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China's coal miners face a challenge to capture leaked methane

China’s coal miners face a challenge to capture leaked methane

China has committed to cut methane emissions in a deal with the US but a lack of robust monitoring and expensive capture technologies are barriers

Cooling towers, fake snow: What the Beijing Winter Olympics says about climate change

Cooling towers, fake snow: What the Beijing Winter Olympics says about climate change

The spectacle of fake snow and an old steel mill’s cooling towers has sparked climate debate among Olympics-watchers

China makes no shift away from coal in five-year plan as it 'crawls' to carbon neutrality

China makes no shift away from coal in five-year plan as it ‘crawls’ to carbon neutrality

Beijing set out incremental increases in climate targets to 2025, allowing for continued expansion of “clean” coal, to the disappointment of climate watchers

China host of major nature talks fails to step up at UN biodiversity summit

China host of major nature talks fails to step up at UN biodiversity summit

Campaigners had hoped President Xi would surprise the world again this week with tough measures to reverse biodiversity loss. They were left disappointed

Coronavirus: China's economic slowdown curbs deadly air pollution

Coronavirus: China’s economic slowdown curbs deadly air pollution

Premature deaths from air pollution in China could fall by 50,000-100,000 if economic downturn lasts a year, study estimates

China should consider increasing Paris climate pledge early - government thinktank

China should consider increasing Paris climate pledge early – government thinktank

Influential agency recommends China, which is likely to beat its 2030 target for cutting carbon, revisit the pledge it made to the UN deal

Renminbi power: Will China's wallet shape the planet?

Renminbi power: Will China’s wallet shape the planet?

China has big financial firepower. It must channel it towards low carbon through the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank to lead from the front on climate

China five-year plan hints at deeper carbon cuts

China five-year plan hints at deeper carbon cuts

NEWS: World’s largest carbon polluter may arrest rising emissions sooner than thought, says five-year economic plan, but details on boosting renewables remain light

China backs ‘revolutionary’ clean coal

China backs ‘revolutionary’ clean coal

NEWS: Environment minister promotes power station technology to cut pollution as China sets out five-year energy blueprint

China confirms 2015 emissions fall as solar, wind break records

China confirms 2015 emissions fall as solar, wind break records

NEWS: Carbon pollution declines for second year on falling coal consumption, says statistics agency

China's prospects for big nuclear fade post-Paris

China’s prospects for big nuclear fade post-Paris

NEWS: Atomic power is proving too expensive and cumbersome for it to drive top polluter’s commitment to arrest rising carbon emissions

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