In a landmark legal victory for public interest cases, the All China Environment Federation has seen success for two of their environmental lawsuits. From the Associated Press: An environmental group backed by the government...
Read MoreFrom Economic Observer Online: China has edged closer to levying an environmental tax on polluters, but remains divided over how to introduce the tax. Although the idea of reforming the system by which polluters are taxed was...
Read MoreSky Canaves reports on China’s plans to draw up a set of “green guidelines” for its companies abroad. From the Wall Street Journal: Perhaps mindful of the environmental toll taken by its booming, export-led...
Read MoreGuangdong Nansha integrated oil refinery and petrochemical project is a major inititiative, involving Kuwait National Oil Company and Guangdong Province. The project’s potential impact on the environment became a concern...
Read MoreThis next article in the CDT series on important issues facing China in 2008 focuses on the Environment. See also previous posts on Nationalism, the Developing World, and the Global Financial Crisis. China’s environmental...
Read MoreFrom Washington Post: In February, the Fuan textile factory became one of the first major casualties of China’s anti-pollution campaign when the multimillion-dollar company was shut down for dumping waste from dyes into a...
Read MoreChina’s Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) released the “2007 Annual Nation-wide Urban Environmental Management and Regulation Report” (《2007年全國城市環境管理與綜合整治年度報告》), which blacklisted Xinjiang’s...
Read MoreIn his interview with People’s Daily, Professor Chen Changhong, director of Shanghai Academy of Environmental Sciences and Atmospheric Environment Institute, said: […] over the past 16 years, China has constantly...
Read MoreTranslated by CDT from Hualong Online (华龙网): Levying an environmental tax will be a major item on the Chinese government’s agenda in 2008. Work will be done in a joint effort between the Ministry of Finance, the General Administration of Tax, and the State Environmental Protection Agency. Two researchers with the Ministry of Finance proposed […]
Read MoreThe Washington Post reports on the five-year environmental protection plan just released in Beijing: The plan includes previously announced targets that officials have failed to meet, including reducing pollutants such as sulfur dioxide by 10 percent. It warns that China’s emphasis on rapid economic growth is severely affecting public health. “The system does not work […]
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