China Environmental Law

The Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) is undertaking a major review of Yangtze River pollution loads and discharges.  Chinanews.com reports (Chinese only, see here for an abbreviated English translation).  Enforcement actions will be taken against those entities that are found to be discharging without a permit or in excess of their permit limits.  This is [...]

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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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The Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) has articulated the concerns of many that the need for economic stimulating activities may result in backsliding on the environmental front in China.  Zhou Shengxian, the Minister of MEP, in remarks before a national conference on environmental protection on Monday, said that “factories with backward facilities ‘would revive’, using [...]

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