China's Dependence on Dangerous Coal Keeps Growing
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SANDAOLING, China  - Dong Ye lights a cigarette  and doesn't give a second thought to fate -- his or his  country's -- as he steps off a dump truck onto the dirt road  that winds into the Sandaoling coal quarry.
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But few practical steps are being taken to move China's burgeoning economy away its heavy dependence on fossil fuels.
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China's plan to cut coal use has brought electricity to nomads and hopes for cleaner air by 2020.
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GUANGZHOU, China  - China's snow-stricken railways were creaking back into action on Friday, but with power cuts still crippling swathes of the country, President Hu Jintao visited a coal mine and urged workers to boost production.
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China will take tough measures this winter to improve the country&#39;s coal mine safety and prevent accidents. State Councilor Hua Jianmin said Thursday the industry should take
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China said Tuesday it was working hard to increase its use of renewable energy, but needs to be given some leeway in the global effort to reduce greenhouse gases.
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Increased Chinese steel exports give the industry indigestion.
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Blog: An in depth view of China's coal situation, but in Chinese only.
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A new report says that pressures on fuel supplies are growing, in part, because booming Asian economies are using more fuel to power their manufacturing industries.
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driven by China&#39;s insatiable demand for Australian coal - are expected to boost national export earnings by $12.5 billion this year.
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Anglo-American mining giant BHP Billiton says Chinese demand has pushed annual production to record levels.
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The pace of Chinaâs economic development is still strong enough to keep pushing up prices around the world.
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China's most polluted province steps up environmental efforts    TAIYUAN, Sept.
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China&#39;s first plan for climate change  will seek to fortify the country against damage from global  warming but also against international pressure to cut  greenhouse gas pollution that Beijing calls the cost of growth.
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Explosive growth has made the People&#39;s Republic of China the most power-hungry nation on earth. Get ready for the mass-produced, meltdown-proof future of nuclear energy.
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Explosive growth has made the People's Republic of China the most power-hungry nation on Earth. Get ready for the mass-produced, meltdown-proof future of nuclear energy. By Spencer Reiss from Wired magazine.
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driven by the continuing power struggle in Iraq, by fears for the solvency of the Russian oil giant Yukos, and by surging demand for oil in Asia, notably in China.