China‘s government announced plans for a major reforestation project. The country aims to grow about 6.66 million hectares of new forests this year, an area roughly the size of Ireland. The announcement was made last week by Zhang Jianlong, the head of China’s State Forestry Administration, in an effort to shed the country’s image as […]
China will suspend production of hundreds of car models in an effort to curb air pollution, the official state news agency announced this week. The suspension, effective Jan. 1, covers 553 models that do not meet the country’s fuel economy standards, including cars from major domestic manufacturers like Chery Automobile Co., Ltd. and joint international […]
China’s ivory trade ban is now in effect, making it illegal to sell and buy ivory in the country. China, one of the world’s largest markets for both legal and illegal ivory, has been a major driver of elephant poaching in Africa. Last year, the Chinese government announced its commitment to shut down its legal, […]
As we look back on the most noteworthy environmental stories of 2017, one cannot help but start with the extreme weather that has caused so much destruction to so many around the globe. And with that, the year brought heightened concern for protecting our planet with focused attention on issues like renewable energy, electric vehicles […]
Jinan, the capital city of China’s Shandong province, opened on Thursday a kilometer-long stretch of solar expressway for testing, joining France and the Netherlands that have tapped into the nascent technology. China’s new solar road consists of an insulating layer on the bottom, photovoltaic panels in the middle, and transparent concrete on top. The solar […]
Japan’s failure to prevent illegal ivory exports could weaken China’s coming ban on domestic ivory trade, conservationists said Wednesday. The warning—made by Traffic, a wildlife trade monitoring group—comes just more than a week before the Chinese government will ban ivory retail sales and follows the closure of ivory factories in the country last March. “Our […]
By Diane Regas China has announced the launch of a national emissions trading system that will become the world’s largest and most consequential environmental program, fulfilling a commitment of President Xi Jinping and setting up China to meet or even exceed its commitment to the Paris climate agreement. The nation is moving deliberately, gradually phasing […]
The city of Shenzen, China is home to a staggering 16,000 buses. To compare, that’s more buses than the five largest North American bus fleets combined (New York City, Los Angeles County, New Jersey Transit, Chicago and Toronto). Now, after a six-year effort to replace its diesel-fueled buses, the major Chinese city is well on […]
China unveiled the details on Tuesday of what is soon to be the world’s largest carbon market, two years after China’s president Xi announced the initiative. Although the market launch date wasn’t revealed, observers saw today’s announcement as a noteworthy step. “This is like the pyramids of Giza for climate policy,” Nathaniel Keohane, the vice […]
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