China became net importer of coal

According to the latest data from the General Administration of Customs (GAC), China's net import(净出口) of coal hit 103.43 million tons in 2009. Last year, China exported 22.40 million tons of coal, down 50.7 percent year on year, while its coal

美国国家公共电台 NPR Environmentalists, Coal Companies Rally Around Technology To Clean Up Coal

DAVID GREENE, HOST: And, you know, the debate over coal can really seem like a battle between bitter enemies. You have environmentalists who want to replace coal with cleaner fuels and coal boosters who want to revive the industry. But there really i

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About one thousand years ago, war and famine forced the Hakka ancestors to depart from China's central plains, embarking on a collective southward migration. 上溯千年，因战乱和饥荒 客家人的祖先从中原腹地出发 开始陆续大规模

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By Mil Arcega Washington 04 December 2007 A decommissioned coal mine in the Rocky Mountain state of Wyoming is about to get a new lease on life. Although it no longer produces enough coal to generate electricity, the company that owns the land has fo

Coal inventory in major Chinese ports facing oversupply

SHIJIAZHUANG, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Coal inventories in Qinhuangdao, Tangshan and Huanghua, China's major coal ports, have reached record highs in recent days, sparking safety concerns for the Chinese energy market. According to the latest figures, coal

China's coal mining still high-risk industry

BEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- A spokesman for China's work safety regulator said on Friday that coal mining remains a high-risk industry in the country despite improvements over the past decade. Speaking at a press conference in Beijing, Huang Yi, of

China proposes coal industry reshuffle

BEIJING, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- China proposes to further reshuffle its coal industry by setting higher thresholds for the scale of coal producers and encouraging mergers to form industrial conglomerates, the government said Monday. The minimum standard

China to halt approvals for small coal mines

BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- China's safety watchdog said Monday it will no longer approve new coal mines that do not meet production capacity requirements in 2013 in order to ensure work safety. High-gas coal mines with an annual production of less

SSS 2011-12-12

Cooking is one big science experiment and chefs have been gaining fame for more explicit uses of scentific techniques and tools in the kitchen. Now, according to an article in the December issue of physics world, mixologists the folks behind the bar

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Cooking is one big science experiment. And chefs have been gaining fame for more explicit use of scientific techniques and tools in the kitchen. Now, according to an article in the December issue of Physics World, mixologiststhe folks behind the bara

医药英语专业词汇

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英语短文：Coal-fired power plants The invention of the incandescent light bulb by Thomas A. Edison in 1879 created a demand for a cheap, readily available fuel with which to generate large amounts of electric power. Coal seemed to fit the bill,

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煤转化产业 coal conversion industry

中国富煤缺油少气的能源资源特点，造成能源消费主要依赖于煤炭，石油则主要依靠进口，而且带来一系列环境问题。煤清洁转化技术则可以帮助缓解这一难题。近日专家表示，我国将在2020年

Chinese energy chief stresses coal consumption control

BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- China will work to control coal consumption this year in the face of strained coal supplies, the country's energy chief said Saturday. Putting a cap on total coal consumption will help to hasten industrial restructuring a

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Something called the Danish Twin Study 一个叫丹麦双胞胎的研究表明， established that only about 10 percent 普通人在生物学允许的限度内的寿命， of how long the average person lives, 仅仅有百分之十 within certain bi

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Those hours that with gentle work did frame, 时光老人曾用精雕细刻 The lovely gaze where every eye doth dwell, 刻出这众目所归的美颜， Will play the tyrants to the very same, 也会对它施暴虐于某一天， And that unfair whi

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