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Viva Macau goes bust, tempers fray CSR Asia - Corporate Social Responsi… Today, 5:44 PM

About two hours ago, Shanghai;!s 2nd WWF Earth Hour ended, and I gotta say that while there were a few hold outs

(HILTON HOTEL…), overall, WWF did a good job getting the cities building managers to participate this year.… Read more…

Earth Hour Shanghai Pictures Rich in Cleaner Greener China Saturday, 11:48 PM

Went through my inbox this weekend and came across an email from a friend who had sent along their list of preferred China

environmental blogs and sites, and thought I would pass it on to you. A few of them I frequent, but others are new to me, so

proceed with caution.… Read more…

Looking for China!s Green Bloggers? … Rich in Cleaner Greener China Saturday, 2:54 AM

Family size is the great unmentionable of the campaign for greener lifestyles, writes Oliver Burkeman. Westerners

need to consider that babies are consumers, too, with their own carbon footprints.

Twelve years ago, the American author Bill McKibben published a short book entitled Maybe One: A Persona… Read more…

Environmental Argument for Much Smaller Families. It certainly has its faults: most obviously, it provides a little too much

A personal one-child polic… Oliver Burkeman in ChinaDialogue Latest Arti… Friday, 11:05 PM

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CSR Asia chairman in Bangkok Post o… CSR Asia - Corporate Social Re… Friday, 6:21 PM

The US government!s recent defence review shows new levels of attention being given to climate change. Xie

Security alert Xie Yanmei in ChinaDialogue Latest Articles Thursday, 11:15 PM

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The US government!s recent defence review shows new levels of attention being given to climate change. Xie

Yanmei talks to two experts about the implications.

The United States! Department of Defense has started studying the implications of climate change for nationa… Read more…

military planning. Its Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), released in early February, concludes that climate change may

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Is Google's China withdrawal a Thre… CSR Asia - Corporate Social R… Thursday, 5:30 PM

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CSR Asia Weekly Vol.6 Week 12 CSR Asia - Corporate Social Responsibi… Thursday, 5:43 AM

If you have been following China for any amount of time, then you will know that China is good for a chart that will shock and

awe readers. Few, if any, in the cleantech space have as much power as the one above, from the Dewey & … Read more…

study China!s Promotion of the Renewable Electric Power Equipment Industry (download here), and why I chose to pull it

Deconstructing China!s Cleantech Ch… Rich in Cleaner Greener China Thursday, 12:54 AM

Intensive deforestation in Indonesia – fuelled by corruption – is scarring the landscape and wrecking a vital

resource. Andre Vltchek went to see the devastation.

Tin-mine pits are like enormous open wounds dominating the landscape of island Bangka, near Sumatra and… Read more…

flight from the Indonesian capital, Jakarta. Even from the air it is obvious that the island is a textbook example of man-made

Sorrows of Sumatra Andre Vltchek in ChinaDialogue Latest Articles Wednesday, 9:47 PM

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Hong Kong pollution soars to recor… CSR Asia - Corporate Social R… Wednesday, 5:05 PM

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Google's withdrawal from Chi… CSR Asia - Corporate Social Respon… Wednesday, 12:22 AM

Dissecting the sceptics … Bill McKibben in ChinaDialogue Latest Arti… Wednesday, 12:13 AM

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As global warming science has strengthened, so too has the powerful – and often vicious – lobby of deniers. Bill

McKibben analyses the phenomenon.

Twenty-one years ago, in 1989, I wrote what many have called the first book for a general audience on globa… Read more…

of the more interesting reviews came from the Wall Street Journal. It was a mixed and judicious appraisal. “The subject is

Dissecting the sceptics … Bill McKibben in ChinaDialogue Latest Arti… Wednesday, 12:13 AM

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PNG landowners stop Chinese miner… CSR Asia - Corporate Social Re… Tuesday, 8:02 PM

An appreciation of human nature – not just hard science – is needed to fight the rising tide of climate-change denial,

argues Bill McKibben.

The climate deniers come with a few built-in advantages. Thanks to Exxon Mobil and others with a vested int… Read more…

debunking climate-change research, their “think tanks” have plenty of money, none of which gets wasted doing actual

Dissecting the sceptics (2) Bill McKibben in ChinaDialogue Latest Articles Tuesday, 7:13 PM

Coming up April 10 and 11, the EcoVane Low Carbon Economy forum is a conference that I would highly recommend

investors, equipment providers, policy makers, academics, and NGOs consider attending.… Read more…

Event Notice: EcoVane China Low Car… Rich in Cleaner Greener China Tuesday, 12:47 PM

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The real story of China in Afri… CSR Asia - Corporate Social Responsibilit… Mar 19, 6:47 PM

If necessity is the mother invention under normal circumstances, then transparency is the mother of all necessity in China.

It is something that we have seen over the years as crisis!s propel the media further,something that the recent Yale 360

article As China!s Pollution Toll Grows,Protesters and Media Push Back eludes to:… Read more…

China!s Sustainable Change to Transpe… Rich in Cleaner Greener China Mar 19, 11:46 AM

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China drought leaves millions short o… CSR Asia - Corporate Social Re… Mar 19, 6:46 AM

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A multinational leather company in eastern China has been breaching pollution standards and troubling locals with a

pungent stench. Xu Shuda investigates.

Fifty-six-year-old Feng Min had never smelt anything like it. “It!s like pitch mixed with cat!s urine,” she says, s… Read more…

gate to the Jufengyuan neighbourhood on Shanghai!s Shangda Road. Looking to the south-east, she wrinkles her brow. Two

Causing a stink in Shanghai (1) Xu Shuda in ChinaDialogue Latest Articles Mar 16, 11:43 PM

Angry residents have long been battling to rid their neighbourhood of foul odours caused by Richina Group

Causing a stink in Shanghai (2) Xu Shuda in ChinaDialogue Latest Articles Mar 16, 6:06 PM

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Angry residents have long been battling to rid their neighbourhood of foul odours caused by Richina Group

tanneries. In the second instalment of a three-part article, Xu Shuda reports that change is in sight.

I ask an official from the Baoshan Environmental Protection Bureau about the Richina Group. “The company … Read more…

made changes,” he says. “Since 2004, they have invested more than 10 million yuan (US$1.5 million) in environmental

Richina Leather was sanctioned by China!s environmental authorities every year between 2004 and 2008, but little is

known about its management. Xu Shuda looks at the faces behind the corporation.

Residents in Shanghai!s Baoshan district have, for years, endured the ghastly smells produced by Shanghai … Read more…

and other tanneries owned by its multinational parent company, Richina Group. Yet there is almost nothing in the Chinese

Who runs Richina? Xu Shuda in ChinaDialogue Latest Articles Mar 16, 2:24 PM

The French Development Agency has signed an agreement with China's Ministry of Finance on expanding its loans to

EUD120 million to support enterprises engaged in energy conservation and renewable energy in China. According to the

agreement, the project will be carried out by three Chinese commercial banks — China Merchants Bank, Hua… Read more…

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China And France Agreement On Clean … editor in GreenChinaTech.com Mar 16, 3:31 AM

David Owen is the author of a new book on the sustainability lessons of New York. In an interview with Jared Green,

he argues the case for densely populated cities and says traditional environmentalists have got it wrong.

Jared Green: In your new book, Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Les… Read more…

to Sustainability, you argue that New York City is one of the most sustainable cities in the United States because of

The urban dream Jared Green in ChinaDialogue Latest Articles Mar 15, 11:09 PM

Yesterday on March 4, my colleagues and I finally

released this long-awaited report “Out of the Running? How Germany, Spain, and China Are Seizing the Energy Opportunity

and Why the United States Risks Getting Left Behind” (picture of the report cover, pictured right). As the title… Read more…

survey of how three countries with very different political economies are each adopting comprehensive policies to develop

In it to Win: How China is developing… Julian in The Green Leap Forwa… Mar 6, 11:58 AM

I had the opportunity to answer this question as a member of a panel discussion at the Center

How Green is China!s Stimulus Packa… Julian in The Green Leap Forwar… Mar 4, 6:56 AM

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I had the opportunity to answer this question as a member of a panel discussion at the Center

for Strategic & International Studies, a Washington DC foreign policy think tank, two weeks ago. The event was held on

February 17 to mark the one year anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and sought t… Read more…

effectiveness economic stimulus packages in the US and globally in catalyzing green investments. My remarks begin at

As

the 11th Five Year Plan draws to a close this year, there will be an opportunity to assess how China!s ambitious goals for

water pollution reduction and water scarcity alleviation have changed the market opportunities for the sector, … Read more…

areas of municipal and industrial water infrastructure. There have been dramatic increases in water tariffs, especially in the

Foreign Investment in China!s Water I… Bruce in China Energy Focus O… Mar 2, 3:33 PM

After Shenhua CTL

Chemical Co., Ltd., and Shenhua Erdos CTL Branch received qualification for refined oil distribution, Yitai B!s CTL Company

declared they also have access to the refined oil business. Analysts commented to China Securities Journal … Read more…

access will have influence on the development of the new coal chemical industry. Although the CTL projects of Shenhua

Breakthrough in the Commercializatio… Bruce in China Energy Focus O… Mar 1, 5:59 PM

Energy Efficiency in China-Noether As… Bruce in China Energy Focus O… Mar 1, 5:00 PM

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Noether Associate!s research for March focuses on energy efficiency policies and the branches of government responsible for

setting such policies. Click to read more on what China!s government is doing in terms of fiscal policy!… Read more…

China!s government is currently

providing funding and support to implement advanced IGCC (integrated gasification combined cycle) power generation

technology in power plants, which will help promote higher coal utilization efficiency to save energy and redu… Read more…

emissions. The use of such technology would start a wave of what is being referred to as “green coal.” According to China!s

China!s “green coal” plan Bruce in China Energy Focus Online Magazine Mar 1, 4:18 PM

2010 China!s Oil Consumption Growth… Bruce in China Energy Focus O… Mar 1, 3:53 PM

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On February 4, the Economic and Technical

Research Institute of the CNPC released the “2009 Report on Domestic and International Oil and Gas Industry,” which

forecasts China!s domestic oil consumption to grow by more than 5% in 2010. While China!s oil consumptio… Read more…

3.7% in 2009, the growth is artificially low due to the negative impact of the financial crisis on the industrial and transportation

At present, China!s oil consumption is ranked second to that of the United States. A recent surge in China!s oil consumption

has been influenced by changes in the demand for different types of oil. The demand for refined oil such as g… Read more…

kerosene, and diesel has increased by 2.5%, or 221 million tons in 2008. The consumption of gasoline increased by 5.5% or

In 2009 China!s Oil Consumption Rank… Bruce in China Energy Focus O… Mar 1, 3:37 PM

China!s Exploration of Coal Resource… Bruce in China Energy Focus O… Mar 1, 3:32 PM

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The Ministry of Land and Resources

recently held a conference on the major results of coal exploration. Hongtao Zhang, Chief Engineer of Ministry of Land and

Resources, said that China explored nearly 150 billion tons of coal resources in Xinjiang, Shanxi, Inner Mong… Read more…

locations. China!s coal reserves have been estimated to last another 50 years at the current consumption of 3 billion tons per