Posted by Alex Wang in Greening China , Solving Global Warming
The leaders of the world asked for an extension on climate action in Singapore this past weekend. As Jake Schmidt points out, whether this is good or bad depends on how the leaders of the world's top emitters use this...continued→
Posted by Alex Wang in Greening China
This year, the attention on China's environment has shifted largely to focus on how China is dealing with climate change. We cannot overstate just how important this has been. Just a few years ago, climate change was not a significant...continued→
Posted by Alex Wang in Greening China
Josh Bushinsky, who is with us at NRDC Beijing for a few months from the University of Chicago Law School, attended the talk by Secretary Chu at Tsinghua University in Beijing last week. We post his summary of the meeting...continued→
Posted by Alex Wang in Greening China
Last week, the China Daily led an article on climate change with this potential good news: China will put in place carbon dioxide emissions targets for its economic and social development programs, the central government has promised... It also signals that China...continued→
Posted by Alex Wang in Greening China
More than we think as it turns out. We noted last week that NRDC's naval sonar litigation in the US found its way into the "Annual Selected Readings for China's High School Students" and ultimately onto a final exam question...continued→
Posted by Alex Wang in Greening China
We have been devoting a great deal of space lately to discussion of open information and government transparency in China. As we know in the States, the right-to-know is something that you need to go to the mat for sometimes...continued→
Posted by Alex Wang in Greening China
The first anniversaries of the State Council Open Government Information Regulations (OGI Regulations) and the State Environmental Protection Administration Measures on Environmental Open Information were last week. We will be posting a Year in Review article by my colleague Joan...continued→
Posted by Alex Wang in Greening China
Today is the first anniversary of the State Council Open Government Information Regulations (OGI Regulations) and the State Environmental Protection Administration Measures on Environmental Open Information going into effect. It has without a doubt been an important year for greater...continued→
Posted by Alex Wang in Greening China
It is not often one gets the chance to see a criminal trial in China, particularly one with national attention. We had that chance last week. Here is a bit about what we saw. A little background first: Last June, Yangzonghai Lake,...continued→
Posted by Alex Wang in Curbing Pollution , Greening China
Michael Zhang in our Beijing office put together the following analysis of recent announcements in China: At a presentation of the Government Work Report to the NPC and the CPPCC, Premier Wen Jiabao mentioned two figures that environmental analysts in...continued→
