Monthly Archives: June 2009
Strengthen and Pass H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES)
The American Clean Energy and Security Act is going up for a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives today. The following is a fact sheet put together by my colleagues at NRDC, David Doniger and Antonia Herzog, that sets out the key elements of the bill. See the Chinese version of the post here. In what will be the most important clean energy and climate protection vote ever cast in Congress, the House of Representatives will soon vote on H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act. This landmark legislation will help power our economic recovery by investing in … Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
Greetings from Xiamen
Greenlaw has been on a brief hiatus this week as our intrepid Michael Zhang takes a well-deserved break, and work takes our team to all corners of the world (Sweden, Korea) and around China. I am writing from a hot and muggy (but quite beautiful) Xiamen and will be back to blogging in a few days. Until then.
Another Look at Beijing’s High Polluting Vehicle Phase-out Plan
Air quality of Beijing was a major focal point before and during the Olympic Games. After the Olympics, the issue became less visible even as Beijing continued its quest for blue sky days. Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(1)
Cases of Citizens Defending Environmental Rights: Beijing Residents Sue Planning Committee for Illegally Approving Planning Permits
To help victims of pollution use the law to protect their legal environmental rights, and to give the wider public the basic legal knowledge to protect the environment and their environmental rights, Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(1)
Two notable open environmental information articles
Several influential experts have recently published articles on the topic of environmental information disclosure.
Zhang Changjian from Pingan, Fujian wrote a piece titled “The Open Environmental Information Measures: Implementation and Perplexity,” featured in the Greenpeace magazine. Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(1)
Recent Environmental Law and Public Participation News
Environmental information disclosure should focus on “convenience” principle (Google translation)
This South China Daily editorial highlights some of the most recent developments in environmental information disclosure. The government’s disclosure of information is ultimately helpful to the public interest, the newspaper argues. Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
Will China Put Carbon Dioxide Levels in Its 12th Five-Year National Development Plan?
This past Saturday, the China Daily led an article on climate change with this potential good news:
China will put in place carbon dioxide emissions targets for its economic and social development programs, the central government has promised…
Examining the Judicial Guide” to Yunnan’s Breakthrough Regulations for Environmental Protection Cases
In a previous blog entry, we introduced the Yunnan Environmental Court Forum, held by the Yunnan High Court on May 13. In addition to a affirming a commitment to promoting environmental courts across Yunnan Province, Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
Green Yangtze Delta Newsletter April 2009 edition launched
The April 2009 edition of the Green Yangtze Delta newsletter was launched this week. The edition includes stories on:
- Green Homeland holds public interest event in Hefei
- Green Yangtze Delta offers commentary on Earth Day
- Green NGOs advocate “Greening Tomb Sweeping Holiday”
Recent Environmental Law and Public Participation News
NRDC and IPE release new Pollution Information Transparency Index (PITI) (Google translation)
NRDC and the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs released the results of their Pollution Information Transparency Index on June 3. The study benchmarks over 100 cities across China for various aspects of their environmental information disclosure performance. Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
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