China Environmental Law

You may recall that last week we said we had a reporter stationed outside the Chengjiang County courthouse ‘round the clock waiting to bring you news of the verdict in the criminal trial of Yunnan Chengjiang Jinye Corporation for polluting Yangzonghai Lake with arsenic.  It pains me to confess to our loyal readers that we [...]

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The US State Department’s climate envoy Todd Stern told reporters on Wednesday that China must take “significant, robust action that’s quantifiable, that it commits to that” as part of a new international climate change agreement.  This means “real obligations,” but not economy-wide targets similar to developed countries.  It is unclear whether Stern meant that the [...]

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