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Opinion: China To Continue Expanding Its Influence In The Oil And Gas Sector

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Since 2009, China has been taking a much more active role in its pursuit of international oil contracts. China also made large investments in Saudi Arabia’s oil refining industry as well. When it comes to Chinese energy industry, there are three major state owned companies.

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New phase of globalization could undermine efforts to reduce CO2 emissions

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A new study finds that the growth of carbon production from Chinese exports has slowed or reversed, reflecting a “new phase of globalization” between developing countries that could undermine international efforts to reduce emissions. The paper is published in Nature Communications. trillion) in 2014. trillion) in 2014.

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HEI: 95%+ of world’s population live in areas of unhealthy air

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was industrial coal; transportation followed as a close second. In India in 2015, however, the leading source contribution by far was residential biomass burning, followed by anthropogenic dust, powerplant coal, industrial coal and open burning. Its results are published each year in the international medical journal, The Lancet.

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2018 Environmental Performance Index: Air quality top public health threat

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Now in its twentieth year, the biennial report is produced by researchers at Yale and Columbia Universities in collaboration with the World Economic Forum. Substantial populations still suffer from poor air quality, most notably in India, China, and Pakistan. EPI and Global Sustainability Data.

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