From ABC News (Australia): A senior official has called on China to develop multiple energy sources in rural areas in an apparent effort to ease over-reliance on coal to meet the country’s huge demand for electricity, state media said. In the countryside, there are abundant resources of wind power, solar energy, methane power, geothermal energy […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters AlertNet: China pledged on Saturday to investigate an environmental dispute that led to rioting by thousands of villagers, in a move apparently aimed at ending a stand-off between peasants and factories accused of polluting. Thousands rioted in a village outside Dongyang city in eastern Zhejiang province last Sunday, injuring up to 50 policemen, […]
Read MoreFrom the Guardian: Reports that two elderly women were killed during a protest against factory pollution have sparked a bloody riot by thousands of villagers in eastern China. Several dozen police officers were injured, five seriously, during the clashes in Huankantou village, Zhejiang province, on Sunday. It was the latest of several recent violent demonstrations, […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Thousands of villagers rioted in eastern China, injuring dozens of police, after two of about 200 elderly women protesting over factory pollution died during efforts to disperse them, residents and officials said on Monday. The rioting on Sunday in Huankantou village, Dongyang city, in the wealthy coastal province of Zhejiang coincided with violent […]
Read MoreFrom Sina Education: President President Hu Jintao ‘s call for more personal responsibility in helping to protect and improve the environment resonates very strongly in my heart; as does the government’s call for a green Olympics. It makes me think about what I can do as a guest who has lived in Beijing for almost […]
Read MoreFrom China Economic Net: China’s growth pattern must be changed to reduce high consumption costs and pollution. Colossally inefficient use of energy penalizes China twice: With high costs and the ravages of pollution When Chinese Vice-Premier Zeng Peiyan swung by the Beijing headquarters of steelmaker Shougang Group on Mar. 24, it wasn’t a courtesy call. […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: Northeast China’s Liaoning Province is to launch a 10 billion yuan (US$1.2 billion) environmental protection plan to fight river pollution with the idea being that polluters will foot the bill. The three-year plan will focus on controlling and reducing industrial pollutants along the Liaohe River, said Hou Yongshun, a senior engineer from […]
Read MoreWired Magazine reports on China’s potential to become the world’s first alternative fuel superpower: China’s central planners are throwing everything at the problems of fuel and pollution – hybrids, electric cars, propane taxis – all while building conventional cars and infrastructure at a furious pace. “There’s a controversy about ‘Green GDP‘ and how to grow,” […]
Read MoreXinhua – English: The Chinese government will take environmental protection as an important indicator in evaluating local officials’ achievements. The State Environmental Protection Administration has proposed taking four factors into account: implementation of laws and regulations on environmental protection, the amount of pollution, changes in environment quality and satisfaction of the general public. The new […]
Read MoreAs Chinese provinces submit their annual GDP reports, Asia Times has two articles about the environmental impact of China’s economic growth. The first, the State of Pollution, says: On the face of it, Guangdong, Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang ranked as the top four in terms of gross domestic product (GDP), with each exceeding 1 trillion […]
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