China Datang Corp., China Huaneng Group, China Huadian Corp. and China Guodian Corp. will not be granted approvals for new construction projects until they stop violating environmental regulations, the State Environmental Protection Agency said in a statement on its Web site. The companies were among many listed on the agency’s blacklist of 82 “severe violations” of environmental safeguards, involving investments worth 112.3 billion yuan (US$14.4 billion; euro11.1 billion). Most were in the power, steel, chemical and metallurgy industries. … The next step would be to hold company and local government officials accountable for violations, the SEPA statement said. … Read the full story.