This week in Dubai, after two weeks of negotiations among representatives from almost 200 countries, the COP28 climate summit closed on a “historic” note: an agreement that calls for “transitioning away” from fossil fuels in...
A massive, months-long heat wave has scorched regions in central China. Intense droughts and evaporating water sources have choked energy supplies in several regions reliant upon hydropower, causing widespread power cuts and...
Power outages and blackouts across twenty Chinese provinces have forced factories to slow production and disrupted daily life for millions of residents. Power supply shortages are being driven by rising coal prices and increased...
Chinese officials have warned John Kerry that deteriorating U.S.-China ties will impact bilateral cooperation on climate change. Kerry, who was in Tianjin for preliminary talks with his Chinese counterparts in preparation for...
China’s economic planners have wrested control over climate policy from bureaucrats in the environmental department, potentially jeopardizing efforts to meet emissions pledges made by Xi Jinping before the United Nation’s...
Chinese President Xi Jinping virtually attended a White House climate summit, fueling hopes that Joe Biden’s policy of “extreme competition” will propel both countries to combat the climate crisis. Before the summit, Biden...
China has officially banned the importation of Australian coal, striking at the heart of the country’s energy sector. The decision, announced on Monday, escalates the Australia-China trade war that began after Canberra...
China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection this week directed municipal authorities in 28...
With China looking to see what options might open up in global climate leadership ahead of the...
With the U.S. expected to retreat from its role as a climate leader in the wake of Donald...
Following the collapse of a scaffolding platform that took the lives of 74 construction workers at...
In response to mounting public anger over China’s infamous urban air pollution, authorities...
According to a study by researchers at Tsinghua University and the U.S.-based Health Effects...
A new report from Greenpeace on the coal industry’s impact on global water resources has...
Labor unrest has increased throughout China as the economy continues to grow at its slowest rate...
Recent government statistics indicate that China has been burning 17 percent more coal a year than...
In January, China reported that the it’s coal use fell by just over 2 percent in 2014—the...
A Berkeley Earth study of newly released air quality data from 1,500 sites across East Asia has...
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