China warns of increased coal usage
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China promised Wednesday to develop renewable energy for its fast-growing economy but warned that coal consumption will grow dramatically and avoided embracing binding limits on its greenhouse gas emissions.
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China said that wealthier countries must take the lead in curbing greenhouse gas emissions.
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A senior Chinese official tells the BBC the country's environmental problems have reached crisis levels.
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BHP Billiton plans an aggressive $US1.5-2 billion ($2.1-2.8 billion) near-doubling of its coking coal production over the next five years to meet the China-inspired surge in demand for carbon steel-making materials through mine expansions and developments
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As talk of building new power plants rises sharply, a new fleet of coal-fired power plants and a revival of nuclear construction are both looking tougher due to rising costs.
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China&#39;s leaders should not relax their efforts to cool the country&#39;s fast-growing economy, the International Monetary Fund has warned.
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China beckons stock investors with the lure of brisk economic growth. Yet a school of prominent China watchers, led by Morgan Stanley strategist  Andy Xie, warns that the domestic overheating could lead to a "hard landing" in sectors ranging from steel to real estate. The Chinese government, worried about that very thing, is trying to rein in the torrid expansion.
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At least 56 people were killed in a major coal mine disaster in China today and the toll may rise to 204 with officials nearly giving up hope of finding the missing 148 miners alive in central Henan province.
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BBC Business Correspondent Nils Blythe visits a Chinese city choking with air pollution from coal-fired power plants.
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Shortages of coal and electricity are expected to fail to keep up with demand this winter, state media reported Monday. The National Power Regulatory Commission reported high demand for virtually every region
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China said on Monday its response to the threats of climate change must give overriding priority to economic development as the nation seeks to balance ambitions for growth with fears of environmental calamity.
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China's huge Three Gorges Dam hydropower project could spark environmental catastrophe unless accumulating threats are quickly defused, senior officials and experts have warned.
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Chinese authorities say a massive coal mine blast last month that killed 148 people was sparked after mine operators failed to realize that extending the mine&#39;s shaft would greatly increase its gas level, state media reported Sunday.
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China's government on Tuesday stepped up controls on land uses in a new effort to cool off an economic boom and threatened to punish local officials who fail to stop improper sales, a state news agency reported.
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China's top climate official said on  Tuesday that Beijing is determined to curb the use of fossil  fuels behind global warming, but deflected questions of whether  the big emitter will accept caps on greenhouse gases.
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Nearly 150 miners were feared killed by a gas explosion in a coal shaft in central China, the highest recent toll in a cadence of underground tragedies in the country's hard-pressed energy industry, the government said Thursday.
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China's largest but fast-depleting oil field Daqing is increasingly relying on natural gas to maintain production levels, state media has reported.