energy
Hong Kong needs a sustainable energy vision
Tue, 10 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT | Greenpeace
Air pollution plagues Hong Kong?s environment and the quality of life for long time. Meanwhile, we are also witnessing the impact of climate change, such as longer hot period, and more droughts and floods. There is a consensus all over the country that coal is the most polluting fuel, and the solutions to this problem totally lie on energy saving measures and a major switch by the whole society to clean, renewable energy.
China to Tackle Pollution and Curb Use of Energy - Joe Mcdonald
| China Digital Times
From The Herald: China is launching a multibillion-dollar effort to cut pollution and soaring coal and oil demand, by raising energy efficiency in flats and offices. Authorities are tightening standards and threatening to revoke developers' business licences if they fail...
China's Hu heads to Liberia (AFP)
Thu, 01 Feb 2007 04:36:23 GMT | Yahoo! News
AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao is travelling to Liberia on the second leg of his African tour aimed at winning a larger share of the continent's oil and energy resources.
International Energy Agency raises world oil demand outlook
| Findory News China
Globe and Mail: OECD's energy watchdog arm cites upward revision in China demand; warns that lower OPEC output could tighten oil market
Energy ties to fuel India, China, Russia summit
| Findory News China
Yahoo News: Reuters - The foreign ministers of India, China and Russia will meet on Wednesday for talks on economic ties at a time when the Asian giants are seeking more energy supplies and Moscow sits on huge oil and gas reserves.
China set to miss energy efficiency target
| Findory News China
Financial Times: China is becoming more unlikely to meet its target to improve its energy efficiency by 2010, according to local and foreign analysts, because of the surge in investment in heavy industry in the past five years.
Self-Sufficient Villages: Indonesia
Sat, 17 Feb 2007 02:27:57 +0000 | Indonesia Logue
It was delightful to read in the Antara News yesterday about government plans to increase the number of energy-self-sufficient villages in the country from 140 now to 2,000 by the end of the United Indonesia Cabinet`s tenure in 2009. Basically, this means that an energy-self-sufficient village is a village capable of meeting its own energy needs [...]
