Premier Wen apparently announced the 2008 numbers for Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) discharges and Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) emissions reductions in his address to the National People’s Congress. If these numbers had been released previously, I missed them. You may recall that the 11th Five Year Plan calls for a 10% reduction in COD and SO2 [...]
China’s 2008 Pollutant Reduction Percentages Announced
March 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Tags: 11th Five year Plan · air pollution · miscellany · pollution targets · water pollution
Bird’s Nest
March 11th, 2009 · No Comments
No, not the Olympic Stadium, but a piece of sculpture on San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza.
I like it, but then my experience of it was enhanced by the fact that a hawk was using it as his perch to dine on freshly caught pigeon.
Love that blue sky!
Tags: miscellany