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Studying Radioactive Sulfur From Fukushima Teaches Us About Coal Pollution From China
In amongst all the coverage of and concern about the Fukushima nuclear disaster the fact that air pollution from coal power plants in normal operation kills far more people each year than does nuclear power rose to the top. As for the fallout of that
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Solar Could be as Cheap as Coal by 2015, Chinese Report Says
If the government-linked reports are to be believed, then China's all set to double its solar capacity by the end of the year -- up to 2 Gigawatts, in fact. That was (somewhat) surprising news alone.
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China Will Double Solar Power Capacity By End Of 2011 to 2 Gigawatts
photo: Matthijs Koster/CC BY China's solar power push, much touted and enabled by its new feed-in tariff, is already showing impressive results. As Reuters reports, China is on track to double its solar power capacity by the end of 2011. That would
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Zeppelin Hangar Has Monster Green Roof
While investment in infrastructure in America disappears, in China they are reaching for the sky with Zeppelins and building hangars to house them. OPEN Architecture designed this one, which has " a prefabricated
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A Glimpse Into What Life Will Be Like Once The Coming Republican Administration Kills EPA
Haze of pollution in Beijing "From a room on the 14th floor, China Resources Hotel, Beijing. A recent article in the U.K. Financial Times pointed out that pollution (alongside protectionism) are being forgotten by investors in their current lust for all
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Elephant, Rhino Poaching Driven By China's Economic Boom, Study Says
The Guardian reports on a new study which has found that "the number of ivory items on sale in key centres in southern China has more than doubled since 2004, with most traded illegally." Fears about the future of elephants and rhinos of Africa has the
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Largest Coal Terminal in North America Planned for Washington
As an informed reader of this site, you may be aware that it is of the utmost importance that we humanfolk begin weaning our industrial economy off of its fossil fuel dependence. Like, asap. By spewing
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China's Feed-In Tariff to Boost Solar Capacity 10-Fold in 5 Years
Image credit: martijn, used under Creative Commons license. China has made noises about feed-in tariffs for large scale solar before, and the nation is making huge investments in offshore wind energy. Now China is unveiling a new feed-in tariff for
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Iowa Eclipses Canada in Grain Production, Challenges China in Soybean Production
The U.S. state of Iowa is an agricultural superpower, simultaneously eclipsing Canada in grain production and challenging China in soybean production. No, these are not mathematical errors. Last year Iowa's
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Nissan to Build an Electric Car in China
Nissan, in a joint venture with China's Dongfeng, will build an EV for the Chinese market by 2015. Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn said:
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China is Kicking Our A@$ in Clean Energy: The Infographic
These days, I typically try to avoid proliferating the "China is kicking our ass in clean energy" mantra, if only because nobody seems to care -- regardless of how much Tom Friedman wants us to. (For the record,
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Never Mind the BPA in Water Bottles: Your Kids Might Be Drinking Arsenic in Their Apple Juice
You'd think the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would have established limits on things like arsenic and heavy metals in our food supply by now. There are limits for certain specified foods, but most items fall through the
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The Bacon Uprising: How China's Top-Secret Strategic Pork Reserve Is Burning Down The Amazon
Fast Company has a very interesting article about how China's demand for cheap pork for the growing middle-class is having a devastating affect on Brazil's rainforest.
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Nike, Adidas, Puma, H&M; and Others Found Discharging Toxic Chemicals Into Chinese Rivers
After a year-long investigation of China's giant textile industry, Greenpeace has found that hormone-disrupting chemicals and other toxins are being discharged into the country's major water systems from major plants that
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324 Square Mile Chinese Oil Spill Covered Up For One Month By Oil Companies & State Authority
Visible signs of it are now gone, but reports are surfacing that back on June 4 an oil rig operated by state-run China National Offshore Oil Corporation and the Chinese subsidiary of Texas-based ConocoPhillips began leaking, ultimately spilling oil
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China's Coal Production Will Peak In 2027
We've covered the topic of peak coal a couple of times, so apropos of China's prodigious coal use actually masking global warming a bit over the past decade is some interesting analysis from The Oil Drum. Dr Minqi Li takes a look at peak coal in China
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Without China's Coal Burning The Hottest Decade On Record Would've Been Even Hotter
According to NASA data, the past decade was the hottest ten years on record, but it would have likely been even hotter if it weren't for air pollution from China's rapid
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Ultramarathoners Running 10,000-Kilometer Silk Road Route to Raise Awareness About Water Shortages
Seventy-two days after setting out from Istanbul, champion distance runner Kevin Lin Yi Jie and a small team of other athletes have covered 4,434 kilometers of their 10,00-kilometer goal: Running the
