Environmental stories tagged with: china

Thanks to WEEE, a European-wide scheme requiring electronic producers to take-back our old electronic items, we are sending less of our e-waste to landfill than ever before.  Have you ever thought what happens to our e-waste?  According to some Greenpeace investigations, they are being illegally dumped in India, China, Ghana and other developing nations as "second-hand goods".

A joint UK-China initiative on producing energy from coal with low carbon dioxide emissions was launched in Beijing today.

In the next 30 to 50 years, renewable energy will play an increasingly important role in China's energy supply strategy, and it is expected to account for 30% or higher of China's total energy supply by 2050, said Shi Dinghuan, president of the Institute of renewable energy in China, at the opening ceremony of the International Solar Energy Society's Solar World Congress.

Worried that the world's concern about pollution in China is not good for its reputation, China is attempting some bold steps to get people out of their cars.

Top United Nations climate change officials have voiced optimism that international leaders are ready and willing to tackle climate change on the second and final day of a General Assembly meeting on the issue.