Not two years ago China was often decried as the world's environmental waste land. Suddenly however it's "the Sputnik of our day," as Tom Friedman wrote last week in one of two buzz-wordy columns praising green efforts in China that could put the rest... ...full story at TreeHugger
from TreeHugger on Mon, Oct 05 2009
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Sputnik Diaries Episode 1 »
YouTube video This is my chinese dwarf hammy Sputnik doing his daily life ;) |
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50 Years after Sputnik: China A Leader In The New International Space Race » Zhonghuarising It was 50 years today that the Russians revolutionized technology as we know it today. Global communication is something we take for granted today, but without the Sputnik satellite, we (meaning America and China) may not have fully appreciated the... |
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Is China Going Green, Part XVI -- The Olympics Are Making Green The New Black. » China Law Blog About three years ago, I became convinced foreign environmental companies would thrive in China. But until only around six months ago, my firm's environmental clients seemed to have more regulatory problems in China than those in any other industry. Not... |
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Is China Going Green, Part XIV -- Leading Shanghai Environmental Lawyer Proves It Is » China Law Blog Charlie McElwee of the China Environmental Law Blog did an interesting post analyzing a Xinhua article on increased enforcement of China's environmental laws and on Chinese companies' growing realization that going green means making more green. Though... |
| 12 Dec 08 |
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Al Gore highly praises China for contribution to fighting climate change » People's Daily Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore on Friday highly praised China's bold efforts in fighting climate change in recent years and said China's efforts were largely ignored at Poznan climate talks. "China...China, once seen as a looming obstacle of... |
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Climate Change: China in Action » Shanghaiist Climate Change: China in Action, produced by the China Meteorological Administration and featured on the always excellent China Green is a short film that documents efforts by the Chinese government, as well as NGOs, scientists and corporations to address... |
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