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English Stories from the Chinese Press September 15th – 21st

 

English Stories from the Chinese Press September 15th – 21st  

Air Pollution

Hong Kong pollution soars as city experiences smoggiest day of the year. Hongkongers awoke to one of the smoggiest days of the year on Friday as weather conditions left the city choking on pollution that represented a 'serious risk' to health. South China Morning Post, China. 19 September 2014.

 

Food, Water, and Soil

Shenzhen is losing its fight against pollution in main rivers. Residents of the Pearl River Delta have been shocked recently to hear reports that more than half of the waterways in Shenzhen, the most developed city in Guangdong, are black, polluted and smelly. South China Morning Post, China. 20 September 2014.

 

Law and Regulation

China approves plan to combat climate change. The Chinese central government on Friday approved a plan that maps out major climate change goals to be met by 2020. Xinhua News Agency, China. 19 September 2014.

 

International Affairs

"Climate change is undermining rights of every child": UNICEF official. "Climate change is really undermining the rights of every child today and the children of tomorrow," Alex Heikens, a senior official with the United Nations Children's Fund, told Xinhua in an interview,just a few days before opening of the UN climate change summit. Xinhua News Agency, China. 21 September 2014.

 

UNEP chief lauds China's effort to combat climate change. The head of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) on Friday lauded China's role in fighting climate change, calling it a positive actor in a global community to avert such threat. Xinhua News Agency, China. 20 September 2014.

 

Investors urge action on climate change ahead of UN summit. More than 340 global institutional investors representing over 24 trillion U.S. dollars in assets called Thursday on governments to take action that supports, rather than limits, investment in clean energy and climate solutions. Xinhua News Agency, China. 19 September 2014.

 

Austria particularly affected by climate change. Austria has been particularly hard-hit by climate change with average temperatures rising almost two degrees Celsius since 1880 compared to the global average of 0.85 degrees, a Europe-wide study into the phenomenon has revealed Wednesday. Xinhua News Agency, China. 18 September 2014.

 

Former Norwegian PM praises China's climate policy. Former Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg praised China's policy measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Xinhua News Agency, China. 16 September 2014.

 

Sustainable In Seattle. The first-ever North American meeting of the Boao Forum for Asia was held Sept. 4-6, bringing together more than 300 business executives, policymakers and experts from around the Pacific Rim to explore solutions to global challenges related to climate change, energy, urbanization and health, and the growing importance of the Asia-Pacific region in creating solutions. Beijing Review, China. 15 September 2014.

 

Technology and Resources

China's green, green energy of home. Can green energy tackle climate change? A national plan, approved on Friday, aims to bring non-fossil fuels up to about 15 percent of energy consumption by 2020, from the 9.8 percent at the end of 2013. Xinhua News Agency, China. 20 September 2014.

 

Other

Protecting the environment is crucial for migrants' survival. 'Environmental resettlement' is the principle for the relocation of villagers in China's South-to-North Water Diversion Project. That means ecological protection is the top priority in development. Migrants have to give up their traditional way of farming for the sake of water quality. Beijing CCTV, China. 20 September 2014.

 

China floats "cash for clunkers" scheme. The vehicles to be cleaned off the road include "yellow label cars" - gasoline cars that fall below National I emission standard and diesel vehicles below the National III emission standard - and older vehicles, which all fail to meet the current national motor vehicle emission standards.Xinhua News Agency, China. 19 September 2014.

 

Apple supplier Foxconn denies employee leukemia link. Foxconn Electronics, a Taiwan-funded supplier of Apple, has denied that benzene exposure led to several leukemia cases among employees at its plant in south China's Shenzhen city. Xinhua News Agency, China. 18 September 2014.

 

 

 




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