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Wealthy senior citizens in the US and Australia have the highest per capita footprint, twice the average level of western Europe and more than triple that of Japan. … Elderly people consumed about a third more meat and dairy than their middle-aged compatriots, especially in Western European countries. The higher consumption of protein-rich food translates to greater amounts of energy needed to produce it. The growing ranks of wealthy senior […]

China aims to boost the annual output of its forest and grass industry to 9 trillion yuan ($1.42 trillion) by 2025, according to a five-year plan released recently by the National Forestry and Grassland Administration. In the next four years, China will establish a relatively complete modern forest and grass industry and build itself into a leader in the international trading of forest and grass products, with annual imports and […]

When Tao Fengjiao was struck by lightning while planting trees in south China’s Hainan Province, she emerged largely unscathed, with only a plume of black smoke rising from her hat. Her fellow planters, all women, were terrified and thought that Tao had been killed, until she slowly got to her feet. “They all said that the miracle testified to the old saying that ‘one good turn deserves another.’ It must […]

China planted 3.6 million hectares of forest and converted 380,800 hectares of farmland into forest in 2021, according to a bulletin released by the National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Friday. The bulletin was released a day prior to China’s Tree-planting Day which falls on March 12 every year. Wuling Mountain in Beijing./VCG The bulletin covered green achievement in aspects like forests, grasslands, wetlands, anti-desertification, forest fire control and popularity […]

    BEIJING, March 10 (Xinhua) — The “Asia No.1” smart logistics center in Xi’an, run by China’s online retailer giant JD.com, realized carbon neutrality in 2021. The 100,000 square meters of photovoltaic power generation equipment, covering the warehouse roof, supports the operation of the logistics center, according to JD.com. The green power serves the automation equipment of the center and charges the electric vehicles during the daytime. At night, the […]

    CHANGSHA, March 10 (Xinhua) — Chinese manufacturer CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd. said Thursday that tests have been completed for its next generation of commercial maglev train. The train, with a designed speed of 200 km per hour, has achieved multiple tech breakthroughs such as unmanned driving and non-contact power supply, said Zhang Wenyue, deputy head of CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive’s maglev research institute. It is expected to be applied […]