China Environmental Law

I will refrain from naming for public ridicule all those who opposed the carbon tariff provisions in the House version of US climate change legislation and confidently predicted that “saner” heads would prevail in the Senate.  Ten Democratic Senators have written a letter to President Obama stating their support for a “border adjustment mechanism” in [...]

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I have not been slow to criticize Greenpeace when I believe it has pursued soft targets or otherwise pulled its punches in China, so when it tackles an important and sensitive domestic issue and delivers a clear and needed message to the Chinese government, I am happy to offer it praise.

Last week Greenpeace issued “Polluting [...]

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Back from a wonderful trip to Jiangxi Province.  I’ll try to post some photographs and a write-up later.
Secretaries Chu and Locke have been here this week.  They were touring “Future House USA“ (in the house of the future form apparently follows function, but this structure is depressingly ugly) while I was visiting August 1st Square in [...]

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I can see how this one’s shaping up.  Paired with the breathless (and preposterous) statement that China is spending 40% of its stimulus plan on green projects (often phrased as “China’s leaders are investing $12.6 million every hour to green their economy”) will be the confident assertion that China is imposing a tax on carbon.
Reuters [...]

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