Posts Tagged ‘carbon’
Chengdu Environmental News for January 2009
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 1:02 No Comments1) Chengdu eventually achieved 315 days of fine air quality in 2009
On December 16th, 2009, the number of days with fair air quality in the downtown Chengdu achieved 15 days earlier the livelihood project goal put forward by the Municipal Government at the beginning of last year to “reach 311 days of fine [...]
WWF China’s Yang Fuqiang on Copenhagen
Friday, November 13, 2009 13:33 No CommentsWith less than a month to go to COP 15, Alex Pasternack at Treehugger has loaded a very interesting dialogue he recently had with Yang Fuqiang of WWF. See Part 1 and Part 2
Perhaps one of the most experienced persons on the issues, in China, his background lends his thoughts significant weight:
For more than two [...]
Can China’s Coal Industry be Reconciled with the Environment
Friday, November 14, 2008 22:14 No CommentsIn his report Can China’s coal industry be reconciled with the environment? (PDF Download Available Here), Xunpeng Shi takes a closer look at how energy intensity is measure, the level of emissions in China, and what that means.
To draw conclusions, he leverages two models:
1) is a fixed effects panel (WGE denotes pollutant emissions)
WGEitj = ß0+(ß1+ß2T)FuelCit+(ß3+ß4T)MatCit+ß5Xit+aij+uitj
WGE [...]
CO2 Sucking Blocks Have Potential Markets for China
Sunday, September 14, 2008 11:04 No CommentsGiven China’s building boom, and China’s reliance on bricks and concrete to build walls and foundations, the applications for this product could be huge if the product was proven and brought into China.
A product of Carbon Sense Solutions, it CO2 eating concrete process is one that is still under review (according to their website), and [...]
