CHICAGO -- After flying over 11,000 kilometers, Hainan Airlines Flight 497 which took off from Beijing landed at Chicago O'Hare International Airport at 12:05 pm local time on Tuesday.The Boeing 787 Dreamliner of Hainan Airlines flew with biological aviation fuel that is......
The construction of the Suwalong hydropower station in Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region aims to improve the region's energy supply and people's lives, said experts, adding that neighboring countries such as India should not overreact to the project.Construction ......
SYDNEY, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- A renewable energy project supported by partners from the Australian and Chinese public and private sectors promises "groundbreaking" technology to produce ethanol biofuel using non-food waste plant matter left over from crops and forestry.The......
BEIJING, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- China has formulated a draft law on resource tax in a bid to conserve natural resources and protect the environment.The draft law was released Monday by the Ministry of Finance (MOF) and the State Administration of Taxation for public comment......
In September 2017, China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection issued the first national standard for portable emission measurement system (PEMS) testing of heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs). The regulation is a supplement to all existing requirements under the China V standar......
In 2017, World Resources Institute officially launched an open data platform, Performance Tracking of China’s Climate Actions 1.0, to track the progress of national goals on mitigating climate change. The platform tracks and updates data in a timely manner, in order to i......
ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Yang Zhongqi from Niecun Village in the city of Anyang bid farewell to coal-fired heating last year at a cost of 2,710 yuan (about 408 U.S. dollars): 1,410 yuan for a gas heater and 1,300 yuan for gas.The government offered him nearly 2,000......
BEIJING - China Wednesday announced new loan policies for car purchases, allowing buyers of new energy vehicles (NEVs) to borrow a larger portion of the purchase price.Starting in 2018, NEV buyers can borrow up to 85 percent of the cost from banks, according to the Peopl......
China’s 13th Five-Year Plan includes goals to establish electricity markets and deepen progress toward improving air quality. But achieving the plan’s energy and environmental targets could result in unintended consequences, including increased pollution, shifting pollu......
BONN - The 23rd Conference of Parties (COP 23) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) kicked off here on Monday with a call to adhere to the path of Paris Climate Change Agreement.The COP 23 is tasked with mapping out a guideline for the im......
