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China Environmental News: More open information, stronger rights protection

September 13, 2009

Posted by Alex Wang in Greening China

Tags:
openinformation, pollutionaccidents

As we mentioned a few days ago, China's Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) posted an article on the Ministry website making a strong case for more open information as the way to attack pollution before it leads to accidents like those we...continued

Environmental Transparency in China: the First Annual Pollution Information Transparency Index (PITI) and Implications for Climate Change

July 30, 2009

Posted by Alex Wang in Greening China

Tags:
climatechange, openinformation

The First Annual Pollution Information Transparency Index In partnership with the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE), we launched a Pollution Information Transparency Index (PITI) last month on June 3rd.  This is China's first index to evaluate environmental information...continued

The View from China: Taking a Look Back at the Year in Environmental Disclosure

May 11, 2009

Posted by Alex Wang in Greening China

Tags:
china, openinformation

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

View from China: Supreme People's Court to Clarify China's Right-to-Know Regulations

May 3, 2009

Posted by Alex Wang in Greening China

Tags:
china, heilongjiangprovince, openinformation, supremepeoplescourt

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

China’s Open Information Regulations Turn One!

May 1, 2009

Posted by Alex Wang in Greening China

Tags:
china, openinformation

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

China's Environmental Data Disclosure and the Top 10 Least and Most Polluted Cities

February 3, 2009

Posted by Alex Wang in Greening China

Tags:
airpollution, beijing, china, mepdatacenter, openinformation, waterpollution

See our bilingual (English and Chinese) blog dedicated to discussion of China's environmental law, policy and public participation at http://www.greenlaw.org.cn/enblog.  Last week was Spring Festival in China.  Despite the economic downturn, well-reported recent drops in energy use (see here and...continued

Alex Wang
Alex Wang
Senior Attorney; Director, China Environmental Law Project
Beijing, China
I am based in NRDC's Beijing office, working with China's policy-makers, fledgling environmental groups, and...
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