Global investment in clean energy capacity expanded by 5 percent in 2011 to $260 billion. The growth comes despite the considerable drag from economic crisis in Europe and weak growth in the U.S. The new research, compiled by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, was announced yesterday in ...

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Shanghai will offer 5 million energy-saving lightbulbs by the end of this year at subsidized prices as part of a campaign to save electricity and cut emissions of carbon dioxide, city officials said yesterday. The city started in 2009 to offer residents energy-saving lightbulbs with an extra subsidy of 20 percent ...

The faster-than-expected transition of the resource tax from a regional program to a national practice next month is more than welcome. The Chinese government originally planned to roll out such a value-based resource tax across the country over a period of five years. The decision to expedite the process is laudable ...

Shanghai aims to reduce per-GDP energy consumption by 18 percent and cut carbon emissions by 19 percent by the end of 2015, the government said yesterday. The city also will endeavor to massively reduce air pollution over next five years by enhancing the use of green energies ...

Local environmental officials are cleaning up a river polluted by sewage in a suburban industrial zone. The effort involves replacing an aged, broken pipe and injecting fresh water into Shanghengjing River, a major waterway in the Jinshan Development Park. "A nearby sewage pipe linked to the drainage network which transports wastewater to ...

Better air quality is expected in the city today, following three days of slight pollution. The influence of a sandstorm from the north affected air quality from Friday. It was recorded at level 3 - slightly polluted - on a five-level scale used by the city. But the Shanghai Environmental Monitoring Center ...

Shanghai yesterday experienced its worst air quality in more than four years as sand carried from storms in the north of the country created grey, dusty conditions in the city. Weather forecasters said wind and rain expected over the next couple of days would help disperse the pollution, which stood at ...

The Pudong New Area plans to build a low-carbon town near the future Shanghai Disneyland site in the next five years to attract tourists and better support the soon-to-be world's largest amusement park, a post-World-Expo plan revealed last week. The new town, designed with a countryside flavor, will cover an area ...

The Shanghai Environmental Protection Association announced yesterday that it will offer free indoor air quality test for newly decorated homes to check formaldehyde, benzene, volatile organic compound and radon -- a major indoor radioactive substance leading to lung cancer. Local families can make an application to the association by dialing 51157376 ...