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China, Technology and the Environment: Chinese National Energy Commission is established
China has established the National Energy Commission for better coordination in formulating energy strategy and development planning, said an announcement released by the General Office of the Chinese State Council recently [...]
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Architecture & Urban Planning in China: Smart future showcased at Shanghai World Expo
With heavy coverage from newspapers and television, you may have become quite familiar with the theme of the Shanghai World Expo - "Better City, Better Life."[...]
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Intellectual Property: IPR threatens China’s new energy sector
Stimulated by governments' supporting policies, a large number of Chinese firms have turned to new energy and related industries. Over 10 large scale new energy bases have been established. However, experts say that China's emerging new energy sector may face a lack of core technology crisis [...]
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Watch William McDonough’s “Cradle to Cradle Design” talk at TED
Green-minded architect and designer William McDonough asks what our buildings and products would look like if designers took into account "all children, all species, for all time" [...]
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China, Technology & the Environment: per-unit energy consumption falls 3.35% in the first half of 2009
China's energy consumption to produce a unit of gross domestic product (GDP) dropped 3.35 percent year on year in the first half of 2009, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said in a statement recently. The decrease compared with 2.88 percent in the first half of last year [...]
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China, Technology and the Environment: Power consumption up in Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Guangdong
In the first half of June/2009, China's average daily power generation capacity was 9.764 billion kilowatt-hours, down 0.17 percent year-on-year, according to statistics from the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC). In May, the nation's average daily power generation capacity dropped around 3.5 percent year-on-year [...]
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China, Technology and the Environment: 1,000 new energy vehicles to run on Beijing’s roads
1,000 new energy vehicles will be put into operation in public transportation and sanitation sectors this year, according to Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission (BMSTC) [...]
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China, Technology and the Environment: building the world’s largest solar power base
China's first demonstration project integrating wind power, photovoltaic power and power storage was recently established in Zhangbei, northern China's Hebei province with a planned total investment of over 8 billion yuan (nearly 1.2 billion US dollars) [...]
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China, Technology, Innovation and the Environment: More cash, less gas emissions?
Can the Chinese eventually enjoy a standard of living comparable to developed nations while discharging less greenhouse gases?
China, Technology and the Environment: power consumption up nearly 6% in 2009