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A Chinese City Moves to Limit New Cars

Published: Tue, 09/04/2012 (All day) Category:  Transportation GUANGZHOU, China — It is as startling as if Detroit or Los Angeles restricted car ownership.The municipal government of Guangzhou, a...

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China Needs Its Own Dream

Published: Tue, 10/02/2012 (All day)On Nov. 8, China is set to hold the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party. We already know who will be the next party leader: Vice President Xi Jinping....

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A Cancer Cycle, From Here to China

Published: Tue, 01/15/2013 (All day)MORE than one million people in the Chinese city of Handan awoke last week to the alarming news that an essential source of their drinking water, the Zhouzhang...

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China Lets Media Report on Air Pollution Crisis

Published: Sat, 01/19/2013 (All day) Category:  Chemicals The Chinese state news media on Monday published aggressive reports on what they described as the sickening and dangerous air pollution in...

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China's smog taints economy, health

Published: Sat, 01/26/2013 (All day) Category:  None Factories, flights, highways and hospitals are affected by pervasive pollution. The country is home to seven of the world's 10 dirtiest cities....

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China To Introduce Carbon Tax

Published: Wed, 02/20/2013 (All day) Category:  Energy In a step toward combating global warming, China announced earlier this week that it would implement a tax on carbon dioxide emissions, reports...

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Spill in China Underlines Environmental Concerns

Published: Mon, 03/04/2013 - 2:57pm Category:  Chemicals The first warning came in the form of dead fish floating in a river.read more

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New Book Tackles China and its Environmental Exports

Published: Fri, 03/15/2013 - 2:02pm Category:  None The rapid degradation of the environment in China has become a central topic of discussion this year. read more

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As Pollution Worsens in China, Solutions Succumb to Infighting

Published: Fri, 03/22/2013 - 2:08pm Category:  Chemicals China’s state leadership transition has taken place this month against an ominous backdrop. read more

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University creates world's lightest material

Published: Sun, 03/24/2013 - 11:20pm Category:  Chemicals Chinese scientists say they have developed the world's lightest material, which they expect to play an important role in tackling...

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China Must Exploit Its Shale Gas

Published: Tue, 04/16/2013 - 8:53am Category:  Energy If the Senate confirms the nomination of the M.I.T. scientist Ernest J. Moniz as the next energy secretary, as expected, he must use his new...

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In China, Breathing Becomes a Childhood Risk

Published: Tue, 04/23/2013 - 8:43am Category:  Chemicals The boy’s chronic cough and stuffy nose began last year at the age of 3. read more

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Greenhouse gases nearing highly dangerous levels, study finds

Published: Mon, 06/10/2013 - 10:39pm Category:  Energy Emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases are growing at such a rate that the world will probably exceed a safe limit in average global...

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Life in a Toxic Country

Published: Mon, 08/05/2013 - 10:57pm Category:  Chemicals I recently found myself hauling a bag filled with 12 boxes of milk powder and a cardboard container with two sets of air filters through San...

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China’s Plan to Curb Air Pollution Sets Limits on Coal Use and Vehicles

Published: Fri, 09/13/2013 - 8:14am Category:  Energy The Chinese government announced an ambitious plan on Thursday to curb air pollution across the nation, including setting some limits on burning...

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'Airpocalypse': Severe pollution cripples northeastern China

Published: Tue, 10/22/2013 - 10:07pm Category:  Chemicals A large swath of northeastern China has been virtually paralyzed for two days by severe air pollution that forced airports and schools to...

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China's anti-pollution drive risks running out of gas

Published: Tue, 10/29/2013 - 10:53pm Category:  Energy A chronic shortage of natural gas is hurting China's plan to move away from burning coal to heat homes and offices, raising the prospect of more...

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Clearing the Air in China

Published: Sun, 11/03/2013 - 12:51pm Category:  Chemicals In the northeast Chinese city of Harbin last week, the air pollution was so thick that schools were closed, traffic became gridlocked and...

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The Toxic Smog Cloud Hanging Over Shanghai Looks Just As Bad As It Sounds

Published: Sat, 12/07/2013 - 6:21pm Category:  Chemicals Shanghai is notorious for its terrible air quality, but the smog in this Chinese metropolis just hit absurd levels. read more

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China To Introduce Carbon Tax

Published: Wed, 02/20/2013 (All day) Category:  Energy In a step toward combating global warming, China announced earlier this week that it would implement a tax on carbon dioxide emissions, reports...

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