China to start vaccinating children to age 3 as cases spread
1 of 11 Women wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus ride scooters passing by masked residents line up to receive booster shots against COVID-19 at Continue Reading
Behind China’s Rising Emissions Are Hundreds of Hidden Polluters
Curbing China’s output of greenhouse gas will do more than almost anything else at this point to decide the fate of the planet. That primacy comes from being, by far, Continue Reading
China Targets More Than 80% Non-Fossil Energy Use by 2060
China aims to have non-fossil energy consumption exceed 80% of its total mix by 2060, when the world’s second-biggest economy plans to be carbon neutral, according to guidelines published by Continue Reading
China says it must consider food and energy security when curbing emissions
China’s cabinet on Sunday outlined measures to achieve its goals of reaching peak carbon emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality before 2060 but said food and energy security must be Continue Reading
India’s Top Utility Looks To Import Coal As Energy Crisis Continues
The largest power generating company in India, NTPC Ltd, is looking for bids to import at least one million tons of coal for the first time in two years, Bloomberg Continue Reading
China Evergrande Makes Overdue Interest Payment on Dollar Bonds, State Media Says
China Evergrande Group EGRNF 7.41% made an overdue interest payment to international bondholders, the state-owned Securities Times reported Friday, an unexpected move that allows the property company to stave off a default. The Continue Reading
China’s overseas coal ban raises pressure on developing countries to go green
For Vietnam’s central planners, the timing was terrible when China announced it would no longer build coal-fired power projects abroad. In early September, an updated energy blueprint for the Southeast Asian nation Continue Reading
China Vows Crackdown On Coal Futures Speculation
Chinese authorities have signaled they would start looking into the recent price spikes and subsequent plunge in the domestic coal futures market as part of efforts to contain the price Continue Reading
China coal prices mark worst week since May on govt intervention
China’s thermal coal futures plunged on Friday and turned in their worst week in five months, following Beijing’s strongest intervention in years to boost supply and cool runaway prices of Continue Reading
From Baltic to Balkans, Covid crisis engulfs central and eastern Europe
As ambulances carrying coronavirus patients queue outside Romania’s emergency units, hospitals are running out of beds, morgues are overflowing and doctors are becoming exasperated as well as exhausted. Most of Continue Reading