China
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Awesome ‘bike hugging’ dog guards and rides his owner’s bike
Watch a video of an adorable bike-guarding dog in China.
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It’s official: China now eats twice the meat we do
China's meat consumption has changed a lot in the last 20 years -- so much so that corn to feed industrially raised animals is now more prevalent than rice.
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Critical List: A blueprint for a ‘bioeconomy’; urban chicken retirement
The Obama administration is going to release a blueprint for a “bioeconomy” — an idea that includes renewable energy and biological manufacturing. Here is what conservatives think about energy and the environment, for real. Apparently environmentalists want America to suffer, to follow not lead … TO FAIL. Watch this video to get angry. China’s reaching […]
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Critical List: Nigeria oil spill 60 times bigger than reported; Arctic Ocean methane
Amnesty International found documents showing that a 2008 Shell oil spill in Nigeria was 60 times bigger than the company claimed. And in Russia, 2,000 tons of oil spilled from a well over two days. But, really, who knows how much oil it was? The thawing Arctic Ocean is releasing gobs of methane into the atmosphere. Figuring out how […]
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Everyone in Beijing is ditching bikes, except for the foreigners
In 1986, 60 percent of the citizens of Beijing rode bikes; now 17 percent do.
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Critical List: It’s been really, really warm; polar bears have a weird disease
A look at the news of the day.
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Solar ‘scandal’ upshot: China is dominating global solar market, for better or worse
Conservatives are going nuts about yet another "new Solyndra," but it's the same old story: cheap Chinese solar panels. Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
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Critical List: The return of the loan-guarantee program; Texas least prepared for climate change
The Energy Department is reviving its loan program. (AAAH! SOLYNDRA! AAAAAAAH!…say Republicans. We’re pretty sure this will all work out fine.) Environmental groups want final rules governing coal ash and are suing the EPA to get them. Texas: not very prepared for climate change. California: doing better than everyone else, at least. In China, drought […]
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How China will force Americans to drive electric cars
The sheer number of vehicles being added in Asia means a whole new level of competition for oil. It’s a competition that Asia will almost surely win, and will probably do more to drive the adoption of electric cars in the U.S. than any policy or tax credit.
