Global Times, By Cao Siqi and Zhao Yusha – Published: Nov 12, 2021 China and the US released on Thursday a joint declaration on tackling climate change during the ongoing 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, the UK. In an exclusive interview with the Global Times, Beate Trankmann,…
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China emerges as a responsible player in mitigating climate crisis: US climate scientist
Source: People’s Daily, November 09, 2021 China’s pledge to peak carbon emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060 could be “challenging,” but “challenging” is not the same as “impossible,” wrote Professor Angel Hsu, a climate scientist and an assistant professor of public policy and the environment at the…
Lasting environmental and health impacts of US chemical warfare in Southeast Asia – 50 years on
The Vietnam War (1955-1975) is known to the Vietnamese as the “American War,” or the “War Against the Americans to Save the Nation.” In 1954, countries at the United Nations in Geneva agreed to hold a general election in the former French colony divided by Cold War alliances. Since the…
Coronavirus infections increase among deer in US, new study shows
Preface In August 2021, China Environment News reported that samples collected by Canadian virologists showed that “one-third of white-tailed deer, a familiar sight on US lawns and golf courses, in the north-eastern United States have antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 — a sign that they have been infected with the virus.” See…
China introduces regulation on groundwater management
Xinhua 09 Nov 2021, 21 BEIJING, (Xinhua) — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has signed a State Council decree unveiling a regulation on the management of groundwater. The new regulation, which will take effect on Dec. 1, has set out specific rules for groundwater in the areas of survey and planning,…
Bolivia denounces West’s ‘carbon colonialism’
Bolivia’s President Luis Acre has called for abandonment of “green capitalism” and for better international cooperation on climate change. He questioned whether rich countries would live up to their responsibility and made the case for climate justice at the World Climate Summit in Glasgow. Bolivia is a member of the Like…
New Chinese built renewable energy projects in Central and South America promise to transform the region
New project contracts in Central and South America promise to transform the region Power Construction Corp of China, or PowerChina, said it will step up its expansion in the Latin American market. As part of its plan, it has already signed a construction contract for a 200-megawatt photovoltaic power project…
Two years on from COP25 in Madrid: West still shafting developing nations in Glasgow on climate change
Re-reading the editorial we wrote 2 years ago in December 2019, when China Environment News had just begun, reminds us that the contradictions we pointed to then have only intensified. The previous UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) in Madrid in December 2019 was sabotaged by the rich Western nations, led…
Greening of the Belt and Road Initiative and COP26
The following article by Shakeel Ahmad Ramay, Chief Executive Officer of Asian Institute of Ecocivilization, Pakistan, details how China is working energetically to ‘green’ the Belt and Road Initiative, divesting from fossil fuel projects, promoting renewable energy projects, and working closely with other countries to agree standards and strategies on…
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Allegations about China and carbon pollution are rooted in racism
It’s wrong to paint the Chinese as the world’s biggest environmental villains, but mainstream media outlets do it all the time. When I was young, there was a joke going round which went something like this: “Americans eat way more candy than British people!” “Really?” “Yes! Because there are more…