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How's that for an incentive? Drink beer, fight climate change	Adam Browning	13 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: brilliance, China, energy, innovation, solar thermal power (all these topics)

A Burden to Bear Captive pandas survive China earthquake		13 May 2008	News
Posted at 12:56 PM on 13 May 2008 With 12,000 people dead from the earthquake that struck China's Sichuan province on Monday -- and the death toll expected to climb significantly -- the survival of 144 endangered pandas is small comfort. But survive they did: all of the pandas living in three research centers in the earthquake zone have been reported safe. Three-quarters of China's wild pandas live in the Sichuan province, but the wild one ...
Topics: China, endangered species, news, wildlife (all these topics)

China's coming land grab More hidden costs of our love affair with cheap imported goods	Tom Philpott	11 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: agriculture, Big Ag, Brazil, China, economy, rainforests (all these topics)

Where in the World? Brazilians and Indians are the greenest, says survey		08 May 2008	News
Posted at 12:29 PM on 08 May 2008 Brazilians and Indians are the most eco-friendly folks in the world, and Canadians and Americans are the least, according to a new survey done by the National Geographic Society. Consumers in 14 countries, representing more than half of the world's population and about three-quarters of its energy use, were ranked on their sustainability in the areas of housing, transportation, food, and co ...
Topics: Brazil, Canada, China, consumerism, green living, India, news, United States (all these topics)

Good sign	David Roberts	06 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: China, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

Let the Games Breathe In China announces clean-air proposals for Olympic Games		15 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 6:35 AM on 15 Apr 2008 Many Beijing-area factories and cement plants will close for two months beginning in late July as a key part of the effort to clean the city's famously polluted air for the Olympic Games, Chinese officials said. Other clean-air measures include banning the use of half the city's 3.5 million vehicles, disallowing spray paint and other harsh chemicals to be used outdoors, closing about ...
Topics: air pollution, China, news, sports (all these topics)

On the Ball: Fore! The greening of golf, baseball, and the Olympics, oh my!	Sarah K. Burkhalter	14 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: energy, solar voltaic power, air pollution, China, sports (all these topics)

You know who rocks?	David Roberts	10 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: China, heroes, international politics, politics, sports (all these topics)

On the Ball: Swiftly running out of good sports headlines Sports continue to 'go green'	Sarah K. Burkhalter	04 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: China, Colorado, energy, Japan, sports, wind power (all these topics)

Just Green Beat it Youth activists in China gear up for an environmental video contest	Nathan Wyeth	02 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: campus activism, China, climate, grassroots activism, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics (all these topics)

Stuff kills Chinese miners and our appetite for cheap crap	Tom Philpott	01 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: China, climate, consumerism, economy, energy, green living, greenhouse-gas emissions, health, mining (all these topics)

Breaking the U.S.-China suicide pact William Chandler's recommendations on how we can cooperate to lower emissions	Joseph Romm	28 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: China, climate, climate change mitigation, economy, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, international politics, United States (all these topics)

China celebrates its status as world's number one air polluter	David Roberts	26 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: air pollution, China, funnies (all these topics)

We'll always have Hollywood No American-made car meets China's fuel standards	Joseph Romm	25 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: cars, China, energy, fuel efficiency, international politics, legislation (all these topics)

If I Were a Tibetan Man ... Protests in Tibet partially spurred by environmental resentment		18 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 4:41 PM on 18 Mar 2008 Violent protests that rose this week against Chinese rule in Tibet were spurred in part by anger about environmental destruction in the Himalayas, an area that Tibetans consider sacred. A Beijing-to-Lhasa railway opened by the Chinese in 2006 has provided easy access for Chinese miners to the pristine Tibetan highlands, where they've begun digging up copper, iron, lead, a ...
Topics: China, mining, news, Tibet, water conflicts (all these topics)

Tons of Work to Do China, with emissions rising, urges developed countries to carbon diet		17 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 1:08 PM on 17 Mar 2008 China's greenhouse-gas emissions are rising far faster than expected, according to a new analysis to be published in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. Researchers estimate that by 2010, China may spew 600 million more metric tons of greenhouse gases than it did in 2000; to put that in perspective, the total emissions reductions pledged by signatories to ...
Topics: China, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, news (all these topics)

On the Ball: Good sports The athletics news you can't live without	Sarah K. Burkhalter	16 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: bikes, carbon neutral, cars, China, climate, energy, green building, Prius, sports, United Kingdom, wildlife (all these topics)

China's emissions path: not so good Projected CO2 emissions dwarf previous expectations	Jason D Scorse	13 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: China, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

It's All Fun and Games Until Somebody Gets Hurt Concerned about air, world-record holder will not run Olympic marathon		11 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 3:36 PM on 11 Mar 2008 Marathon world-record holder Haile Gebrselassie will not compete in his favored event at the Beijing Olympics this summer over fears that polluted air will damage his health. The Ethiopian runner, who has exercise-induced asthma, will try to qualify for the Games in the 10,000-meter race instead. Other athletes have expressed similar concerns ab ...
Topics: air pollution, China, green living, news, sports (all these topics)

Just Kidding China will maintain one-child policy		10 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 5:08 PM on 10 Mar 2008 Recent speculation that China was rethinking its one-child-per-family policy has been refuted by the country's top population official, who says the family planning policy will not be altered for at least another decade. source:� The New York Times see also, in Grist:� China's population rapidly rising From the Archives Next Up on the Panel ... Solar-panel manufacturers dumping toxic was ...
Topics: China, news, population (all these topics)

Next Up on the Panel ... Solar-panel manufacturers dumping toxic waste in China		10 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 4:54 PM on 10 Mar 2008 Solar panels may look bright and shiny, but they have a dark underbelly: production of polysilicon for panels gives off a highly toxic byproduct called silicon tetrachloride. In China, where factories are rushing to alleviate a polysilicon shortage that's cramping the global solar-panel industry, the bubbly white liquid is often just dumped in nearby villages. "The land where yo ...
Topics: business, China, energy, news, renewable energy, solar voltaic power, toxics (all these topics)

On the Ball: The three R's Readying for the Olympics, revisiting artificial turf, and racing with Formula One	Sarah K. Burkhalter	05 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: energy, air pollution, China, cars, sports, biofuels (all these topics)

On the Ball: The latest from Beijing Air doing OK, say officials; water, perhaps not so much	Sarah K. Burkhalter	28 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: air pollution, China, sports, water crisis (all these topics)

Hit 'Em Where It Hurts Chinese bosses could see salary cuts for water pollution		27 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 3:47 PM on 27 Feb 2008 China is considering a law that would cut a head honcho's income by up to half if his or her company was found to be "directly responsible for causing severe water pollution incidents." From the Archives Good Luck, Little Buddy. Renewable-energy bill passes House, likely to be short-lived. Time Is Money. Daylight-saving time leads to higher energy ...
Topics: business, China, greening biz operations, legislation, news, water pollution (all these topics)

Quick, change more lightbulbs! China kicks off the coal-to-liquids rush	David Roberts	21 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: carbon sequestration, China, coal, coal-to-liquid fuel, energy (all these topics)

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