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Canada, not China, dominates energy and mining in the Amazon

August 11, 2021 CEN_com 0

Canadian companies have the greatest share of foreign investment in Amazon energy and mining projects while companies headquartered in China control scarcely 10% across the hydropower and extractives sectors, according to new data published by US think-tank the Inter-American Dialogue. China is the biggest foreign investor in renewable hydro–electricity power in the Amazon but Canadian companies have the most shares across environmentally risky sectors, new data shows. “I don’t think anyone knew […]

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BRI hydo projects: green development

August 11, 2021 CEN_com 0

Since the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was proposed in 2013, China has invested and constructed more than 80 hydropower projects globally across six continents. While helping different regions raise standards of living and stimulate their economies, these projects also demonstrate the concept of “green development” in their design, construction and operation procedures. In addition to obeying local rules and green development guidelines under the BRI framework, Chinese companies have […]

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Plant Conservation in China

August 11, 2021 CEN_com 0

Plants plays an essential role in maintaining the global environment and supporting human development. China has over 35,000 species of higher plants, about 10% of the world flora, which made it the 3rd largest plant species home in the world. China is also one of the four origin centers of cultivated plants in the world, and known as the “Mother of World Gardens”, as well as being one of the […]

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China sets world’s largest offshore wind converter station in place

August 10, 2021 CEN_com 0

The world’s largest offshore converter station has been installed at the Jiangsu Rudong offshore wind farm in China’s Yellow Sea. The 22,000-ton, 15-story steel giant house will provide electricity for 1.36 million households. The Three Gorges Rudong converter station is the first offshore ±400 kV wind power flexible DC transmission project in China. The station will be used to collect 1,100 MW of electric energy from three wind farms -H6, […]

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25 million people sign online petition to WHO for probe into Fort Detrick bio-war lab

August 9, 2021 CEN_com 0

Source: Xinhua 08-08-21 BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) — A Chinese netizen-initiated petition urging the World Health Organization to probe the U.S. Fort Detrick biolab concluded on Friday, garnering 25 million signatures online since its launch on July 17. The online petition calling for a probe into the Fort Detrick represented the wide public opinion, said the Global Times newspaper, which was entrusted by a group of Chinese netizens to post […]

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China accomplishes over 84 % of 2021 afforestation plan in just 6 months

August 9, 2021 CEN_com 0

China has made a great progress in afforestation across the country in the first half of 2021, according to the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (NFGA), which said that China had expanded the country’s forest coverage by about 3 million hectares by the end of June, carrying out 84.3 percent of the country’s yearly afforestation plan. China adopted its national tree-planting initiative 40 years ago. Since then, the forest coverage […]

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Corona virus rife in common US deer

August 8, 2021 CEN_com 0

One-third of white-tailed deer, a familiar sight on US lawns and golf courses, in the north-eastern United States have antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 — a sign that they have been infected with the virus. The findings, revealed by an analysis of samples collected after the pandemic began, represent the first detection of widespread exposure to the virus in a population of wild animals, says Arinjay Banerjee, a virologist at the University […]

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U.S. virologists synthesized infectious SARS-like corona virus in 2008

August 8, 2021 CEN_com 0

A group of U.S. virologists reported “the design, synthesis, and recovery of the largest synthetic replicating life form,” a 29.7-kb bat SARS-like coronavirus in an article published in the U.S. scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) as early as October 2008. The article reported the creation in laboratory of the coronavirus, which was not only infectious in mice, but also in human […]

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Global investigation needed on West’s failure to contain Covid: Martin Jacques

August 6, 2021 CEN_com 0

The Australian government, as leading mouthpiece for the US, in April 2020 called for an “independent” international team to be sent to China to investigate the origins and causes of COVID-19. … The obvious absurdity was that during this period it became abundantly clear that the West had failed to deal with the virus and China had done remarkably. Why investigate China; what about the US and UK? But this […]

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Resolving human–bear conflict on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

August 6, 2021 CEN_com 0

Herder Udruk and his family have been sleeping much more soundly since last winter, thanks to a new “bear-proof” home. Unlike traditional grassland dwellings, it has no windows on the ground floor. All the window and door frames are metal, not wood. The walls are reinforced with steel rods, and there is a metre-deep pit outside the front door, which must be bridged to gain entry. A bear approaching the […]