‘I will never regret
what I have done,’ says Fu Xiancai, who has begun receiving treatment
in Beijing at one of the country’s best rehabilitation centres
Minister criticizes ‘predatory development’ of Nu River
(September 26, 2006) The proposal to build 13 hydropower plants on the Nu (Salween) River in southwestern China’s Yunnan Province constitutes a form of “predatory development”, said Wang Shucheng, China’s Minister of Water Resources.
China compiling white paper on energy policies
(September 25, 2006) China’s powerful central planning agency, the National Development and Reform Commission, is overseeing the preparation of a white paper on the country’s energy policies
Massive capital for renewable power
(September 25, 2006) China will invest 1.5 trillion yuan (US$187.5 billion) to increase the ratio of renewable energy consumption, said Wu Guihui, vice-director-general of the Bureau of Energy under the National Development and Reform Commission.
Paralyzed Chinese dissident arrives in Beijing clinic
Injured Three Gorges activist Fu Xiancai will spend at least three months at one of the best rehabilitation clinics in China, thanks to German donations.
Chronicling China in upheaval
Floating garbage piling up in Three Gorges Dam
(September 21, 2006) Massive amounts of floating garbage are accumulating behind China’s giant Three Gorges Dam due to a drought and a host of other factors, state press said Thursday.
Rethinking resettlement
Leading researcher Chen Guojie identifies factors that have left millions of people who have been displaced by dams in China more deeply impoverished than before their relocation.
‘Unexpected’ pollution comes as no shock
(September 16, 2006) An “unexpected environmental accident” occurred in China roughly every other day in the first half of this year, a situation the government is all too aware of.
Corruption entrenched, audit shows
(September 13, 2006) No central government ministries or organizations are immune from malpractices, China’s National Audit Office annual report reveals.
China’s water woes could make it world tech leader
(September 12, 2006) ‘China, if it is going to remedy pollution, has to put in wastewater treatment. But that process constitutes an opportunity, because it can leapfrog to the latest technology,’ said Paul Reiter, executive director of the International Water Association.
Plant managers blamed for pollution incident detained
(September 11, 2006) The chemical plants blamed for polluting the Xinqiang River in central China’s Hunan province with arsenide have been closed down and their senior managers have been detained.
Official: China’s Songhua River suffering near-daily chemical spills
(September 10, 2006) Every few days, a chemical accident pollutes the Songhua River, Pan Yue, deputy director of the State Environmental Protection Administration, told the official Xinhua news agency.
Chinese river contains high arsenide poison level, no villagers sickened
(September 10, 2006) Fire trucks were providing water to villagers in central China’s Hunan province after high levels of arsenide poison were found in the Xinjiang River, although no one has been sickened, officials said Sunday.
China pays for economic growth with costly pollution
(September 10, 2006) Environmental agencies even lack authority to intervene on their own as they answer to more powerful provincial bodies that are often in league with polluters, corrupt and riddled with nepotism.
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