Indian firm makes carbon capture breakthrough
01-16-2017
A breakthrough in the race to make useful products out of planet-heating CO2 emissions has been made in southern India.
China and Australia top list of 'carbon bomb' projects
05-08-2015
Oliver Milman
China and Australia top a global list of planned oil, gas and coal projects that will act as "carbon bombs" and push the planet towards catastrophic climate change, a Greenpeace report warned on Tuesday.
China burns half of coal consumption worldwide, figures show
04-03-2015
Adam Vaughan
China now burns nearly as much coal as the rest of the world combined.
The country's appetite for the carbon-intensive fuel rose by 9% in 2011, to 3.8bn tonnes, meaning it now accounts for 47% of worldwide coal consumption.
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Achim Steiner: shale gas rush 'a liability' in efforts slow climate change
02-25-2014
Suzanne Goldenberg in Half Moon Bay, California
UN's top environmental official says switch from coal to natural gas is delaying critical energy transition to renewables
Can Smarter Growth Guide China’s Urban Building Boom?
david biello
The world has never seen anything like China’s dizzying urbanization boom, which has taken a heavy environmental toll.
Why the world is burning more coal
Fred Pearce
The inconvenient truth is that coal remains a cheap and dirty fuel — and the idea of 'clean' coal remains a distant dream
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