sustainablog.org - 3/6/2009
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The theme of China’s annual National People’s Congress taking place this week – the proceedings of which remain highly secretive beforehand – has been largely an economic one. Although the environment is hardly the priority issue du jour , China has not entirely changed its course with ...
guardian.co.uk - 3/3/2009
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guardian.co.uk —
Major project for Xinjiang province amid concerns over
future water supply China is planning to build 59...
reservoirs to collect water from its shrinking glaciers as the cost of climate change hits home in the world's most populous country. The far ...
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China plans 59 reservoirs to collect meltwater from its ...
guardian.co.uk - 3/5/2009
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guardian.co.uk —
Wen Jiabao announces extra money to boost farm
yields, raise rural incomes and invest in renewable energy...
China will increase spending on agricultural production by 20% this year amid warnings that climate change could spark a future food crisis . ...
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China to plough extra 20% into agricultural production
chinadaily.com.cn - 3/2/2009
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chinadaily.com.cn —
China is accelerating the build-up of its oil
reserves to avoid the economic dislocations the country suffered...
in 2008 from fluctuations in the world oil price. China's National Energy Administration (NEA) recently released a plan to build nine large ...
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China to bolster oil reserves
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... Legislation on the management of electronic waste, signed into effect this week by China’s cabinet, mandates the establishment of centralized funding for enlargement and improvement of safe electronic recycling facilities in China. ...
Environmental Protest Round Up 1 August 2009
Red, Green, and Blue —
... the detention of protestors who’d taken part in the first protest. Local government buildings were targeted, as people demanded to be fairly treated following health problems by the Xianhe Chemical Plant. The plant opened in 2004 and had a poor track record from the beginning –poor environmental management and the stockpiling of solid waste. Local people claim the plant was harming the environment by keeping the waste which had high concentrations of toxic heavy metals such as cadmium and indium, which were leaching into local drinking water. ...
Environmental Protest Round-Up 7 August 2009
Red, Green, and Blue —
... appears to have borne results. The chemical plant in central Hunan that was the focus of protests by local residents has been closed ‘forever’ according to Chinese media. Production at the plant was halted in March but now the plant will not re-open. The Xianghe Chemical Factory was cited in a number of incidents in the region, and after the deaths of two villagers, who were discovered to have high cadmium levels during autopsy, around 500 of 3,000 residents were found to have high cadmium levels during urine tests. As well as the permanent closure of the plant, ...
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