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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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Recent China Environmental Law, Public Participation, and Climate News
To IT companies in violation of heavy metal discharge standards, environmental organizations launch a new fight (Google translate)
According to a report developed by 34 environmental groups, including Friends of Nature, Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs, and Daerwen, Zhejiang Narada Power Source Co., Ltd. (Narada) has an intimate relationship with Shanghang Huaqiang battery factory, which has been linked to the lead-poisoning of 121 children. Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
"Climate Week" and My Talks with China’s Top Negotiator
Climate Week has begun, and as foreign dignitaries descend on the United Nations and the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting, I think most of the world’s nations will be singing a shared refrain: it is time for the United States to take action on global warming.
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High-emitting Vehicles in China
Vance at the livefrombeijing blog has a very useful post discussing China’s ‘yellow-label’ vehicles program. We recommend it. A recent Xinhua article carried this quote: “High-emission cars and trucks only make up 28 percent of all automobiles in China, but they are responsible for 75 percent of the pollutant emissions,” [MEP Official Li Xinmin] said. … The pollutant amount discharged by a high-emission vehicle is 30 times as much as a Standard IV automobile, according to Li. Based on this, it is clear that one critical component of a comprehensive vehicle emission control program is controlling “high-emitting” vehicles. In this post, … Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
Beijing’s Traffic Renewal
A recent social survey carried out by the China Youth Daily focused on the issue of urban traffic, noting that 79.8% of respondents in a nationwide 15,217-person survey had to deal with traffic congestion during their work commutes.
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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)
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