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Religions > Atheism |
| User: |
"maff" |
| Date: |
08 Nov 2005 07:41:44 AM |
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Renewables |
China pledges to double reliance on renewable energy by 2020
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,7369,1636632,00.html
=B7 Huge polluter would be leading green player
=B7 Critics claim target will not offset climatic damage
Jonathan Watts in Beijing
Tuesday November 8, 2005
The Guardian
China, the world's second biggest emitter of greenhouse gases,
announced plans yesterday to more than double its reliance on renewable
energy by 2020, which could make it a leading player in the wind, solar
and hydropower industries.
But environmentalists said that Beijing's new target was still not
ambitious enough to offset the climatic damage caused by its
spectacular economic growth, which will continue to be predominantly
fuelled by coal.
At the opening of a conference in Beijing, the host government said it
would aim to provide 15% of its energy needs from non-fossil fuels
within 15 years - up from 7% today, and 50% more than its previously
stated goal of reaching 10% by 2020. "Strengthening the development and
use of renewable energies is a must for us to address the increasingly
serious energy and environmental issues," the Chinese president, Hu
Jintao, said in a statement read to the conference by a deputy.
Environment
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/7de01b9eff4919e3
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China
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/d3294ecc38a6a57d
Is the wakening giant a monster?
http://tinyurl.com/iws6
A Blueprint for the Future
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/59c28cd6dfe6f60f
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