Month: December 2021

Guano and the West’s opening of the Pacific

December 27, 2021 CEN_com 0

The 19th century search for fertilizer drove imperialist expansion and ecological destruction Climate & Capitalism: Ecosocialist Discussion BOOK REVIEW by Martin Empson Author: Gregory T. CushmanGUANO AND THE OPENING OF THE PACIFIC WORLDA Global Ecological History In the last two decades it has been common, in Marxist books on ecology, to find discussions of how capitalist agriculture developed an urgent need for fertilizers to solve the crisis of soil fertility […]

Is the ocean’s ability to regulate the global climate breaking down?

December 27, 2021 CEN_com 0

Oceans are a global force of nature that form the foundation of the blue planet on which we live. They cover 71% of our planet’s surface and make up 95% of all the space available to life. They are a life-support system for Earth and a global commons that provide us with free goods and ecological services, from the food we eat to the oxygen we breathe. The oceans also […]

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Omicron spread shows China got it right on Covid-19 strategy, top disease expert says

December 26, 2021 CEN_com 0

Wuhan lockdown was landmark decisive move that drastically contained the spread of the coronavirus in China, Zhong Nanshan says Expert credits rapid testing and universal vaccination coverage, along with stringent controls with country’s success Foreign nations should realise by now that China’s so-called over the top approach in handling the pandemic was the correct one, the country’s top respiratory expert has said, as the Omicron variant spreads around the world at […]

Officials in Guangzhou, China punished for axing city’s beloved Banyan trees

December 26, 2021 CEN_com 0

Ten Guangzhou officials have been penalized for their involvement in a “destructive” tree-removal project from the southern city’s urban landscape, China’s top anti-corruption watchdog said on 13 December 2021. As punishment, provincial authorities in Guangdong province dismissed five current and former senior officials — the latter now working elsewhere in the province of which Guangzhou is the capital — including the head of municipal forestry and a former vice mayor, according to […]

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Turnover of China’s carbon market tops 5.8 billion yuan

December 26, 2021 CEN_com 0

Xinhua, 23 Dec 2021 – shared by China-Environment-News.com on Facebook Background from CEN: China’s national emissions trading system (ETS) was launched in July 2021. As the largest carbon market in the world, China’s system is more than ten times larger than that of the US state of California. The Chinese scheme has more than doubled the share of global emissions covered under an WTS , and covering approximately one-tenth of global […]

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NEVs to take over 30% share of China auto market in 2025

December 26, 2021 CEN_com 0

Xinhua, 25 Dec 2021 – shared by China-Environment-News.com on Facebook SHANGHAI, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) — New-energy vehicles (NEVs) are expected to grab over 30 percent share of China’s auto market in 2025, according to the electric vehicle industry think tank China EV100. NEV sales in the world’s largest auto market are expected to exceed 5 million units in 2022 and reach at least 7 million units in 2025, said Zhang Yongwei, […]

China’s Environmental Ministry requires local authorities to stop haphazard ‘smokestack projects’ – down by 30% in 2021

December 25, 2021 CEN_com 0

The number of smokestack projects approved by government is expected to have declined this year as China forges ahead with its ambitious climate goals, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment said on 23 Decxember 2021. The number of such projects going through environmental impact assessments this year is estimated to have decreased by 30 percent year-on-year, Liu Zhiquan, head of the ministry’s environmental impact assessment and emission management department, told […]

China cracks down on haphazard ‘smokestack projects’ by local authorities

December 25, 2021 CEN_com 0

Published 2021/12/25 The number of smokestack projects approved by government is expected to have declined this year as China forges ahead with its ambitious climate goals, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment said on 23 Decxember 2021. The number of such projects going through environmental impact assessments this year is estimated to have decreased by 30 percent year-on-year, Liu Zhiquan, head of the ministry’s environmental impact assessment and emission management department, told […]

Protect or hunt? Environmental management of wild boars in China

December 23, 2021 CEN_com 0

Crop-eating wild boars have been a headache for local villagers for years in Tongjiang, a mountainous county nestled in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. “If they don’t come tonight, they will come tomorrow night, or the day after tomorrow. They will come anyway,” said villager Ma Xingquan. He also said that wild boars will not stop coming down to the village until there’s nothing left to eat in the field. Another […]

US climate commitments in chaos – is Biden’s “Build Back Better” policy dead?

December 22, 2021 CEN_com 0

At the Glasgow climate meeting in November 2021, US President Biden was keen to promote the US “commitment” to the Paris Agreement (which the US regime had only recently “rejoined”) aimed at preventing some of the worst effects of global warming. Much was made at the time by the Biden regime and its acolytes of the claim that the US would cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 to 50% below […]