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Stop blaming China for the climate crisis

February 3, 2022 CEN_com 0

Video explainer In this excellent brief presentation for the Friends of Socialist China YouTube channel, Carlos Martinez gives a comprehensive explanation of why the US and its allies’ attempts to push responsibility for the climate crisis onto China are hypocritical and ridiculous, and why cooperation on climate change is essential. China Environment has published many articles providing detailed analyses of the topics touched on by this video. For more on […]

China’s Shandong using hydrogen fuel to achieve carbon neutrality

February 2, 2022 CEN_com 0

China is implementing a pilot plan to transform Shandong, a regional industrial power house in eastern China, into a “hydrogen society” that holds out much hope of delivering on the green promise of the fuel of the future, with its abundance and zero tailpipe emissions. In April 2021 an agreement was signed for “sweeping hydrogen adoption and commercialization initiatives by the provincial authorities, the Chinese State Council’s National Development and […]

China produces three and a half times more solar capacity than the US

February 2, 2022 CEN_com 0

The world is adopting renewable energy at an unprecedented pace, and solar power is the energy source leading the way. Despite a 4.5% fall in global energy demand in 2020, renewable energy technologies showed promising progress. While the growth in renewables was strong across the board, solar power led from the front with 127 gigawatts installed in 2020, its largest-ever annual capacity expansion. The Solar Power Leaderboard From the Americas to Oceania, […]

Fact-checking Western media reports on Beijing Winter Olympics

February 1, 2022 CEN_com 0

With Beijing 2022 approaching, the Western media oligarchies are spreading rumors, speculation and false claims about the green nature of the games, and health and safety. The claims are just more of the politically motivated American racist rubbish typical of the US media oligarchs. Xinhua takes a closer look at the facts reveals that there is no truth behind those claims. ******* BEIJING, Jan. 19, 2022 (Xinhua) — With roughly […]

Tonga eruption may damage environment for years – China sends more disaster assistance

February 1, 2022 CEN_com 0

Ecological damage The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said it was extremely concerned about the potential impact the massive volcanic eruption in Tonga will have on agriculture and fisheries in the area. The FAO noted that around 86 percent of Tonga residents are engaged in some form of agriculture, whether it is through crops, livestock or fisheries. The FAO said ashfall can have detrimental effects on crops and livestock […]

Malaysia battles to save its national animal from extinction

February 1, 2022 CEN_com 0

“If drastic action is not taken, the Malayan tiger will be extinct within the next five to 10 years” Malaysian government minister, Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, statement to Malaysian parliament, November, 2021 This article is about the plight of the Malayan tiger, the national animal of Malaysia. We have shared it here, in part, as Malaysia is the largest single country of origin for our CEN membership, and in honour […]

China’s average national air pollution levels down 9.1% in 2021

February 1, 2022 CEN_com 0

Air pollution in 339 Chinese cities improved in 2021, with average concentrations of small, hazardous airborne particles known as PM2.5 down 9.1% from a year earlier to 30 micrograms per cubic metre, official data showed on Monday. China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment said average concentrations of all major pollutants – including ground-level ozone, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide – fell in the 339 monitored cities last year. […]

China-Russia drive energy megaprojects

January 30, 2022 CEN_com 0

Gas as a ‘transition’ fuel for coal phase out China is shifting from coal to natural gas as part of its drive to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. Lin Boqiang, dean of the China Institute for Studies in Energy Policy at Xiamen University recently said that gas was seen as an effective “bridge fuel” between coal and renewables for China. China’s annual gas consumption is expected to reach 620 billion […]

Red Panda conservation in China

January 29, 2022 CEN_com 0

Red pandas (or lesser pandas) have long, fluffy striped tails like a raccoon, and faces and diets that resemble a giant panda’s, but they clean themselves like a cat. However, they are not raccoons, bears, or cats — they were until recently thought to be the only living species in a genus of their own (Ailuridae). However in recent years, scientists have determined that ther are actually two separate species – the Himalayan […]

China to have unified electricity market system by 2025

January 29, 2022 CEN_com 0

China aims to initially build a unified electricity market system by 2025 to enable optimized power resource allocation in a wider scope and improve the stability and flexibility of the power system, according to guidelines released Friday (2022-01-28) “Efforts will be made to enhance the adaptability of the electricity market to a high proportion of new energy sources, and for the creation of innovate mechanisms to carry out green power […]