Power plant emissions of sulfur dioxide – an atmospheric pollutant with both health and climate impacts – have increased across India in recent years, according to a new analysis of data from a NASA satellite. The analysis of ...
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Renewable energy subsidies have been a politically popular program over the past decade. These subsidies have led to explosive growth in wind power installations across the United States, especially in the Midwest and Texas. But do these ...
Hebei said it eliminated 4.56 million metric tons of ironmaking capacity and 6.8 million tons of steelmaking capacity in three cities on Sunday, marking the start of the province's campaign to cut excess production capacity. On Sunday, a ...
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When it comes to the green movement, there are basically two sides to the coin: Environmental and health. The environmental component is pretty obvious, including such things as recycling and sustainable practices and, as such, gets the ...
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Experts are voicing worries over plans to reduce coal combustion by using more natural gas as the heating season approaches. The large number of coal power plants being refitted as gas power plants will increase nitric oxide emissions, ...
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Huaxing Petrochemical’s low pressure gas cabinet passed checks by the provincial environment protection department. Xu Xingchang, the company safety supervisor, made a detailed introduction to the inspection team. The ...
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Recently, ChemChina Petrochemical held a review meeting to assess a feasibility study on purifying the fumes of catalytic units at Huaxing Petrochemical, Zhenghe Group and Changyi Petrochemical. Participants discussed relevant mainstream ...
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The Chinese capital of Beijing is looking to phase out all its coal-fired power generation capacity by the end of next year, the official Xinhua news agency reported Saturday. According to municipal authorities, the city is planning to ...
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Before the invention of the refrigerator, icehouses were used to provide cool storage for most of the year. Placed near freshwater lakes or packed with snow and ice during the winter, they were once very common. Natural means are still used ...
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China announced policies on Friday to ramp up support for renewable energy projects, in a bid to curb air pollution. The National Development and Reform Commission issued new subsidy standards for distributed solar power generation ...
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Govt delays approval of CNPC, Sinopec new projects till '13 emissions evaluation The country's two major oil providers - China National Petroleum Corp and China Petroleum and Chemical Corp - have been punished by the Environmental ...
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Songhao Liu, an academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the famous optics and lasers scientist professor, recently stated that LED lamps will replace incandescent bulbs soon, occupying the lighting market. He believes that the ...
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In the wake of a settlement to resolve violations of the federal Clean Air Act, a spokeswoman for Holcim, which operates a cement manufacturing plant east of Hagerstown, said the company is weighing its options on how to proceed. "There ...
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An on-the-spot meeting to promote the application of LED lighting products in Guangdong Province was held on June 14 in Foshan. Yunxian Chen, Vice Governor of Guangdong, stressed at the meeting that the next step is to adhere to promote LED ...
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During the 11th five-year plan, Baoshan iron and steel continuously deepen the national and Shanghai energy conservation and emission reduction requirements with further management efforts from energy conservation and emission reduction ...
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