(February 5, 2007) Sand-dredging and river pollution are threatening the very existence of white fin in the Yangtze River.
China fails to make progess on environment: report
(January 30, 2007) China has failed to make any progress in protecting the environment in the past three years, state media on Monday cited an official report as saying, despite government pledges to put the issue at the top of its agenda.
China’s big dams: Are they safe?
(January 29, 2007) It goes without saying that flood control is one of the most important functions a dam project can fulfill. However, it is unrealistic to build a dam expecting it to achieve a permanent solution to a flood problem.
Chinese economic juggernaut among the last in environmental protection
(January 29, 2007) In 2006 China ranked 100th of 118 countries in terms of environmental protection, the same as three years earlier, this according to a joint report by the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and mainland universities.
Company only fined for benzene slick in Songhua River
(January 26, 2007) Jilin Petrochemical, a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corp, was ordered to pay one million yuan (US$128,000) for polluting the Songhua River in 2005. That amount is the maximum possible fine but has never been imposed before on corporate polluters.
The ‘special interests’ destroying China’s environment
(January 24, 2007) The political will exists to combat China’s pollution, but collusion between business and local governments remains a major obstacle. In a new column for chinadialogue, Jianqiang Liu asks: who is really harming the country’s interests?
Environment business and the changing business environment
(January 20, 2007) The common albeit old-fashioned assumption about the relationship between business and the environment is that they are at best separate concerns, often incompatible if not conflicting. China provides a very good demonstration of the opposite being true.
China’s ‘cancer villages’ pay price
(January 17, 2007) The small hamlet of Shangba is a tiny jumbled collection of houses sitting in the lush green paddy fields and hills of southern China.
Shandong farmers use water for drinking and irrigation from a river as black as ink
(January 17, 2007) First part in a series of articles on China’s pollution crisis. Hundreds of thousands of farmers must use filthy water for drinking and irrigation. The economies of entire farming and fishing villages have been destroyed. Authorities do not seem concerned and do not stop the pollution or help locals whilst local governments are more interested in increasing industrial developments.
Beijing rudely awakened from green dream
(January 17, 2007) China’s resolve to abandon its decades-old habit of pursuing economic growth at any cost and instead promote energy conservation and environmental protection has stumbled because of resistance from development-minded local officials and powerful interest groups.
Sea waters ‘heavily polluted’
(January 15, 2007) Marine pollution has worsened in the past year, especially in the shallow waters off the coast, said the Beijing oceanic authority on Friday.
Salt forces S. China cities to go upstream for water
(January 15, 2007) Salty tap water that affects up to 50 million people has forced the Asian gambling hub Macau and its sister city Zhuhai to hastily build a pipeline to access water further upstream, a water official said on Monday.
Offline library 2007
(January 15, 2007) Beijing gets tough with penalties for polluters, by Shi Jiangtao, SCMP, Jan. 11, 2007 Approval suspended for new projects as cities, power firms break environment laws.
China cracks the whip on polluters
(January 14, 2007) China has cracked the whip to punish environment polluters as it struggled but failed to meet energy cuts and pollution goals over recent years.
Cautious welcome to pollution drive
(January 12, 2007) Beijing’s latest crackdown on industrial pollution, targeting top power producers and development-minded local governments, has received a cautious welcome from environmental experts and even the affected companies.
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