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Source: Xinhua Published: May 06, 2012 16:09
The Chinese government has established a goal of having energy-efficient buildings account for 30 percent of new construction projects by 2020, according to an official document released Sunday.
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Source: Global Times Published: December 12, 2011 01:11
The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has approved an environmental tax and officials are now allowing the proposal to undergo scientific debate and evaluation, the Legal Mirror reported.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 10, 2011 14:16
The UN climate conference in Durban, South Africa, which was scheduled to end on Friday, was stretched into early Saturday morning and may not be able to close till Saturday afternoon or even later because of the deep divisions among the delegates.
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Source: Xinhua Published: November 28, 2011 14:40
The sun is shining and the harmattan wind, a dry and dusty west African trade wind, is sweeping across the streets of Tamale, the capital of the Northern Region, 658 kilometers north of Accra.
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Source: Xinhua Published: November 25, 2011 10:36
A new study suggests that the rate of global warming from doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide may be less than the most dire estimates of some previous studies.
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Source: Xinhua Published: November 25, 2011 09:52
A new study suggests that the rate of global warming from doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide may be less than the most dire estimates of some previous studies.
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Source: Xinhua Published: November 10, 2011 09:27
An international team of researchers funded by NASA and the National Science Foundation (NSF) will travel next month to one of Antarctica's most active, remote and harsh spots to determine how changes in the waters circulating under an active ice sheet are causing a glacier to accelerate and drain i...
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Source: Xinhua Published: November 04, 2011 15:19
Peruvian President Ollanta Humala appealed to the international community to mitigate the impact of global warming.
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Source: Globaltimes.cn Published: October 30, 2011 18:03
The Durban summit on climate change, to be held next month, is being viewed with hopes for a legally-binding agreement on reducing carbon emissions that ideally also includes a price mechanism for carbon dioxide, as stated by the China International Forum on Climate Change on Sunday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: October 28, 2011 14:05
As global energy consumption rises, some countries are imposing ambitious emission-reduction targets. Among them, Denmark wants to generate the country's entire heat and electric supply from renewable sources by 2035 and cut its carbon emissions to 40 percent of 1990 levels by as early as 2020.
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Source: Xinhua Published: October 24, 2011 14:01
The average global land temperature has increased by around one degree Cetigrade since the mid-1950s, American scientists announced last week after reviewing historical temperature records to date.
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Source: Xinhua Published: October 08, 2011 17:17
China aims to boost its total number of certified security engineers (CSEs) to 250,000 by the end of 2015, the country's work safety watchdog said Saturday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: September 30, 2011 16:15
Climate change could cost Canada billions of dollars a year by the end of this decade, a government funded study group announced Thursday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: September 28, 2011 14:47
All washing machines sold in Singapore will have to be labelled according to how much water they use starting from Saturday, according to a scheme launched by national water agency Public Utilities Board (PUB).
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Source: Xinhua Published: September 28, 2011 14:46
The 30th general assembly of the International Council for Science (ICSU) kicked off here on Tuesday to address key global challenges, featuring over 275 scientists and experts from all over the world.
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Source: Global Times Published: September 24, 2011 13:24
Fijians held rallies on Saturday to mark the global day of action in raising awarness on climate change, under the theme this year of "A Day to Move Beyond Fossil Fuels".
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Source: Global Times.cn Published: September 19, 2011 18:20
Forty environmental NGOs launched their newest campaign on reducing carbon emission, dubbed the “C+ initiative,” on Monday in Beijing, stating their resolution to go beyond the national goal set for carbon intensity reduction.
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Source: Xinhua Published: September 16, 2011 09:55
The blanket of sea ice that floats on the Arctic Ocean appears to have reached its lowest extent for 2011, the second lowest recorded since satellites began measuring it in 1979, according to a report released Thursday by the University of Colorado Boulder's National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)...
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Source: IEEPA Published: September 08, 2011 15:04
2011 China International Forum on Climate Change (2011 CIFCC), launched by United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), will be held in Beijing on October 29-30, 2011, with the title of “Green Development: Policy and Action”.
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Source: Xinhua Published: September 08, 2011 09:43
Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov on Wednesday called on his fellow countrymen to do everything possible to save energy.
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