Monthly Archives: September 2010
Major Clothing Retailers Join NRDC in Cleaning Up Chinese Textile Mills
Walmart, H&M Launch Efforts to Implement NRDC’s ‘Clean by Design’ Pollution-Reducing Practices at Select Mills
NEW YORK (September 22, 2010)— Working with the Natural Resources Defense Council, Walmart and H&M, two of the world’s largest clothing retailers, have committed to working with their Chinese textile suppliers to reduce water, energy, and chemical use in their supply chains. Walmart announced its work with NRDC’s Clean by Design project at the Clinton Global Initiative today, helping strategically selected mills adopt Clean by Design practices. H&M initiated a similar agreement with NRDC in mid-September.
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Five Major Power Groups to Develop Mercury Elimination Pilots and Other Recent China Environmental Law, Public Participation, and Climate News
Five Major Power Groups to Develop Mercury Elimination Pilots (Google Translate)
MEP vice minister Zhang Lijun presided over a symposium in Beijing to discuss the development of mercury elimination pilots in coal-fired power plants. The power sector is required to pay high attention to controlling mercury emissions, and pilot mercury emissions control projects were planned for coal-fired power plants. (Source: China Environment News)
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Amending China’s Air Law: Recommendations from the International Experience
In July 2009, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) and the Energy Foundation’s China Sustainable Energy Program released a report, Amending China’s Air Law: Recommendations from the International Experience, intended to provide an in-depth analysis of the international experience in air pollution regulation for Chinese policymakers and experts as China considers amendments to its Air Pollution Prevention and Control Law. The report analyzes the U.S. and international experience in thirteen key areas and the implications these experiences could have for an amendment of China’s air pollution law: national ambient air quality standards, combining air quality … Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
Sudden Environmental Incidents Required to be Disclosed Same Day and Other Recent China Environmental Law, Public Participation, and Climate News
Sudden environmental incidents required to be disclosed same day （Google translate)
Listed corporations shall fulfill more explicit environmental protection responsibilities and environmental information disclosure obligations. Sudden and unexpected environmental incidents must be reported within 1 day of the occurrence. On September 14, 2010, the Ministry of Environmental Protection released the draft “Guidance on environmental information disclosure of listed corporations” Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
MEP Declares that Air in 1/5 of Chinese Cities is Severely Polluted and Other Recent China Environmental Law, Public Participation, and Climate News
MEP: Air in 1/5 of Chinese cities seriously polluted, major vehicles main cause (Google translate)
Last week Liu Zhiquan, deputy director of MEP’s department of science and technology standards, announced that the air in 1/5 of Chinese cities is seriously polluted. In addition, the air quality of more than 1/3 of China’s 113 key cities does not meet the national level II standard. Motor vehicle emissions were identified as the major source of air pollution in medium and large size cities. (Source: Beijing News)
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Chinese and U.S. Experts Work Together to Draw a Low-Carbon Development Blueprint
A promising low-carbon demonstration project will begin at the Suzhou Industrial Park Eco Science Hub in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province. Suzhou, China－Sep. 10, 2010- The Suzhou Industrial Park Administrative Committee (SIPAC), Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Nanjing University (NJU) have signed a three-party agreement to launch the Suzhou Industrial Park Eco Science Hub Low-Carbon Development Project. This is China’s first systematic low-carbon zone demonstration project with a focus on low-carbon community, green buildings and greenhouse gas accounting system.
Recent China Environmental Law, Public Participation, and Climate Change News
China launches environmental pollution “crackdown storm,” 400,000 chemical plants to be inspected (Google translate)
The past two months witnessed a spate of chemical pollution accidents. In response, MEP will begin a two-month “crackdown storm” to check and regulate hidden pollution risks in petrochemical enterprises along river basins. Sources indicate that more than 400,000 chemical plants will face rigorous inspection. (Source: United Morning Paper Online)
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Women’s Wear Daily: NRDC Expands Environmental Factory Program
The textile industry shares the mantle of being the worst water polluter in China with the chemical industry, according to the NRDC, while the steel, cement and petroleum sectors have a bigger impact on the environment through air pollution.
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Women’s Wear Daily: NRDC Tackles China’s Textile Pollution
Posted below is an article about NRDC’s Responsible Sourcing Initiatives (RSI) which was first published in Women’s Wear Daily on June 29, 2010, written by Ross Tucker. The Natural Resources Defense Council believes the apparel industry’s efforts to lower its environmental impact will require brands and retailers to look further down their supply chains to become more familiar with, and ultimately take more responsibility for, their suppliers at the fabric level. The NRDC’s interest in the textile sector came about in 2007 after it opened an office in Beijing tasked with tackling pollution issues in the country. Linda Greer, director … Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
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