Nothing about climate change or even the environment made it into Xinhua’s “Highlights of Premier Wen’s gov’t work report” to the opening session of the National People’s Conference (NPC) noted that Wen vowed that China would “continue its drive of energy saving, emissions reduction, ecosystems preservation, and environment protection in 2009.”
We will implement energy-conserving measures for [...]
Entries from March 2009
China’s NPC 2009: The Environment Doesn’t Hit the Headlines
March 5th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: miscellany
China’s Environmental Protection 12th Five Year Plan
March 4th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Planning is beginning for the development of the new 12th Five Year Environmental Protection Plan. The Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) has published a notice (Chinese only) soliciting participation in research projects on various topics that will make up the components of that plan.
There are 25 topics in all and they provide some insight into what issues [...]
Tags: MEP · environmental policy
Rural Pollution Remedies
March 3rd, 2009 · No Comments
Improving the life of China’s huge rural population has been a high priority at least during the tenure of President Hu Jintao. Although a more prosperous countryside will put additional demands on the environment as richer peasants demand more and more things, progress can lead to environmental gains in other areas. Rationalizing water, fertilizer, and [...]
Tags: rural pollution
Climate Change: What Would Marx Do?
March 2nd, 2009 · 7 Comments
Would you like a Marxist critique of capitalism’s response to global warming? No, ok skip today’s post and come back tomorrow. Yes, read on, although I will only give you the smallest snippets of a 16 page article entitled A Failed System: The World Crisis of Capitalist Globalization and its Impact on China which was [...]
Tags: environmental policy