June 2021
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Guangdong nuclear power plant incident: Making a mountain out of a molehill?
Speculation about a possible radiation leak at the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant in Guangdong has dominated the Chinese media news cycle in the last few days. Taishan has refuted the allegations, saying that the environmental indicators at the plant and its surrounding areas are “normal”. This statement has provided some measure of calm, especially among Continue reading
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New study finds more evidence COVID-19 was in US by December 2019
NEW YORK (AP) — A new analysis of blood samples by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) research program between January 2 and March 18, 2020 suggested that seven people in five states may have been infected well before the country’s first confirmed cases were reported in January 21, 2020. Blood samples taken from Continue reading
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New giant rhino fossil from China is one of largest land mammals ever found
A 26.5 million-year-old skull found in northwest China has been identified as another extinct species of giant rhino, one of the largest mammals to ever roam the land. The fossil is remarkably well-preserved, and after close analysis, scientists have named it Paraceratherium linxiaense, the sixth species of this hornless rhino genus to be uncovered in Eurasia. It’s Continue reading
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China, Central Asia nations build green ties
Central Asia’s largest wind power project is an example of international co-financing implemented by a Chinese construction company. Does this example provide lessons to support the green energy transition of emerging economies by mobilizing international finance? Fossil fuel production constitutes 17 percent of oil and gas rich Central Asian Kazakhstan’s GDP. Despite this Kazakhstan announced the country Continue reading
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Environmental protection boosts flora, fauna, people
In Qinghai province, environmental protection has been prioritized, and the province aims to build two more national parks－the Qinghai Lake National Park and the Kunlun Mountains National Park. In recent years, Qinghai has established many nature reserves, forest parks, wetland parks and geoparks, which have boosted the eco-friendly tourist services provided by the province, and Continue reading
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What Is Afforestation?
Part 1 – Afforestation vs. Reforestation A key finding of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) new special report is that it is likely that some degree of “afforestation” will be needed to limit global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels. Afforestation involves planting trees in areas that haven’t recently had any tree cover, in order Continue reading
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China’s All-Electric Fleet Is Entering Europe
And the timing is ideal. Tesla has another rival in Europe. Days ago, BYD announced the first shipment of 100 all-electric BYD Tang SUVs had left the Port of Shanghai on June 7, bound for dealerships in Norway near the end of this summer, with 1,500 slated for delivery before 2022, according to a press release Continue reading
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China still driving ahead of world in electric smart cars
By Wang Junwei | chinadaily.com.cn, 2021-06-15 China enjoys a global first-mover advantage in electric smart cars, with its new energy vehicle production and sales volume ranking first in the world for six consecutive years, CCTV reported on Monday, citing a person in charge of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. In May, China recorded Continue reading
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Cuba and China to develop a vaccine against new strains of the corona-virus
“All the predictions and scientific rationality indicate that unfortunately we will have to suffer new epidemics as a logical result of the increase in world population, animal production and the movement of people,” explained Dr. Gerardo Guillén, director of Biomedical Research at CIGB. Scientists from Cuba and China want to anticipate future pandemics by investigating a potential Continue reading
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The world has lost one-third of its forests since the last ice age.
China’s forest cover has increased from 8.6% in 1949 to 23% in 2020. Reforestation efforts have resulted in a 32% increase in China’s tree cover since 1990. Globally, NASA estimated that China’s programs to conserve and expand its forests contributed about 42% of the total global greening trend it observed in a 2019 study of Continue reading
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China signs Agreements with International Renewable Energy body to advance carbon neutrality and market development
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, June 7, 2021 – The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), and the National Energy Administration of the People’s Republic of China (NEA) have today agreed to work to strengthen cooperation as the world’s largest renewable energy market builds momentum towards the achievement of its carbon neutrality goals. China has pledged to peak its Continue reading
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Climate issues are rising in importance for Russia
Russia has been slow to move on climate action – but that is about to change, with the government set to deliver a host of measures on climate change action, with a detailed plan to be published by October 2021. After seven years of sanctions and accusations of malign activities by all sides, political relations Continue reading
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The China fir and the Plantation Age – environmental history
Centuries before sugar planting spread across the Atlantic, tea and trees were in widespread cultivation in China. China is often left out of the story of the age of plantations, yet it deserves to be included. Long before sugar planting spread across the Atlantic, tea and mulberry trees were in widespread cultivation in China, the Continue reading
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Greening plan to advance in scientific way
Photo: Forests and grassland now cover the once barren mountains and hills of Youyu county, Shanxi. China will make crucial adjustments to its greening plan in the next five years, aiming to achieve high-quality greening nationwide and guide related work more scientifically, authorities revealed on Monday. The State Council recently released guidelines on scientific greening Continue reading
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The Rush Towards Carbon Sequestration – Markets or Command and Control?
The 2021 Dasgupta Report provides a much-needed roadmap to correct flawed economic tools by valuing Nature as an asset. A test of whether markets will follow this roadmap involves quickly expanding voluntary carbon sequestration markets. Editor’s Note: Fundamentally, the Dasgupta Review develops the economics of biodiversity on the understanding that we, and our economies, are Continue reading
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China’s resolve to address climate change
At the general debate of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly in September last year, China announced that it would aim to achieve peak CO2 emissions before 2030 and carbon neutrality before 2060. This is a major strategic decision made by the Communist Party of China to achieve sustainable development for the Continue reading
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Modern farming: Coronavirus outbreak spurs high-tech greenhouse boom in China
At Chongming Island just outside Shanghai, China’s most populous city, at a new commercial glass greenhouse harvested their first batch of produce at the site in May. The facility is one of dozens sprouting up on the outskirts of China’s megacities that utilise high-end technology to manage irrigation, temperature and lighting systems to grow vegetables Continue reading
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Revitalising Rural China
In September 2015, China’s President Xi Jinping attended the UN Sustainable Development Summit and joined other world leaders to adopt Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. China attaches great importance to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and has released China’s National Plan on Implementation of the 2030 Agenda Continue reading
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DNA tracks mysterious Denisovans to Chinese cave, just before modern humans arrived nearby
In a 2020 scientific paper in Science, archaeologist Dongju Zhang’s research team, of Lanzhou University, reported the first discovery of Denisovan ancient DNA found outside the Denisova Cave.** Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) was gleaned not from fossils, but from the cave sediments themselves. Precise dates show the Denisovans took shelter in the cave 100,000 years and Continue reading
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China’s grain security
This week, Chinese authorities have stressed the need for solid efforts to safeguard the country’s grain security. This edition of Xinhua Commentary, explains why the country’s food security matters and how it is being secured. Click link below to watch video: Xinhua Commentary: China’s commitment to ensuring food security remains unchanged – Xinhua | English Continue reading
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Nature reserve to save sea turtles from extinction
The plight of sea turtles Sea turtles aren’t just the marine world’s largest reptile. They are one of the oldest surviving forms of life, having lived alongside the dinosaurs. Sea turtles return to the ocean on hatching, and spend their entire lives at sea, except when female turtles come on land to lay eggs. But Continue reading
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China restoring its mangrove forests
In September last year, China released an action plan to restore the country’s 18,800 hectares of mangrove forests and plant another 9,050 hectares over the next five years. China has begun implementing an action plan to restore the country’s 18,800 hectares of mangrove forests and plant another 9,050 hectares in the next five years. Under Continue reading
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China to restore forest quality
China will moderately reduce the proportion of artificial forests and enhance the conservation and restoration of its degraded forests China’s efforts to implement afforestation and environmental schemes in recent years have met with considerable success, a fact reflected in the large increase in forest coverage nationwide. However, the country is now switching from the emphasis Continue reading
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Millions of birds face unexpected danger: glass buildings
In 2018, Shi Danyang, a student at Duke Kunshan University in east China’s Jiangsu Province, saw a tiny warbler with greenish feather majestically flying toward the glass window of her three-storied school building. But instead of maneuvering, the bird hit the glass, making a gentle thumping sound and leaving behind a tiny mark on the Continue reading
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China restoring its mangrove forests
Published 2021/06/11 In September 2019, China released an action plan to restore the country’s 18,800 hectares of mangrove forests and plant another 9,050 hectares over the next five years. Under the plan by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, a comprehensive protection program will cover all of the country’s Continue reading
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Asian black bears go to new home at Sichuan sanctuary
SICHUAN, Southwest China April 19th to May 27th 2021 101 bears were relocated from a former bile farm in Nanning, Guangxi province, to the Chengdu Bear Rescue Center in Sichuan province. China lists the Asian black bear as a Class II protected species, meaning it’s illegal to hunt, kill, or sell them. However, the population of wild Asian black bears, which are native Continue reading
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Tribute to the XJP Founder: Dennis Etler (1947-2021)
By Luciana Bohne, with Rebecca Chan and 3 others. With what words to mourn Dennis Etler, who died so suddenly and unexpectedly on 3 June 2021? As his moderators on the page, Xi Jinping–China’s Exceptional President, we are at a loss to express our sadness at the passing of the founder. We, therefore, seek solace in remembering and Continue reading
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Ecological civilisation & the materialist concept of history
“The first premise of all human history is, of course, the existence of living human individuals. Thus the first fact to be established is the physical organisation of these individuals and their consequent relation to the rest of nature….Human beings can be distinguished from animals by consciousness, by religion or anything else you like. They Continue reading
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RIP comrade Dennis Etler
In Remembrance of Prof. Dennis Etler who died of heart attack on June 3rd 2021 It is with true sadness that we have learned of the unexpected passing of our friend and comrade, Dennis Etler. The following was posted Jerry Brown on the Facebook account of the Xi Jinping – China’s Exceptional President group (founded by Dennis Continue reading
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UPDATE ON CHINA ENVIRONMENT NEWS (CEN) ACCESSIBILITY
In the past week Facebook has blocked and removed many posts by the Group Admins – some without explanation and now for being “spam”. It appears that today Facebook is blocking any repost from, or link to, VK as “spam”. Please note that we have 3 locations for accessing CEN. This minimises the chance that Continue reading
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