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China withdraws finance offer for $3 billion coal-fired power plant in Zimbabwe

July 1, 2021 CEN_com 0

Environmental concerns The Sengwa coal fired power station project in Zimbabwe was being developed by RioEnergy, a unit of RioZim. Last year the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) was reported to have signed a formal notice of interest in funding the plant, to be constructed by China Gezhouba Group, while associated transmission lines would be built by Power Construction of China. However, it is understood that ICBC has […]

Pakistan, China to work for ecological civilisation under CPEC project

June 30, 2021 CEN_com 0

Islamabad : Pakistan and China are going to turn China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) into a model for ecological civilisation aiming at restoration of the natural environment in the region. According to the details, a joint committee has been formed to work towards ecological civilisation that also comprises Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam. An official of the climate change ministry said the concept of […]

Fact check: Is China the main climate change culprit?

June 30, 2021 CEN_com 0

CLIMATE CHANGE MYTHS ABOUT CHINA DEBUNKED The following article, from the German news service Deutsche Welle, (DW) reiterates what China Environment News has been writing about since we started 18 months ago. It’s very encouraging to see the one of the largest and most influential broadcasters in Europe take such an unbiased and objective view of the role of China is climate change. DW is the German federal state-owned international […]

Hong Kong: new Clean Air Plan to achieve Tokyo, Paris levels of clean air by 2035

June 30, 2021 CEN_com 0

Hong Kong’s air quality has improved since the publication of the last plan in 2013 – pollutant levels overall have fallen by up to 50 per cent and visibility increased 40 per cent over the past five years. Hong Kong has set itself a new target to reach the same standards of air quality as major international cities such as Tokyo and Paris by 2035. Unveiling the Clean Air Plan […]

Good news for wind power? Has 6 decades of surface wind “stilling” ended in China?

June 29, 2021 CEN_com 0

Since the 1960s, a significant trend has been that global land surface wind speed (SWS) has significantly weakened, a phenomenon known as global terrestrial stilling. The stilling is widespread worldwide. It has seriously affected the ecological environment and social economy, especially as a factor restricting the sustainable development of the wind energy industry. The latest research, by a team of Chinese scientists from Institute of Atmospheric Physics at Chinese Academy […]

Across China: Green buildings house hopes of low carbon future

June 29, 2021 CEN_com 0

TIANJIN, June 28 (Xinhua) — With a few clicks on a screen, the apartment’s lighting and air conditioning systems can be operated, the skylights can be opened or closed, as well as the curtains… In a smart room displayed at an expo held in north China’s Tianjin Municipality, all futuristic home ideas have been translated into business reality. The smart room made its debut at the China Building Science Conference […]

Bonsai-like mangroves thrive in south China’s Techeng Island

June 27, 2021 CEN_com 0

Techeng Island in Zhanjiang City, south China’s Guangdong Province, is home to one of the most beautiful mangrove trees in China. The picturesque tourist resort features 50.7 square kilometers of mangrove forests. Many of the bonsai-like mangrove trees growing in the southeastern part of the island are over 100 years old. The mangrove forest in the southern part of Techeng Island in Zhanjiang City, south China’s Guangdong Province, has been hailed […]

China’s water quality improves in first five months of 2021

June 27, 2021 CEN_com 0

Xinhua27 Jun 2021 China’s water quality improved in the first five months of the year, according to data released by China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment. The data shows that 81.8 percent of surface water was graded Class I to III (good quality) in the January-May period, up 1 percentage point from the same period last year, while the figure for Class V water fell 0.7 percentage points year on […]

New generation of intelligent high-speed trains put into operation

June 27, 2021 CEN_com 0

Source: Xinhua| 2021-06-26 BEIJING, June 26 (Xinhua) — China’s new generation of “Fuxing” high-speed trains was put into operation on Friday, offering intelligent operating systems and facilities. The high-speed Electric Multiple Unit (EMU), based on the Fuxing CR400BF EMU, is equipped with technologies and services including intelligent data analysis, a wireless network based on 5G technology, and energy-efficient air conditioning units. With a 12.5-meter locomotive, the new intelligent bullet train has […]

The Sands of Time: How China tamed a 1,000-plus-year-old sand land in seven decades

June 27, 2021 CEN_com 0

VIDEO link: http://mp42.china.com.cn/video_tide/video/2021/6/18/20216181624005599095_376.mp4 Deadly sands Shi Guangyin was born into a farmer’s family in Dingbian County, Yulin, Shaanxi Province. The county sits at the conjunction of four provincial-level areas and the southern edge of Maowusu. In the 1950s, 39 percent of the county’s land area was covered by sand, and the overall greenness was only 0.5 percent. Sandstorms hit the area frequently. “We moved nine times in my father’s lifetime […]