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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2008 12:58:39 -0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[China's CO2 emissions 14% higher than America's in 2007]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[China emitted 14 percent more carbon dioxide than the United States in 2007 according to a report released by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency.  China's emissions grew 8 percent from 2006.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0614-co2_emissions.html</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Will earthquake slow dam-building spree in China?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Monday's 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Sichuan province left more than 15,000 dead, 26,000 missing, and 64,000 injured, according to state media.  The quake also "seriously damaged" two hydroelectric stations in Maoxian county, leading authorities to warn that the dams could burst.  More than 2,000 troops were sent to work on the Zipingku Dam, a dam said to be in "great danger" of collapse upriver from Dujiangyan, the city at the quake's epicenter.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New expedition seeks evidence for survival of the 'extinct' Baiji]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The EDGE program, apart of the London Zoological Society, has sent an expedition to the Yangtze River to survey local fishermen for any evidence that the Baiji may still survive.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[China's emissions growth 2-4 times greater than expected]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[China's carbon dioxide emissions are growing far faster than anticipated according to according to a new analysis by economists at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, San Diego. The study, published in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, estimates China will see an 11 percent annual growth rate in CO2 emissions between 2004 and 2010, two to four times the 2.5 to 5 percent growth rate estimated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0311-china.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[China bans plastic bags]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In effort to stem plastic pollution, China has banned stores from using flimsy plastic bags and is mandating an additional charge if customers opt for a more durable plastic bag. Joining countries such as Ireland, Taiwan, and parts of South Africa, this new measure is aimed at encouraging the use of cloth bags and other reusable containers. Bangladesh has banned plastic shopping bags completely since 2002 when they were found to block drainage systems and cause flooding during monsoon rains. Australia is contemplating the move, as are cities such as London and Boston.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0114-morgan_china.html</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Extremely high levels of mercury and arsenic found in Chinese lake]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A team of researchers, led by biologists at Dartmouth, has found potentially dangerous levels of mercury and arsenic in Lake Baiyangdian, the largest lake in the North China Plain and a source of both food and drinking water for the people who live around it.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0110-china.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Can China Go Green?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[China's booming economic growth over the past generation has come at the expense of the environment, putting its economic health at risk, argues a policy piece published in the journal Science.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0103-china.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[China's coal pollutes the U.S.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It takes five to 10 days for the pollution from China's coal-fired plants to make its way to the United States, like a slow-moving storm. It shows up as mercury in the bass and trout caught in Oregon's Willamette River. It increases cloud cover and raises ozone levels. And along the way, it contributes to acid rain in Japan and South Korea and health problems everywhere from Taiyuan to the United States. This is the dark side of the world's growing use of coal.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1104-china_ap.html</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[China to spend $14.4 billion clean up polluted lake]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[China will spend $14.4 billion to clean up one of the country's largest and most polluted lakes, according to a report in the International Herald Tribune.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1029-china_lake.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[China struggles with urban pollution]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[About 60 percent of Chinese cities still regularly suffer from air pollution and have no centralized sewage treatment facilities, according to a report by China's environment watchdog, the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rare Chinese river dolphin sighting in doubt]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A prominent researcher is skeptical of last week's reported sighting of the baiji, the Chinese river dolphin declared extinct earlier this year, according to the New York Times.  The sighting near Tongling city in Anhui Province -- widely reported in Chinese and Western media -- was captured on video.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0901-baiji.html</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Environmental, safety concerns mount over China's Three Gorges Dam]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Environmental problems are worse than anticipated at China's massive Three Gorges Dam, reports the <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>.  A year after its completion, there are rising concerns of pollution, landslides, and flooding.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA["Extinct" baiji river dolphin spotted alive in China]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[An "extinct" baiji has been spotted alive in the Yangtze River, reports Chinese state media.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[China to miss pollution goals for 2007]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[China has managed to cut emissions of sulphur dioxide, an acid-rain causing pollutant, during the first half of 2007 but is likely to miss reduction targets for the year, reports the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA).]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0822-china.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. firms driving pollution in China]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[U.S. firms are helping drive environmental degradation in China, putting the health of millions of Chinese at risk, reports The Wall Street Journal. The paper says that by demanding ever lower products for goods, manufacturers are forced to reduced environmental safeguards in order to compete.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Extinction of the Yangtze river dolphin is confirmed]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[After an extensive six-week search scientists have confirmed the probable extinction of the baiji or Yangtze river dolphin.  The freshwater dolphin's extinction had been reported late last year.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0808-baiji.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[China's wetlands shrinking due to global warming]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Wetlands on China's Qinghai-Tibet plateau have shrunk by more than 10 percent over the past 40 years, posing a threat to agriculture and river flows, according to scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.  Wetlands at the Yangtze's origin contracted 29 percent over the same period.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0716-china.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[China will not commit to CO2 limits]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[China will not commit to binding greenhouse gas emissions cuts, reports the BBC. Lu Xuedu, deputy director-general of China's Office of Global Environmental Affairs, told British parliamentarians that China does not presently have the "capability to make those commitments."]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0706-china.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[760,000 Chinese a year die from pollution]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[760,000 Chinese die prematurely each year from polluted air and water, according to estimates to be released by the World Bank.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0704-china.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[China finds 7.5 billion barrel oilfield]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[PetroChina, Asia's largest oil and gas producer, announced the discovery of a 7.5 billion barrel oil field off the northeast coast of China.  The find, in an undersea field in Bohai Bay, is the largest in Asia in four decades and will boost China's known oil reserves by 20 percent.  Nevertheless, the discovery will not be enough to offset China's oil imports, which have surged in recent years due to a booming economy and rapid adoption of automobiles.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0508-china.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chinese traffic restrictions rapidly result in cleaner air]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Chinese government restrictions on motorists during a three- day conference last fall cut Beijing's emissions of an important class of atmospheric pollutants by up to 40 percent, recent satellite observations indicate. The November restrictions are widely viewed as a dress rehearsal for efforts by the city to slash smog and airborne contaminants when China hosts the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0430-china.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[China to spend $2.1B to protect wetlands]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[China says it will spend more than $2.1 billion (16.5 billion yuan) to protect and restore its highly endangered wetlands over the next five years.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0425-China_wetlands.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Damage to Yangtze 'irreversible' says China]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Pollution, dams and excessive boat traffic have caused an 'largely irreversible' decline in the aquatic ecology of the Yangtze says a report issued by China's official State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA).]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0417-china.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The news of extinction: western media's response to the demise of the Baiji]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The news came and went with an alacrity that I found alarming, almost jolting.  I waited for weeks, faithfully; I could not believe that the initial announcement would be followed by nothing but silence on the issue, no rationalizations, no opinions, no discussions, no outpourings of grief.  Just silence.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0401-baiji.html</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[China misses pollution targets]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[China's environmental protection agency said that the country failed to meet any of its 2006 pollution control goals according to its web site.  The State Environmental Protection (SEPA) admitted that economic growth actually caused the country to fall well behind its environmental targets.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0213-china.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[China launches green buying policy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[China's Ministry of Finance and the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) announced that starting in 2007, the country's central and provincial governments will prioritize their purchasing of environmentally friendly products and services.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1219-china.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[China will continue search for 'extinct' baiji river dolphin]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Chinese state media reports that scientists will continue to search for the baiji dolphin even after a 38-day search failed to produce any evidence of its existence in the Yangtze River.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1217-baiji.html</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 Dec 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Goodbye to the Baiji]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[After a short illness spurred by pollution, overfishing, boat traffic, and obstructions like dams, the Baiji was declared 'functionally extinct' last night.  As a species, the river dolphin found only in China's Yangtze River was 20 million years.  The Baiji is survived by other river dolphins, all themselves threatened, in the Ganges, Indus, Amazon, Orinoco, and La Plata rivers. No memorial service will be held.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1213-baiji.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chinese river dolphin nearly extinct says official]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Xinhua, China's state news agency, reported that a 26-day search for the Baiji, or the Yangtze dolphin, found no dolphins.  The Baiji is highly threatened by pollution, overfishing, and obstructions like dams.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1203-baiji.html</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 03 Dec 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Groundwater supplies polluted in 90% of cities in China]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Groundwater water supplies are polluted or overexploited in about 9 out of every 10 Chinese cities according to official state media.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1203-china.html</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 03 Dec 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[China may surpass U.S. in carbon dioxide emissions by 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[China's output of carbon dioxide, a gas linked to global warming, may surprass that of the United States by 2009, about a decade earlier than previous estimates according to a report released Tuesday by the International Energy Agency. China currently ranks second behind the United States in carbon dioxide emissions, but rapid economic growth, fueled heavily by coal, is spurring a dramatic rise in greenhouse gas pollution.  China's emissions growth is one of the big reasons why the United States and Australia have refused to sign the Kyoto Protocol which calls for emissions limits for industrialized countries but none for developing economies including China, India, and Brazil.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1107-china.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Population of bizarre Mongolian antelope plunges 95% in 15 years]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A group of scientists led by the New York-based Wildlife conservation Society (WCS) working in Mongolia's windswept Gobi Desert recently fitted high-tech GPS (Global Positioning System) collars on eight saiga antelope in an effort to help protect one of Asia's most bizarre-looking -- and endangered -- large mammals.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1019-wcs.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[China makes environmental moves as problems mount]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[China, the world's most populous country and fastest growing economy, faces a host of environmental problems.  Energy and water shortages, water and air pollution, cropland and biodiversity losses, and escalating emissions of greenhouses gases are all concerns as the country moves towards world superpower status.  While these issues could threaten to destablilize the country and derail economic growth, it appears that it is taking steps to address some of these challenges.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0919-china.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Acid rain affects one-third of China]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[One-third of China is impacted by acid rain according to officials quotes Sunday by state media. The Associated Press reports that China's factories are sending ever increasing amounts of sulphur dioxide -- the chemical that causes acid rain -- according to Sheng Huaren, deputy chairman of the Standing Committee of parliament. Emissions of sulphur dioxide have risen by 27 percent since 2000.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0828-china.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Coal to oil conversion gaining interest in China, U.S.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[High oil prices are spawning greater interest in technologies that convert coal into liquid fuel, according to an article published yesterday in The Wall Street Journal, but the shift could have a significant impact on the environment. Heightened tensions in the Middle East combined with booming demand and political instability in other regions have put a premium on crude oil and forced China and the United States -- the world's largest energy gluttons -- to look towards secure sources of fuel.  Both countries are coal-rich but petroleum-poor. The Wall Street Journal says that China and the United States are actively developing coal-to-oil technology.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0816-wsj.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tropical Asia needs to act to save biodiversity, say scientists]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A group of scientists urged governments of tropical Asia to take steps to stem biodiversity loss across the region. At the annual meeting for the Association for Tropical Biology and conservation, hosted at the Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in the Yunnan province of China, scientists said that population growth and booming economic expansion are fueling illegal logging, wildlife poaching, and habitat destruction. The scientists noted that populations of elephants, rhinoceroses, tigers, sun bears, orangutans, and other species unique to tropical Asia have fallen significantly in recent years as a result of these activities.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0722-atbio.html</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jul 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[China to spend $175 billion on the environment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[China plans to spend about $175 billion protecting its environment over the next five years according to a report from BBC News.  The money will be used to reduce pollution, improve water quality, and cut soil erosion. China has some of the world's most polluted cities and waterways.  A December 2005 report from the Chinese government said some 300 million Chinese drink unsafe water tainted by chemicals and other contaminants, while a nationwide survey found that about 90% of China's cities have polluted ground water.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0718-china.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Venture Capitalists, China and Green Technology]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A Bay Area venture capitalist with a storied past, has set his sights on "green technology" and ultimately China, after some compelling remarks from state representatives at a recent conference.  Early this spring, Chinese officials named solar and clean coal technologies as two of their three pre-eminent priorities for investment and development in the near future.  For a country with burgeoning energy needs surpassing what power is presently available, this is both realistic and positive news for environmentalists and economists alike.  Hoping to capitalize, John Doerr and his associates are now funneling cash into the emergent green technology sector, which he, and an increasing number of other investors believe to be the next big thing.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0524-china.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
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<title><![CDATA[China and India show rapid increase in global warming emissions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Carbon dioxide emissions continue to rise with a mix of old and new polluters, according to the Little Green Data Book 2006, launched today on the occasion of the Fourteenth Session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development.  An annual publication of the World Bank, according to this year?s edition, CO2 emissions worldwide have now topped 24 billion metric tons, an increase of 15 percent compared to the 1992 levels.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0510-worldbank.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
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<title><![CDATA[China Faces Water Crisis -- 300 million drink unsafe water]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[About 300 million Chinese drink unsafe water tainted by chemicals and other contaminants according to a new report from the Chinese government.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/1230-tina_butler.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2005 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
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<title><![CDATA[Pandas threatened by roads and forest fragmentation in China]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[China&#39;s endangered giant panda is threatened by the rapid expansion of the national highway network, which causing fragmentation of its natural habitat, according to Chinese state media.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/1205-pandas.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2005 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/1205-pandas.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. "exporting" carbon emissions to China says study]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The growth of Chinese imports in the U.S. economy boosted the total emissions of carbon dioxide (a primary greenhouse gas) from the two countries by over 700 million metric tons between 1997 and 2003, according to a study published online in the journal Energy Policy. The analysis, prepared by two scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, suggests that American emissions of carbon dioxide in 2003 would have been 6% higher if the United States had manufactured the products that it imported from China. Meanwhile, China&#39;s 2003 emissions would have been 14% lower had it not produced goods for the United States.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/1201-china.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2005 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/1201-china.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Renewable energy in China, a strategic future?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[China's failed bid for American petroleum firm Unocal may prompt it to further focus on its development of alternative energy sources.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0802-china.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0802-china.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[China's Imminent Water Crisis]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[China has long suffered from alternating periods of severe flooding and drought. Combined with high pollution levels and a history of heedless and haphazard policies, the country is witnessing a precipitous drop in this most essential supply.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0531-tina_butler.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0531-tina_butler.html</guid>
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