Associated Press: The energy efficiency of China’s fuel-guzzling economy is improving but the country — the world’s No. 2 oil consumer — is still struggling to meet self-imposed conservation targets, the government said Tuesday. China launched a five-year campaign in 2006 to cut energy use per unit of economic output 20 percent by 2010 amid worries about pollution and rising dependence on imported oil. Total energy consumption per unit of economic output fell 2.78 percent in the first half …
China Says Energy Efficiency Slowly Improving
Associated Press: The energy efficiency of China’s fuel-guzzling economy is improving but the country — the world’s No. 2 oil consumer — is still struggling to meet self-imposed conservation targets, the government said Tuesday. China launched a five-year campaign in 2006 to cut energy use per unit of economic output 20 percent by 2010 amid worries about pollution and rising dependence on imported oil. Total energy consumption per unit of economic output fell 2.78 percent in the first half …
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