China leader in clean hydrogen

12/06/2023 CEN_net 0

China is set to become the world’s top importer of clean hydrogen over the next decade until it achieves self-sufficiency around 2050. Its own domestic clean hydrogen market is projected to reach $265 billion annually by 2050. According to a […]

Clean heating in rural China

09/06/2023 CEN_net 0

This year marks the ten-year anniversary of a government campaign to clean up China’s heating systems. Until 2013, rural households in northern China generally burned coal for heat, with each stockpiling hundreds of kilograms in the run-up to winter. Burning […]

The Falling Cost of Renewable Energy

04/06/2023 CEN_net 0

From our Facebook group China leads in all aspects of solar energy production. We all owe China a debt of gratitude for driving down the price of solar and making it an affordable source of energy. Jason Smith – 上官杰文 […]

Agricultural sustainability in China

24/05/2023 CEN_net 0

‘Soil observatories’ helping China create more sustainable agriculture Originally published 2021/05/12 All over the world, agriculture is threatened by degraded soils – and China is no exception. Stripped of carbon from intensive farming, soils erode more easily, host fewer microbes and […]

Imperialism & Ecological Marxism

22/05/2023 CEN_net 0

Critique of 21st century imperialism and the growth of ecological Marxism: a view from China The following was written by two Chinese Marxist academics, Professor Cheng Enfu and Dr Fu Hao, which reviews the positive role by the US magazine […]

Ban on super-tall construction in China

21/05/2023 CEN_net 0

The 632-meter Shanghai Tower easily puts to shame other skyscrapers in China ever since its construction was finished in 2015. Sitting on the Huangpu River bank in Shanghai, it is currently the world’s third highest. Where the next new super-tall […]

China’s commercial Small Modular Reactor

21/05/2023 CEN_net 0

China is building the “Linglong-1,” a small modular reactor (SMR) in the country’s southern island province of Hainan. It’s the world’s first of this type of reactor to be approved by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and it intends to […]

China improves soil quality with humus

21/05/2023 CEN_net 0

Originally Posted 19 Dec 2021 A type of biological humic acid, featuring high purity and high activity, extracted from agricultural and forestry waste has been industrialized and used for soil restoration in China. A large amount of agricultural and forestry wastes […]

Quantifying national excess CO2 emissions

20/05/2023 CEN_net 0

The following extract is from an important study published 1 September 2020 by the highly respected medical journal, The Lancet. The article provides a key to understanding the response to reducing global carbon emissions in terms of environmental justice. It […]

Climate change heat waves ‘new normal’ ?

20/05/2023 CEN_net 0

It’s not a mirage. Across China, heat waves are becoming more frequent, lasting longer, and getting hotter — with deadly consequences. For more than a month, much of China has been blanketed by extreme heat. From June 16 to July […]