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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)
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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)
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Deputy Procurator General: Executive power should be subject to the constraints of law (Google translation)
In a March 7 interview with CCTV, Sun Qian, China’s Deputy Procurator General, argued that the close collaboration of local governments with enterprises that violated pollution laws posed a threat to China’s rule of law. The government must ultimately be able to represent the plaintiff and the public interest in such cases, he noted. Sun Qian said that one possible solution would be to establish a robust administrative prosecution system to restore oversight and end illegal collusion. (Source: CCTV)
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Professor: One-fifth of China’s arable land affected by heavy metal pollution (Google
translation)
At a February Sino-French conference on environmental law, Professor Wang Shuyi discussed current government plans to
enact soil pollution laws. The professor also revealed the results of a recent study by the Chinese Academy of Ecological Research. Nearly 20 million hectares of China’s arable land are – about 20% of China’s total – are estimated to be contaminated with heavy metals. (Source: Chengdu Daily)
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Op-ed: Mask-wearing protest in Foshan highlights Chinese civic spirit (Google translation)
An editorial in the Lu Zhong Morning News praises a peaceful protest march held by residents of Foshan in Guangdong Province. 400 residents wore hospital masks and marched silently in the streets in order to attract attention regarding their environmental concern about the construction of new incineration plants in the area. Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
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Environment Ministry delayed and rejected 190.48 billion RMB of projects in 2009 (Google translation)
At the National Environmental Protection Work Conference held in Beijing this week, officials from the Ministry of Environmental Protection revealed that the agency had rejected or temporarily delayed approval for over 190 billion RMB of construction projects for failing to meet environmental standards and follow the approval process. Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
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