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Chinese university develops new material to accelerate solid state battery production

July 31, 2021 CEN_com 0

A team at University of Science and Technology of China has developed a new material that could potentially help lower the production costs of solid state lithium batteries and accelerate their commercialization into EVs. The new material, lithium zirconium chloride, offers a reduced material cost and necessary performance, all while remaining stable. As published on Nature Communications this week, a research team from the University of Science and Technology of China led by Professor Ma […]

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Interview with Wang Yi, China’s NPC Standing Committee member, on routes to carbon neutrality

July 28, 2021 CEN_com 0

Introduction Since China elevated the concept of “ecological civilization” to the level of national policy in 2012, the country has made great strides in tackling air pollution, with severe smog almost a thing of the past. The energy transition has also seen successes, with the proportion of coal in the primary energy mix falling year after year and renewables powering forwards. China’s conservation efforts have also delivered visible result, with achievements in greening and afforestation noted […]

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China adopts new Green Development Guidelines for Foreign Investment and Cooperation

July 26, 2021 CEN_com 0

On July 16, 2021, the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) of China issued the “Green Development Guidelines for Foreign Investment and Cooperation” (hereinafter referred to as the 2021 Green Guidelines see link to full document at end of this article).  The Guidelines focus on both investment and trade. With MOFCOM being responsible for regulating Chinese overseas projects including their environmental standards, while MEE is […]

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Finding the origins of COVID-19 and preventing future pandemics

July 25, 2021 CEN_com 0

“If there was indeed a laboratory-related release of SARS-CoV-2, it may well have occurred in a project funded by the U.S. government, using methods developed and championed by U.S. scientists, and as part of a U.S.-led and U.S.-financed program to collect and analyze potentially dangerous viruses, including in China.“  Jeffrey D. Sachs, is a University Professor at Columbia University, and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University […]

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Electricity Transmission in China : The Long March to Smart Grids

July 25, 2021 CEN_com 0

To support activity in China, the world’s leading industrial power and most populous country, the transmission and distribution of electricity have become a major challenge. The geographical distance between the areas where energy resources are located and those where they are consumed has made UHV (Ultra High Voltage) technology a priority for over ten years. Today, Smart Grid technology has now also been added to this. The enormous energy consumption […]

China’s first ultra high-voltage (UHV) power superhighway powers quest for green future

July 25, 2021 CEN_com 0

After one year of operation, China’s first ultra high-voltage (UHV) power superhighway for transmitting clean energy delivered 13.1 billion kWh of power from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to densely populated Henan in central China.  As the world’s first all-clean energy UHV power transmission project, it is a pilot project aiding China’s pursuit of attaining carbon dioxide emissions peak before 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality before 2060.  The line is expected to […]

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China’s green mining praised by Congo local community

July 24, 2021 CEN_com 0

KINSHASA, July 18 (Xinhua) — In Kolwezi, in southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), beyond counting are drilling rigs and dump trucks coming back and forth on mine after mine. But on the outskirt of this world-class mining hub, one particular mine stands out from the others, with greenery sprawling its mining dumps where a lot of dust are always supposed to be in the air. After years of […]

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Inner Mongolia’s Hohhot China’s most ecologically competitive city

July 24, 2021 CEN_com 0

See special of Hohhot’s ecological progress: http://en.hhhtnews.com/Hohhotgreendevelopment.html Hohhot in Inner Mongolia [Photo/Hohhot news network] Hohhot, capital city of North China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region, is one of the most ecologically competitive cities in the country, it was announced at the 2021 China Forum on International Ecological Competitiveness held on June 25. Six cities and districts were included on the list: Hohhot, Fengxian district in Shanghai, Huangshan in Anhui province, Tongren […]

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Re-tested blood samples still point to COVID-19 in Italy 2 months before China

July 24, 2021 CEN_com 0

On 4 June 2021, China Environment News (CEN) carried a post on Facebook reporting that the World Health Organization (WHO) had requested re-testing of results where antibodies to COVID-19 were found in blood collected in Italy, October 2019, during a lung-cancer screening trial (see links at end of this article). Those blood samples have now been re-tested by a WHO approved virology laboratory at Erasmus University in the Netherlands – […]

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Program seeks to popularize science among Chinese girls

July 24, 2021 CEN_com 0

China’s Ministry of Science and Technology, All-China Women’s Federation and 11 other governmental departments recently launched a series of measures to encourage women to play a greater role in science and technology innovation. “I’m thrilled to take the opportunity because it’s been my biggest wish to popularize science among students. They can broaden their horizons and hopefully some of them will devote themselves to the field of neuroscience,” Yang says. […]