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CHINA SETS UP 30 BILLION YUAN FUND TO BOOST SERVICES TRADE INDUSTRY
The fund was jointly set up by the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Commerce and China Merchants Capital Investment, Xinhua said... READ MORE›
EXPLOSION IN CHINA PORT KILLS 2 AND INJURES 30
The early morning explosion struck a riverfront neighborhood in Ningbo, one of China's busiest ports, the official Xinhua News Agency and other outlets reported... READ MORE›
30 VEHICLES COLLIDE IN HEAVY FOG ON CHINESE HIGHWAY; 18 DEAD
The official Xinhua News Agency said the pileup Wednesday morning in Fuyang, a city in Anhui province, caused several vehicles to catch fire... READ MORE›
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SWEDEN CRITICISES US CLIMATE STANCE AS IT REVEALS AMBITIOUS CARBON EMISSIONS LAW
The European Union as a whole has set a target of an 80-95 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050... READ MORE›
EPA WIPES ITS CLIMATE CHANGE SITE DAY BEFORE MARCH ON WASHINGTON
Previously, the website housed data on greenhouse gas emissions from large polluters and reports on the effects of climate change and its impact on human health... READ MORE›
TRUMPS EPA PICK REJECTS CLIMATE SCIENCE, FIGHTS FOR FOSSIL FUELS
Scott Pruitt, the Oklahoma attorney general, has spent six years waging war against the EPA's climate and clean air initiatives... READ MORE›
THE CHEAP ENERGY REVOLUTION IS HERE, AND COAL WON'T CUT IT
Unsubsidized wind and solar are beginning to outcompete coal and natural gas in an ever-widening circle of countries... READ MORE›
ENERGY INDEPENDENCE, NOT CLIMATE CHANGE, BECOMES PRIORITY UNDER TRUMP ORDER
Trump's order attempts to roll back Obama-era policies on power plant emissions limits, coal mining on federal lands, and regulations on fracking and methane... READ MORE›
GERMAN COALITION AGREES TO CUT CARBON EMISSIONS UP TO 95% BY 2050
Germany's environment minister Barbara Hendricks first presented a list of ambitious CO2 reduction targets for various economic sectors in 2015... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP CONFIRMS WITHDRAWAL FROM PARIS AGREEMENT ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN HUGE BLOW FOR DEAL
Donald Trump confirms withdrawal from Paris Agreement on climate change in huge blow for global deal... READ MORE›
10 OBAMA ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS TRUMP WANTS TO SCRAP
It's a sweeping demolition of Obama-era policies on coal mining, fracking, greenhouse gas emissions and climate change... READ MORE›
LIBERALS PRESENT PLAN TO PHASE OUT COAL-POWERED ELECTRICITY BY 2030
Liberals present plan to phase out coal-powered energy by 2030... READ MORE›
OBAMA'S CLEAN POWER PLAN HAILED AS US'S STRONGEST EVER CLIMATE ACTION
The final rules propose a 32 percent cut in carbon emissions from power plants by 2030 on 2005 levels, up from the initial proposal of 30 percent ... READ MORE›
ENERGY MINISTER TO BE GIVEN MORE CONTROL IN STATE'S $500M PLAN TO SECURE FUTURE
Photo SA wants to secure its own interests, say Energy Minister Tom Koutsantonis and Premier Jay Weatherill... READ MORE›
WORLD'S BIGGEST SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND DUMPS DOZENS OF COAL COMPANIES
And others have warned investors that action on climate change would leave many current fossil fuel assets worthless... READ MORE›
IF TRUMP DUMPS THE CLIMATE ACCORD, THE U.S. IS THE LOSER
China is meeting its Paris accord targets, and more, by shutting down coal-fired power plants, says Yohe... READ MORE›
WHY THE MEDIA MUST MAKE CLIMATE CHANGE A VITAL ISSUE FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP
There is much detail to work out, both on the impacts of climate change and how Trump's policies will influence them... READ MORE›
OBAMA TO UNVEIL CLEAN POWER PLAN
US President Barack Obama is due to unveil what he called the biggest most important step we have ever taken in tackling climate change... READ MORE›
KEEP FOSSIL FUELS IN THE GROUND TO STOP CLIMATE CHANGE
I m not suggesting that the negotiators decided not to talk about fossil fuels, or signed a common accord to waste their lives... READ MORE›
MEGA-BATTERY PLANT TO COME ONLINE IN SHEFFIELD
Facility run by E.ON, to be followed by many more, will help UK grid cope with fast-growing amount of renewable energy... READ MORE›
UK SPENT 300 TIMES MORE ON FOSSIL FUELS THAN CLEAN ENERGY DESPITE GREEN PLEDGE
UK government failed to keep its pledge to support clean energy over fossil fuels abroad... READ MORE›
'CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL': COMPANIES CHALLENGE TRUMP'S REVERSAL OF POLICY
Trump, for his part, has called climate change a hoax ... READ MORE›
FOR TONY ABBOTT, IT'S FULL STEAM AHEAD ON COAL, 'THE FOUNDATION OF PROSPERITY'
Australia's insistence on locking itself into fossil fuels while distancing itself from ambitious efforts to combat climate change has not gone unnoticed overseas... READ MORE›
UK SPARE ELECTRICITY CAPACITY TO FALL THIS WINTER
A total of 2.56GW of power has been secured which National Grid says will increase overall margins to 5.1 percent ... READ MORE›
IS THIS THE BEGINNING OF THE END
Since the 1990s, coal use soared in tandem with the rapidly developing economies of Asia, chiefly China and to a lesser extent India... READ MORE›
EDITORIAL PRESIDENT OBAMAS TOUGH ACHIEVABLE CLIMATE PLAN
It imposes the first nationwide limits on carbon dioxide pollution from power plants the source of 31 percent of America's total greenhouse gas emissions... READ MORE›
COAL MINING SECTOR RUNNING OUT OF TIME, SAYS CITIGROUP
US banking giant Citigroup says the global coal industry is set for further pain, predicting an acceleration of mine closures, liquidations and bankruptcies... READ MORE›
AIR POLLUTION COST CANADIANS $36B IN 2015 DUE TO PREMATURE DEATH AND ILLNESS
We now know the costs of air pollution are much higher than we thought they were, Smith said... READ MORE›
BRITISH DOCTORS AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS CALL FOR RAPID COAL PHASE-OUT
Group of health bodies says tackling climate change and air pollution linked to coal would improve health and reduce NHS costs... READ MORE›
PEOPLE'S CLIMATE MARCH: THOUSANDS RALLY TO DENOUNCE TRUMP'S ENVIRONMENTAL AGENDA
People in the crowd spoke about the importance of addressing climate change to industries such as renewable energy, forestry, farming and seafood... READ MORE›
BIGGEST US COAL COMPANY FUNDED DOZENS OF GROUPS QUESTIONING CLIMATE CHANGE
Analysis of Peabody Energy court documents show company backed trade groups, lobbyists and thinktanks dubbed 'heart and soul of climate denial'... READ MORE›
CANADA SWITCHES ON WORLD'S FIRST CARBON CAPTURE POWER PLANT
Boundary Dam held up as first commercial-scale CCS plant and proof that coal-burning is compatible with cutting emissions... READ MORE›
MOVE TO KEEP POWER STATION 'BACK-UP'
It is negotiating with owners of gas and coal-burning power stations... READ MORE›