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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)
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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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Guangzhou City’s Procuratorate provides public guidance for the four main difficulties of public interest litigation (Google translation)
The Legal Daily examines how recent cases of environmental public interest litigation taken up by the Guangzhou Procuratorate have provided crucial insight to legal experts on tackling the four major problems of public interest litigation in China: taking on cases, collecting evidence, appraisal, and winning the lawsuit. (Source: Legal Daily)
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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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Guangzhou Maritime Court issues judgment in Panyu pollution litigation case (Google translation)
The second environmental public interest litigation case in Guangdong Province drew to a close a few days ago as the Guangzhou Maritime Court ordered an enterprise in Panyu district responsible for environmental pollution to immediately halt its discharge and pay a total of 62,500 RMB for environmental damages. The case began last year after investigators discovered high levels of lead in shrimp and traced it to several tanneries and dying plants in Panyu. (Source: Southern Daily)
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Guangdong province’s second environmental public interest litigation case enters trial (Google translation)
Last month, the Guangzhou Maritime Court began trial proceedings for the second environmental public interest litigation case in the province. The Panyu District procuratorate is taking the helm as the plaintiff, filing suit against a local factory responsible for toxic sewage. Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
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After three weeks on vacation in the United States, it’s good to be back and eat some baozi.
Among the environmental news in the past few days, two events have grabbed headlines in China. First, rumors that a local irradiation plant in Henan Province had suffered explosions and was leaking radioactive material led to a mass panic and evacuation of several hundred thousand Chinese residents. Local authorities quickly moved to round up citizens accused of spreading the false information, but editorial pages of Chinese press have examined the incident from then angle of open government information. Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
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)
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Beijing’s courts yet to take on even one open information trial (Google translation)
Since the passage of the open government information measures, the Beijing Municipality has seen ten administrative lawsuits regarding open information. Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
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