Share prices of China’s coal enterprises jumped on Monday on the A-share market following a nationwide adjustment to annual thermal coal prices beginning next year for medium and long-term contracts. Stock of Inner Mongolia Yuan Xing Energy Co jumped 6.63 percent as of press time, Guanghui Energy was up 6.04 percent. The market spike followed .
Environmental News For The Week Ending 16 May 2019
This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at
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Note: Because of the high volume of news regarding the coronavirus outbreak, that news has been published separately:
Covid seemed to drop out of the news this week; usually, I ll see virus stories on news sites most read or recent news lists; this week I had to go looking for them. Part of the reason was that the East Coast fuel pipeline shutdown dominated the headlines, but the underlying reason is that new cases in the US and globally are falling rapidly, even in India. And the news organizations are reluctant to cover a story that bleeds less this week than it did last week.
Texas Lawmakers Crack Down on Chinese Business Operating Near Air Force Base
Proposed Chinese wind farm near Air Force base raises red flags in Texas
Jack Beyrer • May 5, 2021 4:58 am
Texas lawmakers are attempting to root out a China-backed business creeping into territory near a U.S. Air Force base.
Legislation that passed unanimously through the state senate in April would ban businesses backed by hostile countries such as Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea from acquiring critical infrastructure contracts or companies within the state. The bill s sponsors hope to make a stand against the incursion of Chinese business into the Texas power grid. State senator Donna Campbell (R., Texas), a cosponsor of the act, said the inaction of the federal government left the challenge of confronting Chinese influence up to local lawmakers.
A Glimpse of China’s Ownership in US
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China is more involved in your life than you might think. Sure, who doesn’t like fried rice? Who doesn’t own a thing “Made in China?” However, the kind of involvement I am talking about runs deeper than that.
Precisely speaking, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is becoming increasingly involved in the everyday lives of Americans.
Take my friend Bill for example. He and his wife have three school-aged children. Bill enjoys cooking in his kitchen equipped with GE Profile appliances. The family loves Smithfield ham and bacon. Every now and then, they watch a movie at the nearby AMC theater or go on a road trip in their Volvo XC90. The kids have been doing remote learning via Zoom, which is also how they stay connected with families and friends. Bill’s boys like to play video games, such as League of Legends by Riot Games. Bill is training for his second Ironman race that will take place in July in New York. The family will
China meets its winter needs [NGW Magazine]
Jan 13, 2021 7:15:am
Summary So far, China has managed to cope with the cold weather while its financial involvement in some LNG projects allows it to benefit from cheaper oil indexation. [NGW Magazine Volume 6, Issue 1]
by: Shi Weijun
China’s gas market has so far avoided shortages this winter thanks to adequate preparations that include improving infrastructure flexibility, fuller storage, robust domestic production, and plentiful imports.
But as the country approaches the midpoint of its heating season, uncertainties remain and cold weather could easily disturb the fine balance in the market.
Gas supply has proved resilient in China’s heating season so far with no reports of shortages in Chinese media or on social networks. The four-month heating season runs from November to March, and that is when cities in northern China use district heating systems that in recent years have been increasingly fue