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Entries Tagged as 'Songhua River'

Blacklist Blacked Out by Black Dragon River Province

April 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments

This one probably falls more into the “how not to hold a press conference” category, but it does have an environmental angle so will cover it here. (h/t and thanks to environmental attorney Sabrina Wang and, seperately, The Wu Way 無為 for bringing this story to my attention).
Heilongjiang Province’s Environmental Bureau (EPB) held a meeting with specifically [...]

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Tags: Songhua River · environmental enforcement · environmental policy · public disclosure

Songhua River Cleanup

January 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment

Here’s some good news on the China environmental front.
The extensive effort to rid the Songhua River of pollution, which includes 24 projects launched out of Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang province, is making great progress, according to sources from Harbin environmental protection bureau.
You probably recall that the Songhua River was made infamous after it became contaminated with [...]

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Tags: Songhua River · water pollution