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Environment Protection Efforts In China Not Sufficient Warns OECD
Paris (AFP) Jul 18, 2007The OECD warned Tuesday that China's breakneck economic growth was wreaking severe damage on the environment and said Beijing's efforts to date to curb pollution had been insufficient. "Rapid economic development, industrialisation and urbanisation have generated severe and growing pressures on the environment resulting in significant damage to human health and depletion of natural resources," O ... more China Vital Wetlands Shrinking Due To Climate Change 
Beijing (AFP) July 16, 2007Climate change is shrinking wetlands at the source of China's two greatest rivers and has already led to reduced water flows that could have an impact across Asia, state media reported Monday. The contraction of the wetlands, which serve a vital role regulating the flow of the Yangtze and Yellow rivers, comes as China is already struggling to meet the increased water needs of a fast-expanding ec ... more Somali PM Says He Is Not Aware Of Oil Deal With China 
London, UK (AFP) Jul 17, 2007Somalia's interim prime minister said in an interview published Tuesday that he was not aware of a deal struck between Chinese energy companies and his government allotting them oil exploration rights. Ali Mohamed Gedi's comments were interpreted by the Financial Times as signalling a potential internal power struggle within the Somali government, reporting that it had seen a document signed by ... more North Korea Confirms Reactor Shutdown 
Seoul (AFP) July 15, 2007North Korea confirmed Sunday that it had shut down its Yongbyon atomic reactor under UN supervision, the first step in a process designed to rid the communist state of nuclear weapons. The closure of the facility, which produces plutonium for nuclear weapons, is the first step taken by Pyongyang toward ending its atomic programme since 2002, and the first phase of a six-nation disarmament deal r ... more Voracious China Gobbles Up Forests, Recycled Paper 
Washington (AFP) July 13, 2007China's soaring demand for paper on the back of rapid economic growth is threatening forests, even as it ramps up recycling of wastepaper from developed nations, a study showed Friday. The report by Washington-based Forest Trends, which conducts research on forestry trade issues, comes amid growing controversy over the influence of China's industry on the global market for paper and raw timber.< ... more |
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Washington DC (UPI) July 11, 2007China now has an arsenal of at least 400 nuclear weapons and an arsenal of 20 intercontinental ballistic missiles and other delivery systems to carry them, a report said this week. "At this time, reports have placed the number of deployable nuclear weapons China possesses at 400. Of these, around 20 are deployed in the intercontinental ballistic missile configuration," GlobalResearch.ca reported ... more Rats Not Welcome As They Flee Flooded Homes In China 
Beijing (AFP) July 11, 2007Two billion rats that have fled their flooded homes are on the march in central China, destroying farmland and posing a health risk to humans, state press reported Wednesday. The rats have spread out across 20 counties in central Hunan province, gnawing on crops and roots as they search for new homes, the China Daily said. Locals have launched a massive counter-attack, beating rats to death with ... more New Study Suggests Climate Change Could Be The Root Of Armed Conflicts 
London UK (SPX) Jul 12, 2007Climate change, and the resulting shortage of ecological resources, could be to blame for armed conflicts in the future, according to David Zhang from the University of Hong Kong and colleagues. Their research, which highlights how temperature fluctuations and reduced agricultural production explain warfare frequency in eastern China in the past, has been published online in Springer's journal H ... more Energy And Pollution Woes Need Urgent Attention In China 
Beijing (AFP) July 10, 2007China's Premier Wen Jiabao has reiterated that China needs to urgently face the challenges of climate change by curtailing its polluting inefficiencies, a government statement said Tuesday. "Cutting energy consumption and pollutant emissions and dealing with climate change are urgent, critically important tasks," Wen said in remarks posted on the central government's website. Wen was speak ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Jul 10, 2007China has ordered local authorities to address the root causes of rising public discontent, state media reported on Saturday, in an apparent sign of growing concern over social stability. Local officials have been told they will be denied promotions unless they minimise social unrest in their areas, Xinhua news agency quoted a top Community Party official as saying. "Officials who perform ... more China Targets Unsafe Tap Water 
Beijing (AFP) Jul 10, 2007China adopted a new standard Sunday for tap water quality to better protect its population against a series of hidden dangers, state media said. "In some of China's cities, water supply has been contaminated and residents are threatened with unsafe water," Zhang Chengyu, an official with the Ministry of Health, told the Xinhua news agency. The current standard, issued in 1985, is outdated ... more As China Overtakes US As Global Polluter Opportunities Abound For Newer, Cleaner Plants 
New York NY (SPX) Jul 10, 2007China will become the world's largest greenhouse gas emitter in one year, exceeding the emissions of the U.S. However, China also presents the most investment opportunities for manufacturing products based on new clean technologies, putting the country on both sides of the environmental challenge. These points and many others were discussed by a blue-chip panel of cleantech leaders during the Lu ... more China Launches Thales-built Chinasat 6B Telecommunication Satellite 
Beijing (SPX) Jul 09, 2007The Chinasat 6B telecommunication satellite, built by Thales Alenia Space as prime contractor, was successfully boosted into orbit on Thursday July 5, from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province by a Long March 3B rocket. Chinasat 6B will enable ChinaSatcom to offer communication and broadcast capabilities to the Chinese market. Based on the Thales Alenia ... more
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