From Planet Ark: China is considering an environmental tax on polluters to cut emissions, a senior government official said on Monday. “We are actively promoting this idea. But we have to consult with relevant ministries,” Pan Yue, deputy head of the State Environmental Protection Administration , told reporters on the sidelines of the ruling Communist […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: China’s State Council has approved in principle a five-year environmental protection plan that sets out guidelines, major tasks and measures for the government to tackle pollution. The plan, approved during an executive meeting presided over by Premier Wen Jiabao on Wednesday, has put “pollution control and prevention” as its focus with the aim […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua, via China Daily: China’s overall environmental situation is still “serious” with frequent pollution accidents affecting the quality of life for many people, said a report released by the environment watchdog on Monday. China’s investment in pollution control hit a record 256.78 billion yuan (US$34.24 billion) in 2006, up 7.5 percent year-on-year and accounting […]
Read MoreHefei-based subsidiaries of Unilever and Hitachi“the only two foreign firms included in a spot environmental inspection earlier this summer”were both caught pumping out wastewater in violation of government limits. Now the State Environmental Protection Administration promises domestic-foreign parity in the handing out of punishment. From China Daily: A senior official at the environment watchdog yesterday […]
Read MoreRussian officials have become impatient with China after several failed attempts to agree on measures to address river pollution. Russia estimates that China will dump millions of tons of waste into rivers that flow into Russia in coming years. From Eurasia Daily Monitor: Russian Natural Resources Minister Yuri Trutnev traveled to China August 31-September 4, […]
Read MoreFrom People’s Daily Online: China on Thursday denied that it had requested the World Bank (WB) to delete data concerned with China from a environmental report. “China’s related departments have carried out some cooperative programs with the World Bank in environmental protection. The report has not drawn conclusion yet and has not been released,” said […]
Read MoreFrom China.org.cn: China will improve strategic environmental assessment procedures in key regions and industries after the suspension of a controversial paraxylene (PX) project in Xiamen , according to the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) . SEPA’s deputy director Pan Yue said “China will mobilize social forces to speed up strategic environmental assessment so that environmental […]
Read MoreThis article is from Southern Metropolitan News. Thanks to Hegel Chong’s translation on his Reading China blog: Over th past 15 years, Wu Lihong has been complaining about the pollution of Tai Lake. In 2005, he was selected as the outstanding environmentalist of China. But he was arrested for fraudulent recently. He was accused of […]
Read MoreFrom Vermont Journal of Environmental Law: Abstract: Chinese environmental laws and regulations are abundant, but suffer from a lack of proper adherence and enforcement. This deficiency remains prevalent because: legislative objectives remain unachieved; enforcement is superficial; excessive time exists between noncompliance and enforcement; available punishment for noncompliance is inadequate; injured parties are not properly compensated; […]
Read MoreFrom PolicyMatters.net, the publication of Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy, an overview of the possibilities for sustainable development in China: In the next Five-Year Plan (for 2006-2011), the Chinese government turns away from growth-driven policies toward sustainable development. Whereas previous environmental policies were ineffective because they lacked the full backing of the Chinese leadership, […]
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