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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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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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China’s environmental public interest litigation worth the wait (Google translation)
While only five cases of environmental public interest litigation have occurred in China to date, the promise inherent in a developed public interest litigation movement means that China should still develop such a system, argues the Western China Times. Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
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Chinese cities respond to information transparency index (Google translation)
The IPE and NRDC-sponsored Pollution Information Transparency Index (PITI) generated media attention when the information disclosure rankings of 113 Chinese cities were released last June. Since that time, local city governments have noticed the report. Ma Jun, the head of IPE, noted that sixteen cities have replied to the pollution report, with several seeking additional advice and offering feedback. (Source: China Economic Times)
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Lead-stricken town mayor’s apology fails to make up for lack of information disclosure (Google translation)
After Chinese media revealed on August 6 that hundreds of children in the Fengxiang area of Shaanxi Province had dangerous levels of lead in their blood, the mayor of Baoji City, a town in the affected area, did not make any public apologies or announcements until 12 days later. Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(2)
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Zhengzhou Open Government Information Work Report released (Google translation) Henan Province officials announced the publication of Zhengzhou’s open government information work report last week. The city disclosed nearly 40,000 documents during the previous year. Of the 2998 information disclosure applications filed, the government fulfilled all but 6. (Source: Xinhua) Yan Yiming: King of Litigation (Google translation) Yan Yiming gives his first interview to Southern People Weekly in the aftermath of a surprise attack by three unidentified men that left him injured. The piece covers his history of taking on public interest cases often related to information disclosure and financial rights … Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
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NDRC: Public is welcome to inquire about the 4 trillion RMB stimulus package (Google translation) Members of the public will have several methods of submitting information disclosure requests for information on the details of the government’s 4 trillion RMB financial stimulus package, National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) officials announced. The public can either log in to the NDRC’s website, call a telephone hotline, or mail an application in. Earlier in the year, Shanghai lawyer Yan Yiming’s calls for information disclosure on the details of the stimulus had generated national media attention on financial transparency. (Source: People’s Daily) Sudden environmental … Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
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The EIA system: what needs to be reformed? (Google translation) In this lengthy article, Xue Huifeng of the NPC Environment and Resources Protection Committee, and Wang Haining, from the Northwest Polytechnic University, analyze the current system for Environmental Impact Assessments. The two authors dissect the elements of the system and propose solutions to improve the efficacy of EIAs. (Source: China Environment News)
Expedited Project Approvals in Shenzhen
In the this week’s Environmental Law and Public Participation News post, there was an article regarding Shenzhen’s moves to simplify and reduce approval times for the environmental impact assessment (EIA) process in the name of economic development. MEP has announced previously that EIA would be expedited, but these are the first details we are beginning to see as to how exactly this would be implemented at the local level. We’re concerned that the procedures being established would not have much of an impact on economic development, but would allow for much less environmental scrutiny on projects (even MEP EIA Department … Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
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