China Fails to Meet Environmental Goals
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By SCOTT McDONALD  BEIJING - China's environmental watchdog admitted Monday the country had failed to reach any of its pollution control goals for 2006 and had fallen further behind as the economy picked up speed.
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Polluters along two of China's main rivers have defied a decade-old clean-up effort, leaving much of the water unfit to touch, let alone drink, and a risk to a sixth of the population, state media said on Monday.
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China&#39;s giant Three Gorges Dam project could lead to an ecological &quot;catastrophe&quot;, Chinese experts warned in comments published Wednesday.
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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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The three main political parties are failing to provide "consistent leadership" on green issues, says a report.
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Australia is on track to meet targets set by the global Kyoto Treaty to cut greenhouse gas emissions but will still not sign the pact because it ignores key areas of the fight against global warming in developing nations.
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Enterprises violating environmental protection rules in China will struggle to get bank loans    BEIJING, Feb.
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China said Tuesday its food and drug safety procedures were not satisfactory and vowed to improve them.
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China said Thursday it would bar bank loans to companies that violate environmental rules, an apparent effort to target firms that find it cheaper to pay fines or bribes than help reduce the country's worsening pollution.
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China can expect more droughts, floods and other extreme weather as it struggles to balance rapid development with environmental concerns, a report on climate change released on Tuesday said.
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By Sun Xiaohua and Xin Dingding  The central government's bid to factor in the cost of environmental degradation into economic growth with the introduction of "Green GDP" has run into opposition from some local governments.
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China promised on Monday to integrate climate change policy into its industrial and energy sectors, but said it would not sacrifice economic growth to satisfy international demands to help combat global warming.
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European and Asian leaders pledged Monday to set new carbon dioxide emissions targets that go beyond those now set for 2012 under the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol. But they set no firm targets now, bowing to Asian reluctance to do so.
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China's first plan to confront climate change cites growth as its top priority.
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China went on the global warming offensive on Monday, unveiling a climate change action plan while stressing it will not sacrifice economic ambitions to international demands to cut greenhouse gas pollution.
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The nations expressed concern about climate change but did not agree on a common strategy for curbing emissions.
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But few practical steps are being taken to move China's burgeoning economy away its heavy dependence on fossil fuels.