GenevaLunch » greenhouse gas http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:57:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no China commits to CO2 cuts by 2050 http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/27/china-commits-to-co2-cuts-by-2050/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/27/china-commits-to-co2-cuts-by-2050/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:12:15 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=32458 GenevaLunch.com China will improve energy efficiency 40-45 percent by 2050, compared to 2005, Chinese officials announced 26 November, without offering any details. By improving energy efficiency, China also reduces CO2 emissions.Chinese leaders almost immediately cautioned that their energy goals were domestic, and asked the world to trust them. Xie Zhenhua, the Chinese climate policy expert who [...]

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