Monthly Archives: November 2010
NDRC Requires Localities to Set Annual Power Saving Targets and Other Recent China Environmental Law, Public Participation, and Climate Change News
NDRC requires localities to set annual power saving targets (Google translate)
NDRC (National Development and Reform Commission) and other ministries recently issued “Regulatory Measures on Power Demand Side Management,” which provides that local authorities shall implement “power demand side management” from next year for the purpose of power saving and sound use of power. Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
Nine Ministries Put Forth Dioxin Control Timetable, and Other China Environmental Law, Public Participation, and Climate Change News
Nine ministries put forward dioxin control timetable, pilot reduction to be performed in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (Google translate)
China will begin total emission control for dioxin in several pilot locations, including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, the Yangtze River Delta, the Pearl River Dealty, and other key regions.
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Environmental Tax Reached Official Approval for the First Time, Likely to be Imposed during 12th FYP, and Other Recent China Environmental Law, Public Participation, and Climate Change News
Environmental tax receives official approval for the first time, likely to be implemented during 12th FYP （Google Translate)
October 27, the CPC central committee announced the “CPC Central Committee Proposal of 12th Five-Year Plan on National Economic and Social Development” which put forth the implementation of an environmental tax. This is the first time an official document has explicitly put forth an environmental tax for the 12th Five-Year Plan. （Source: nddaily online）
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Farewell to Liang Congjie, founder of China’s first environmental NGO
This blog is co-authored with Barbara Finamore.
This past week Liang Congjie, one of the founders of Friends of Nature (FON) and the godfather of China’s environmental movement, passed away. The establishment in 1994 of FON, China’s first legally registered environmental group, paved the way for the creation of more than 3,000 registered, and many more unregistered, environmental non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in China today.
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NRDC Beijing – Staff Attorney Job Opening
NRDC is now looking for well-qualified candidates to fill a Staff Attorney position in its Beijing-based China Environmental Law & Governance Project. The Staff Attorney will be responsible for implementation of NRDC’s projects on open environmental information and environmental health governance in China. For details, please see the job posting here.
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