The Panyu waste incineration plant protest in Guangzhou last week was important for a number of reasons, but one of the most thoughtful takes on the event comes from an unlikely source, the Communist Party of China’s Guangdong Party School.
In an article entitled, “Confronting pollution: ‘expel it’ or ‘manage it’”? (I’d welcome a better translation, [...]
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China’s Best Party School?
November 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Tags: air pollution · environmental policy · public awareness · public disclosure · public protests
Odds & Ends
July 31st, 2009 · No Comments
We’ve about reached our pontification limit for the week here at CELB, so will avoid in depth analysis today and give you a quick tour of a few other China environmental stories making the headlines.
Environmental Protests
More than 1,000 residents in Zhentou, Hunan Province, “demonstrated outside local government headquarters and a police station, demanding greater compensation [...]
Tags: air pollution · carbon emissions · climate change · energy efficiency · enforcement · power generation · public awareness · public protests · rural pollution
China’s Annual Environmental Satisfaction Survey
January 20th, 2009 · No Comments
China has just released the 2008 results of its annual survey of public attitudes toward the environment.
Despite reported reductions in discharges of major pollutants and a high-profile “green” spin on the Olympics, public satisfaction with environmental conditions in China is falling.
Here’s an interesting comparison (the China Daily article notes that the survey has been conducted for [...]
Tags: public awareness