(June 22, 2007) China will improve strategic environmental assessment procedures in key regions and industries after the suspension of a controversial paraxylene (PX) projec in Xiamen, according to the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA).
Environment watchdog calls for sharper teeth
(May 10, 2007) Pan Yue, vice-minister of the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), has called for the introduction of a new regulation that would require an environmental impact assessment to be carried out prior to the commencement of any major construction project.
‘Officials should be held responsible for pollution’
(February 27, 2007) A senior environmental official has called on the legislature to amend its 17-year-old environmental law in order to make government officials accountable for pollution. "The government’s refusal or failure to fulfil its environmental responsibilities has seriously set back China’s environmental protection efforts," said Pan Yue, deputy director of the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA).
At the centre of China’s environmental storm: Interview with ‘Hurricane Pan’
(January 23, 2007) The second-in-command at China’s state environmental agency talks frankly about SEPA’s latest bid to rein in ‘special interest groups’ and local officials behind the frenzied expansion of polluting and energy-intensive industries.
Dirty cities, power plants blacklisted
(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).
China’s environment watchdog to deny power project approvals in bid to gain compliance
(January 11, 2007) Shanghai: 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.
China watchdog to deny power project OKs
(January 11, 2007) Shanghai: 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.
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.
China’s New Environmental Impact Assessment Qualification Rules
(November 22, 2006) In October 2005, the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) strengthened the domestic environmental impact assessment (EIA) market by conducting a nationwide review of the environmental impact assessment agencies (EIA Agencies) and re-issuing qualification certificates.
China’s New Environmental Impact Assessment Qualification Rules
(October 22, 2006) In October 2005, the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) strengthened the domestic environmental impact assessment (EIA) market by conducting a nationwide review of the environmental impact assessment agencies (EIA Agencies) and re-issuing qualification certificates.
Lessons of Huaihe River water pollution
(September 20, 2006) ‘To pollute the rivers just took a few years or a few days, but to turn the river clean will take more than a decade to complete,’ a SEPA official said.
SEPA pledges to probe serious polluters
(September 3, 2006) China’s top environmental watchdog has launched investigations into six of the nation’s most notorious polluters.
Environmental safety fears over factories
(July 13, 2006) ‘If China does not take effective preventative measures, the occurrence of environmental incidents will be out of control,’ warns Pan Yue, vice-minister of the State Environmental Protection Administration.
China consults international experts on environmental protection in west
(May 13, 2006) China needs advice on environmental protection, especially in the development of western region, Xie Zhenhua, director of the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) told a group of Chinese and foreign environmental experts in Beijing Tuesday.
Green watchdog wants accident news fast
(January 17, 2002) China’s State Environmental Protection Administration wants local authorities to report environmental accidents within an hour so it can better inform the public of impending disasters.
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