Zhang Lijun, Vice Minister of Environmental Protection recently announced that work on “introducing [an] environmental tax . . . will be the focus of energy-saving and pollutant reduction schedule in 2009.”
Grizzled observers of China’s environmental policy development will not get too excited at this news. The idea was floated at least as early as October 2007, [...]
Entries from January 2009
2009: The Year of the Environmental Tax
January 5th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Tags: miscellany
Let there be (highly-efficient impact fluorescent) light in 2009!
January 2nd, 2009 · 6 Comments
China is developing an action plan that could place it at the forefront of the energy efficiency movement and stimulate the economy at the same time. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the planner, said it would be working in partnership with the United Nations Development Program and the Global Environment Fund on a [...]
Tags: 10th Five Year Plan · NDRC · energy efficiency
Happy New Year!
January 1st, 2009 · No Comments
All the best for the coming year! While you’re still in the mood to think fresh thoughts, here’s a picture to keep you focused on the prize. As you can see, it’s from the The Library Project’s Holiday Card; would it be possible to find a cuter image?
Back to the world of China’s environmental and energy [...]
Tags: miscellany