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China’s 13th Five Year Plan hints at stronger climate ambition – Greenpeace
Beijing, 17 March 2016 - China's 13th Five Year Plan released today could indicate the world's largest carbon emitter will ramp its climate targets up within the next five years, just weeks after a recent paper also suggested that China’s emission may already have peaked.
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UPDATE: Is China doubling down on its coal power bubble?
In January-December 2015, China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection and provincial Environmental Protection Bureaus gave at least one positive permitting decision to a total of 210 coal-fired power plants with a total capacity of 169 gigawatts – four power plants per week. This surge of approvals seems to have resulted from China’s decision to decentralize authority…
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Greenpeace: In spite of China’s overcapacity crisis, 210 new coal fired power plants received environmental permits in 2015
Beijing, 2 March, 2016 – An updated Greenpeace East Asia report has found that in 2015 a total of 210 new coal fired power plants were granted environmental permits, in spite of the sector’s severe overcapacity problem. Moreover, the rate at which these redundant power plants are being approved by provincial governments was dramatically higher…
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China’s CO2 emissions continued to fall in 2015 – Greenpeace response
Beijing, 29 February, 2016 – Statistics released today by the National Bureau of Statistics show that a fall in China’s coal consumption and CO2 emissions continued for a second year in a row 2015. The fall in coal use over past two years was equal to Japan’s total yearly coal consumption. The trend is the…
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Suspected Illegal Construction of Coal Chemical Plants in northwest China
Greenpeace, Beijing 14 Sept 2015 – A Greenpeace East Asia investigation has revealed evidence that 15% of all modern coal chemical projects currently under construction, or 8 out of 53, are likely proceeding without the required permission from the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP). The eight offending projects are all located in arid and environmentally…
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Pipe Dreams
In this report, Greenpeace explores the development of China’s coal-to-chemical sector and environmental problems of the industry. We look at the efforts of one such SOE, the Datang group, one of China’s top 5 state-owned power sector giants, which had the ambition of building China’s largest and most advanced coal-to-gas plants, and its most extensive…
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China declares no new coal mines for next three years – Greenpeace response
Beijing, 6 January 2016 - China announced plans recently to halt new coal mine approvals for the next three years, and close 1,000 coal mines as part of its fight against air pollution. The announcement, made in a speech by the Head of China’s National Energy Administration at the annual meeting of energy planners, also…
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Greenpeace calls for a ‘2034 Nuclear-free Hong Kong’ emissions reduction plan
3 November 2015, Hong Kong-The 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) Climate Summit will be held on 30 November in Paris. The UN has pointed out that countries' current emissions reduction targets will not be enough to stop the world going over the 2 degrees warming threshold. As one of Asia's developed cities, Hong Kong…
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Coal Power Overcapacity and the Investment Bubble in China
A collaborative report by Greenpeace East Asia and North China Electric Power University reveals that up to 700 billion RMB could be invested in the coal power industry over the 13th five year plan period, in spite of an already serious overcapacity problem. The report analyses trends in coal power during the 12th Five Year…
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Greenpeace report estimates 13th Five Year Plan period could see 700 billion RMB wasted on coal fired electricity
Beijing, November 18, 2015 – A collaborative report by Greenpeace East Asia and North China Electric Power University reveals that up to 700 billion RMB could be invested in the coal power industry over the 13th five year plan period, in spite of an already serious overcapacity problem. The report, Coal Power Overcapacity and the…