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Sprint to the Finish Beijing struggles to clear air in time for Olympics		31 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 2:21 PM on 31 Dec 2007 The good news: Beijing narrowly achieved its air-pollution goal of 245 "blue sky days" in 2007. The bad news: Skepticism abounds that the city will offer wholly breathable air when it hosts the upcoming Summer Olympics. "We're definitely hoping for the best," says Jon Kolb, a member of the Canadian Olympic Committee, "but preparing for the worst." While Beijing ...
Topics: air pollution, China, news, sports (all these topics)

Scooter planet As personal transportation becomes cheaper, the poor benefit and the climate suffers	Adam Stein	29 Dec 2007	Gristmill
In an interesting bit of synchronicity, the Times ran two nearly identical articles on the rocketing popularity of motor scooters in the developing world, one focusing on Iraq, the other on Laos. Although neither article mentions global warming, the pieces do neatly wind together some of the threads that will continue to pressure our climate system well into this century. The first thread is the rise of China as the world's factory floor. In this case, cheap Chinese bi ...
Topics: China, placemaking (all these topics)

On the Ball: Ready for the Olympics? It's almost 2008, and Beijing's air is still polluted	Sarah K. Burkhalter	27 Dec 2007	Gristmill
The city of Beijing has been striving to clear its air for the sake of the Olympic athletes who will descend upon the city this coming summer -- but whether it will be able to pull off blue skies remains to be seen. Beijingers were warned to stay inside today, as pollution hit 'as bad as it can get,' according to a spokesperson from the city's Environmental Protection Bureau, who adds, 'This is as bad as it has been all year.' The International Olympic Committee ...
Topics: air pollution, China, climate, green living, sports (all these topics)

The Year of the Renewable China releases energy white paper, plans to boost renewables R&D		26 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 11:32 AM on 26 Dec 2007 China has released its first-ever white paper on energy policy, stating that the country "attaches great importance to environmental protections and prevention of global climate change" and plans to give "top priority to developing renewable energy" as a long-term pollution solution. That includes wind, solar, natural gas, and nuclear, as well as a ...
Topics: China, energy, news, renewable energy (all these topics)

Notable quotable	David Roberts	22 Dec 2007	Gristmill
'Current economic growth, 11.5 percent or above 11 percent, is too fast and at too high a cost ... The government should curb economic growth within a reasonable range that is compatible with energy and resource supply and without causing more imbalance.' -- Han Yongwen, secretary general of China's National Development and Reform Commission
Topics: China, economy, quotables (all these topics)

Animal Rites China drafting rules for humane slaughter of livestock		18 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 9:58 AM on 18 Dec 2007 Under pressure from international animal-rights advocates and food-safety organizations, China has announced it's drafting rules for the "humane" treatment and slaughter of livestock. The proposal recommends stunning animals before slaughter, ensuring as little time as possible passes between stunning and killing, making sure unloading platforms are at heights where pigs won't injure ...
Topics: animal welfare, China, food, news (all these topics)

You first! No, you first! China and the U.S. are both obliged to act on climate change, quick-like	David Roberts	13 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Apparently, based on some recent threads on this site, there's some dispute about the role China plays in the Great International Climate Change Debate. I'm absolutely snowed under right now, but I want to make two quick points: It is indisputable that the U.S., and developed countries generally, bear a vastly larger share of the responsibility for climate change than China, and developing countries generally. This is true whatever perspective you take: physical respo ...
Topics: politics, greenhouse-gas emissions, China, United States, climate equity, climate, international politics, climate change mitigation (all these topics)

Elephants in the room Greenpeace India points out the obvious	Tom Athanasiou	12 Dec 2007	Gristmill
The taxi driver that took me from the Bali airport to my hotel in Nusa Dua, the secure 'green zone' where the climate negotiations are taking place, didn't speak much English. Just well enough to say, haltingly, that he was 'too stupid' to have a better job, he didn't drink, and he was very depressed because he was lonely, but too poor to get married. Oh, and that the Westin, where I was not staying, was the 'best' place. Very 'luxury.' Very 'Western.' Now, a ...
Topics: Bali 07, China, climate, India, international politics, politics (all these topics)

Al Gore is so wrong There is no comparison between Chinese and American GHG emissions	Eric de Place	11 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Al Gore's Nobel Prize speech, as reported by the NY Times: ... he singled out the United States and China -- the world's largest emitters of carbon dioxide -- for failing to meet their obligations in mitigating emissions. They should 'stop using each other's behavior as an excuse for stalemate,' he said. Much as I love him, Gore's sentiment here is far too generous to the good ol' U.S. of A. There is simply no fair comparison with China. We're not e ...
Topics: Al Gore, China, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, international politics, politics, United States (all these topics)

Turtle tryst? What the fate of two old turtles says about China's future	Ashley Braun	10 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Having spent two summers researching amphibians and reptiles, I have a poster of endangered frogs and salamanders on my wall what one might call a healthy fascination with these endearing ectotherms. Being thus inclined, my eyes lit up when I stumbled on The New York Times' latest feature, 'China's Turtles, Emblems of a Crisis.' It's part six of their series China: Choking on Growth, in which they 'examin[e] the human toll, global impact and political challenge of China ...
Topics: biodiversity, China, endangered species, water pollution, wildlife (all these topics)

China Frown China's population rapidly rising		06 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 4:24 PM on 06 Dec 2007 The population of China is projected to grow to a staggering 1.5 billion people by not-so-far-off 2033. And they'll be staggering because they can't breathe the air. source:� Reuters From the Archives Hey, Look Over There! U.S., avoiding action at current climate meeting, announces new climate meeting. Energy In Da Hooouuuse! House passes landmark energy bill; Senate up next. Heart a Tax. Sa ...
Topics: China, news, population (all these topics)

Response to Jeremy Carl, part three The question for China and India is not whether to make the transition away from coal, but how soon	David Roberts	30 Nov 2007	Gristmill
In part one I made the point that if China and India develop along the same path as the West, we're all doomed. This fact is becoming increasingly clear to everyone. One way or another, whoever foots the bill, they'll have to change, and that means shifting to a more expensive-in-the-short-term source of electricity, of which clean coal is but one example among many. In part two I acknowledged that there are powerful arguments -- mainly social and political rather th ...
Topics: China, energy, coal, climate, India (all these topics)

Nothing to Three Here, Folks Chinese officials deny Three Gorges Dam role in landslide		28 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 1:21 PM on 28 Nov 2007 Since a landslide killed 31 people near China's Three Gorges Dam last week, officials have been rushing to cover their bums. While acknowledging that the massive energy project's effect on geologic activity must be monitored, a project bigwig pledged that "there will not be any major damage to the life and property of the people along the Yangtze River." Said another ...
Topics: China, dams, news (all these topics)

Response to Jeremy Carl, part one Developing nations will not remain immune to the need for sustainable development	David Roberts	26 Nov 2007	Gristmill
I want to thank Jeremy Carl of Stanford's Program on Energy and Sustainable Development for dropping by and making the case for coal -- or rather, the case for holding our nose, accepting that coal's growth is inevitable, and working to make it cleaner (Jeremy's posts are here and here). I hope the conversation will be ongoing. As I see it, the core case has still not been made. Lemme try to clarify what I see as The Coal Question and the range of answers on offer. ...
Topics: coal, China, energy, India (all these topics)

It's Still Dammed If They Do, And Damned If They Don't China announces vague plans to mitigate environmental impacts of Three Gorges Dam		26 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 8:07 AM on 26 Nov 2007 Attempting to curb fresh criticism of the country's massive Three Gorges Dam spurred by a landslide that killed over 30 people, China announced a set of vague initiatives to improve the environmental problems caused by the world's largest dam. While no one has directly tied the landslide that killed a construction worker and a ...
Topics: China, dams, news (all these topics)

Made for the USA? On who is accountable for Chinese greenhouse-gas emissions	Kit Stolz	15 Nov 2007	Gristmill
Yesterday a D.C. nonprofit, the Center for Global Development, released an inventory of the world's power plants. Its nifty database shows that on a national level, China trails only the the U.S. in total emissions of greenhouse gases, and not by much. This will disappoint the global warming proponents at the National Review, who have been predicting for months that China will surpass the traditional emissions champ -- the United States -- this year. But both the s ...
Topics: China, climate, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, United States (all these topics)

The River Defiled Record amount of sewage dumped into China's Yangtze River		14 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 10:09 AM on 14 Nov 2007 Last year, China's state media deemed the Yangtze River "cancerous" with pollution; to stick with the analogy, it appears the cancer has spread, as a record amount of sewage was dumped into the river in 2006. That's 30.5 beeeeeellion tons of (mostly untreated) industrial and human waste, an increase of 3.1 percent over the year before. sources:� Xinhua, Agence France-Presse < ...
Topics: China, news, waste, water pollution (all these topics)

Hope for a post-Kyoto agreement? China is prepared to make a climate deal	Joseph Romm	13 Nov 2007	Gristmill
Potentially a very big deal -- The Independent reports 'China 'will agree to cut its carbon emissions'': China, now the world's biggest greenhouse-gas emitter, will eventually agree to cut its soaring carbon dioxide emissions, one of the country's leading environmentalists forecast yesterday -- but only on the basis of a deal with the United States and the rest of the developed world. When is eventually? The Chinese would be very unlikely to set their own ...
Topics: China, climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions, international politics, politics (all these topics)

How 'bout investing in Chinese coal? Maybe get filthy rich	Christina Larson	12 Nov 2007	Gristmill
Now that the U.S. housing market has cooled off, American investors are looking to the Chinese coal industry. Another risky proposition, but for different reasons. As China's appetite for coal is booming, American investors and businesses are cashing in. American pension and mutual fund money is being invested in the Chinese coal industry ... 'In general, they're doing a very smart thing,' said Mike Tian, an analyst with independent investment research ...
Topics: energy, coal, China, business (all these topics)

Beijing Dispatch: China's carbon harbingers Plans for reducing emissions in China	Christina Larson	10 Nov 2007	Gristmill
David linked to the Reuters report about China's refusal to accept binding emissions caps in any international agreement. On the topic of China and climate change, last week I got some face time with the head of the World Bank's energy unit in Beijing, Dr. Zhao. Too much for one blog post, but here are some highlights: According to his research, the World Bank's go-to guy on these matters believes: 'It will be difficult or even impossible for China to reduce CO2 ...
Topics: China, climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics (all these topics)

Beijing Dispatch: Olympic preview? Beijing temporarily clears the air	Christina Larson	09 Nov 2007	Gristmill
I arrived in Beijing in late October, in time for the last days of the Communist Party's 17th National Congress. That's the top political conference that takes place once every five years, and the city was swarming with national and international visitors and press. That day there were blue skies in Beijing. No kidding. The streets were swept clean, the sidewalk vendors gone, the DVD hawkers on holiday. There were many more police on the street, fewer cars. The ...
Topics: air pollution, China (all these topics)

China ...	David Roberts	08 Nov 2007	Gristmill
... will not accept binding emissions caps in any international agreement. But according to Guido Sacconi, chairman of the European Parliament's climate change committee, China isn't the real problem: 'The problem is rather that of other superpowers -- other areas of the world -- who may not wish to join in and follow the same course.' Hm ...
Topics: China, climate, climate change mitigation, international politics, politics (all these topics)

China's immoral energy policy: Part II The efficient alternative to coal power in China	Joseph Romm	01 Nov 2007	Gristmill
China's rapacious coal plant building is neither moral nor sustainable, as discussed in Part I. Yet many supply-side alternatives, like nuclear and hydro, are problematic for the country. What should China do to satisfy its insatiable thirst for energy? Go back to their amazing energy efficiency policies of the 1980s and early 1990s. China's energy history can be divided into several phases, as we learn from Dr. Mark Levine, cofounder of the Beijing Energy Effici ...
Topics: energy efficiency, politics, energy, China (all these topics)

China's immoral energy policy: Part I China's coal policy is breathtaking (literally)	Joseph Romm	01 Nov 2007	Gristmill
Yes, America's climate policy is immoral. But that doesn't make China's rapacious coal-plant building moral. The N.Y. Times has published the sobering numbers, which bear repeating: The country built 114,000 megawatts of fossil-fuel-based generating capacity last year alone, almost all coal-fired, and is on course to complete 95,000 megawatts more this year. For comparison, Britain has 75,000 megawatts in operation, built over a span of decades. China is now t ...
Topics: renewable energy, nuclear power, coal, politics, energy, China (all these topics)

The other black gold U.S. investors make a killing off of Chinese coal	Tom Philpott	29 Oct 2007	Gristmill
China's vast coal industry: Where would we be without it? Cheap Chinese coal keeps consumer-goods prices low, allowing us to consume like mad even as crude-oil prices skyrocket. It's also returning handsome profits to U.S. investors. Take it away, Associated Press: As China's appetite for coal is booming, American investors and businesses are cashing in. American pension and mutual fund money is being invested in the Chinese coal industry, which is lucrative but i ...
Topics: business, China, coal, energy (all these topics)

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