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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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Architecture & Urban Planning in China: World Bank injects $200 million for China’s urban environment
World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved a loan to China --$200 million to support the Shanghai Urban Environment Project [...]
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Living in China: Air Quality in Beijing is… well… depends on whom do you ask
Associated Press has got the news on a recent report which claims that Beijing's air worse than at past Olympics, while Just ten days later, Xinhua News just boasted about how Beijing records best air quality in nine years [...]
Posted in China Also tagged Air Quality, Associated Press, Beijing, Beijing Olympics, Chinese Government, Du Shaozhong, environment, environmental protection, Olympic Games, Olympics, World Health Organization, Xinhua 1 Comment
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?
Living in China: Beijing to set new vehicle rules as post-Olympics limits cut jams, pollution
New vehicle restrictions are likely to be announced soon in the Chinese capital, given that a post-Olympics system has "significantly improved" traffic conditions and air quality, Beijing officials said recently. "New car restrictions will be unveiled soon to replace the current ones," said Wang Zhaorong, spokesman for the Beijing Municipal Committee of Communications [...]
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Living in China: toxins levels in 70% of Guangzhou’s apartments excessive
Researchers have discovered about 70 percent of apartments in Guangdong's provincial capital contained formaldehyde levels exceeding national standards, the Guangzhou Daily reported. On average, levels were 64.3 percent higher than the standard, it said [...]
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China, Technology and the Environment: Urban, industry growth cloaks parts of China in persistent haze
Haze from urbanization and industrial development is a serious, persistent problem in many parts of China, especially the north, the south and in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the Chinese National Meteorological Center (NMC) said recently [...]
Posted in China Also tagged Air Quality, allergic rhinitis, asthma, Health Checks, Henan, Jiangxi, Nanjing, Statistics, Yangtze River, Yunnan 1 Comment
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-04-12
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Living in China: Shanghai’s air quality report may add more pollutants
Daily ozone and carbon monoxide measurements may be included in Shanghai air quality reports to meet new standards proposed by the Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection. The ministry wants to bring China's air quality reports into line with international standards [...]
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China, Technology, Development and the Environment: Photographer Lu Guang’s “Pollution in China”