posted March 29, 2012 by Greenlaw from NRDC China in Greening China
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- apple, cnooc, majun, oil, shalegas, sinopec, solarenergy, windenergy, yangtze
China Becomes World Leader in Wind Energy in 2011 Oil Price (March 27, 2012) The China Wind Energy Association has announced that the eastern Asian country became the world’s top producer of wind power in 2011. After a 39.6 percent...continued→
Posted February 29, 2012 by Greenlaw from NRDC China in Greening China
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- cars, copper, lead, rareearth, solarenergy, stategrid, SUVs, windenergy, worldbank
NRDC has been working in China for over fifteen years on such issues as energy efficiency, green buildings, clean energy technologies, environmental governance and public participation, and green supply chain issues. This China Environmental News Alert is a weekly compilation...continued→
Posted February 22, 2012 by Linda Greer in Curbing Pollution, Greening China, Health and the Environment
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- apple, chemicals, china, energy, environment, globalization, supplychain, water
As Apple moves forward to address environmental problems in its supply chain, the opportunity is wide open to become a model for other companies to follow. As USA Today reports, Apple is moving forward with the Natural Resources Defense Council...continued→
Posted February 22, 2012 by Greenlaw from NRDC China in Greening China
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- airpollution, Apple, bearbile, climate, electriccars, mining, PM2.5
NRDC has been working in China for over fifteen years on such issues as energy efficiency, green buildings, clean energy technologies, environmental governance and public participation, and green supply chain issues. This China Environmental News Alert is a weekly compilation...continued→