Planet Ark : EU to Help China Tackle Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Planet Ark : EU to Help China Tackle Greenhouse Gas EmissionsThe European Union agreed on Monday to give China the technology for a coal-fired power station designed to combat global warming as part of a wider accord on energy issues and climate change. The clean coal-power plant will employ carbon capture and storage technology through which the coal plant can capture its own emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2), burying them in porous rock underground for long-term storage. The offer, announced at an EU-China summit, comes as developed nations seek to engage emerging market powerhouses like China and India in global moves to stem climate change. Industrialised countries fear that efforts to reduce their own greenhouse gas emissions will be undermined by rising emissions from developing countries.