(January 11, 2007) The top environmental watchdog took the unprecedented step of blacklisting four major power plants and four cities yesterday for performing poorly on their environmental impact assessments (EIAs).
Beijing gets tough with penalties for polluters
(January 11, 2007) Beijing yesterday named and shamed the country’s top power producers and four local governments in its latest crusade against polluters after publicly admitting the country missed its energy-saving and pollution-control targets for last year.
82 projects seriously violating EIA rules blacklisted; EIA approval of some projects suspended
(January 11, 2007) The State Environmental Protection Administration received 600,000 complaints regarding environmental issues last year, an increase of 30 percent over the year before, said the administration’s deputy director Pan Yue.
Beijing gets tough with penalties for polluters
(January 11, 2007) China’s environmental protection agency says it won’t approve new power plant projects by four major utilities until the companies bring current projects into compliance with safeguards.
82 projects seriously violating EIA rules blacklisted; EIA approval of some projects suspended
(January 11, 2007) The State Environmental Protection Administration received 600,000 complaints regarding environmental issues last year, an increase of 30 percent over the year before, said the administration’s deputy director Pan Yue.
China misses energy saving goal, but cracks down
(January 10, 2007) China missed its energy saving target last year, a top official said on Wednesday, but Beijing is cracking down on major companies that ignored environmental rules as sustainable development moves up the government agenda.
Drowning the Tiger Leaping Gorge
(January 8, 2007) Even in the biting cold, thousands of tourists still take the treacherous daily journey through the mountains from Lijiang to see the Tiger Leaping Gorge, one of China’s most renowned attractions. However, the entire site could vanish within a few years.
China’s audit authority finds US$816 mln in misused social security funds
(January 8, 2007) China’s National Audit Office (CNAO) discovered 7.1 billion yuan (816 million US dollars) in illegally used social security funds in 2006, said Auditor-General Li Jinhua on Monday.
Fired eco chief gets new post
(January 7, 2007) A former state environmental chief who was forced to resign over a major chemical spill that caused widespread pollution has been appointed deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission.
Illegal power plants, coal mines plague China
(December 27, 2006) On the edge of this dusty farming hamlet, the massive smokestack of the half-finished Xinfeng Power Plant looms as a monument to China’s out-of-control demand for energy.
Local authorities lambasted for environment neglect
(December 26, 2006) China’s top environmental official lambasted grassroots authorities here Tuesday, saying that serious local protectionism has fostered rampant environmental violations.
Huge China dam costly to farmers
Chongqing, China: Officials here say the mammoth Three Gorges Dam Project along the historic Yangtze River will control deadly flooding, provide electricity to millions of people, and create vital inland navigation along a 400-mile long reservoir.
Media at the forefront of China’s environmental fight
(December 20, 2006) Environmental destruction has reached serious proportions in China, where press freedom remains a pipe dream. Yet, the government is trying to use the media to throw light on this growing problem — one that has the potential to undermine economic development.
Scientists fail to find endangered white-flag dolphin
(December 13, 2006) A team of 30 Chinese and foreign scientists wrapped up their 39-day hunt for the rare white-flag dolphin here on Wednesday, regretting that they had failed to find the rare mammal in the Yangtze River, the species’ only habitat.
Fu Xiancai petitions procurator-general over official inaction on assault case
(December 12, 2006) Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that Three Gorges activist Fu Xiancai has sent an open letter to China’s Procurator-general, Jia Chunwang, requesting his intervention into Fu’s assault case.
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