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Documentary on China’s environment nominated for an Oscar
Warriors of Qiugang, the excellent short documentary on China’s environment that I blogged about earlier this month, has been nominated for an Oscar. As I mentioned in my previous post, this film is required viewing if you want to understand at a visceral level how local citizens are fighting to save the environment in China. If you have not seen it yet, the 39-minute film is available in full at the Yale e360 site. Sam Geall at China Dialogue has a nice article about the film as well. Congratulations to Ruby Yang and Tom Lennon!
The Warriors of Qiugang – A New Documentary on the Struggle to Save China’s Environment
A great deal has been written about the struggles to resolve China’s overwhelming environmental problems, but I have seen no better or more visceral portrayal of these issues than The Warriors of Qiugang, a short documentary film by Academy Award-winners Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon that is being broadcast in full at the Yale e360 website beginning today. The film, shot over four years mostly in a village near the Huai River in eastern Anhui Province, captures a series of indelible scenes of the efforts of one village to stop pollution from local chemical factories that blackened rivers, killed fish, … 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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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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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)
Huo Daishan recipient of 2010 Ramon Magsaysay Award
NRDC would like to congratulate our partner Huo Daishan for being named as one of recipients of the 2010 Ramon Magsaysay Award, known to many as Asia’s Nobel Prize. Mr. Huo has been a passionate advocate for the Huai River, China’s third largest and most polluted river, since the 1980s. Initially, he documented the pollution of the river as a photographer. In 1998, he began doing this as a full-time job and in 2000 he formed the organization Huai River Guardians. The many accomplishments of the organization include monitoring and testing water quality, pushing companies to implement pollution-control measures, raising … Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
Zijin Mining Group’s Inadequate Disclosure of China Acid Spill – What Needs to be Done?
[11 Chinese environmental groups issued a letter to the Hong Kong and Shanghai Stock Exchanges last week calling for greater environmental transparency for listed companies in the aftermath of the Zijin Mining chemical spill: NGO呼吁沪港两交易所完善上市公司信息披露制. NRDC supports this call and signs on to the letter. The following is an English translation of the original letter.] Regarding Zijin Mining Group’s Suspected Intentional Delay in Disclosing Information about its Pollution Incident An Open Letter to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Shanghai Stock Exchange Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Shanghai Stock Exchange: We would like to call to the attention of the … Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
Recent Climate Change News in the Chinese Media
Chinese official calls upon Asian countries to strengthen cooperation, address climate change (Google translation)
At the 2010 Asia News Coalition forum last week, director of the China Meteorological Administration, Zheng Guoguang, emphasized common needs and concerns of Asian countries in addressing climate change, and the importance to strengthen future collaboration among nations. Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
Recent Climate Change News in the Chinese Media
Zhang Shan: economic significance of climate negotiations has already surpassed World Trade negotiations (Google translation)
On January 31, the UNFCCC requested national governments announce whether or not they will associate with the Copenhagen Accord. Zhang Shan, an NGO observer to the COP15 talks in December of last year, offers a detailed analysis regarding the Copenhagen Accord in this opinion piece. Zhang asserts that signing the Accord will force the BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India, and China) countries to accept unilateral concessions from developed countries; will perpetuate global criticism of China in the media; Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
Recent Environmental Law and Public Participation News
Lead-poisoned children of Qingyuan promised testing and medical treatment (Google translation)
Officials announced to concerned residents that all children in Qingyuan would be given access to blood testing and prompt treatment to address the growing problem of lead poisoning. Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(1)
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