News Updates
by Ling Li on September 25, 2007 At a Green China Forum meeting earlier this month, Pan Yue, the vice president of China’s State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), made an unequivocal statement about the need to address the nation’s mounting environmental challenges.
by Ling Li on September 13, 2007 China’s Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) has launched a new energy conservation guide for citizens in an effort to promote the twin goals of saving energy and reducing emissions.
by Ling Li on August 30, 2007 Starting next month, China’s State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC) will assume nationwide oversight over power companies that are required under the country’s renewable energy law to prioritize purchases of the maximum amount of ‘green’ electricity available in their coverage areas, according to a recent regulation released by SERC.
by Monica Liau on August 9, 2007 Chinese authorities say global warming is to blame for the extreme weather conditions that have afflicted the country this year, Reuters reports.
by Ling Li on July 31, 2007 The release of a landmark 2005 Green National Accounting study that calculates the environmental costs of China’s rapid economic development has been “postponed indefinitely,” according to Wang Jinnan, the head of the study group.
by Monica Liau on July 11, 2007 Under pressure from Beijing government ministries, the World Bank has cut by roughly one third a new report chronicling the widespread cost of pollution in China, according to the Financial Times
by Jianqiang Liu on July 10, 2007 The Chinese government has stepped up efforts to tackle the severe pollution of the nation’s rivers.
by Ling Li on June 7, 2007 China unveiled its first national plan on climate change this Monday, after two years of preparation by the State Council, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), and 17 other departments.
by Qiang Wang et al. on May 31, 2007 A construction crane several tens of meters high is operating furiously at a building site in a large valley of the Dadu River, one of the major tributaries of the Yangtze River.
by Ling Li on May 8, 2007 The Chinese government is encouraging new buildings and major users of heated water—such as hospitals, schools, restaurants, and swimming pools—to install water heaters powered by solar energy, according to a recent plan to promote nationwide use of the systems.
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