This post is from Jeff Polubinski, a second year law student at VLS and a joint-research project (JRP) student for 2011-2012 with the US-China Partnership for Environmental Law. The JRP students recently travelled to China to meet their research partners and further their projects. These posts will share the students’ experiences on the research trip [...]
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Seeing Firsthand China’s Demand for Energy and Nuclear Power
Posted in General Content, VLS-China Student Research on January 30, 2012 | 1 Comment »
International headlines: China & the environment: 19-26 January 2012
Posted in General Content, tagged China Environmental News Roundup on January 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
26 January 2012 Economic ties will stabilise strategic relations with China: Ronen Sen Times of India China counter: Arunachal to get mega hydel project Hindustan Times Eco Etiquette: Is ‘Made In America’ Better For The Environment? Huffington Post Global strategy dictates China’s green stance The Australian 25 January 2012 Dispute over drug in feed limiting [...]
Stepping Lighter? Environmental and Social Impacts of China’s Overseas Oil, Mineral, and Gas Investments
Posted in General Content, tagged china mining, china odi, china oil and gas on January 11, 2012 | 1 Comment »
The wonderful Jennifer Turner at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars has pulled together a great panel of experts to discuss China’s ecological and social footprint abroad. The event will be webcast at 10 am EST on Friday the 13th. China is now a major global player in oil, gas, and mineral extraction investments. In [...]
Case Study: Public Participation in China’s Energy & Environmental Governance
Posted in Featured Post, General Content, tagged china coal public, china energy public, haimen coal china, participation china coal on January 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Just before the new year, thousands of residents in the coastal town of Haimen in Shantou, Guangdong Province took to the streets to protest plans to build an additional large coal-fired power plant in their town. On Dec. 20, residents shutdown a major highway and overturned cars to express their discontent. Despite arrests and the [...]
International headlines: China & the environment: 12-19 December 2011
Posted in General Content on December 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
19 December 2011 Vehicles in China emitted 50 million tonnes of pollutants: Report Economic Times 18 December 2011 Beijing hits ‘blue sky’ target despite bad air AFP 17 December 2011 Beijing to Make Microblog Users Reveal Their IDs Bloomberg As China Goes Green What Is Canada Waiting for? Huffington Post Canada Africa: China - ‘Developing’ or ‘Developed’ Country? AllAfrica.com 16 December [...]
Cardiovascular Illnesses Spike on Bad Air Days
Posted in General Content on December 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Bloomberg has a good article on air pollution and cardiovascular disease in China. And examines to some extent the increasing impact that cars are having on health as they sit and idle in stagnate traffic spewing forth particulate matter smaller than 2.5 microns. Cardiovascular disease now accounts for 38% of all deaths in China. Bloomberg [...]
Durban Platform: US-China need to fundamentally change approach
Posted in General Content on December 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Andrew Revkin at the NYTimes Dot Earth has a roundup of unconventional views on the success of Durban. One of my favorites is from William R. Moomaw, professor of international environmental policy at The Fletcher School, Tufts University, and Mihaela Papa, a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard Law School. You can read their short commentary in [...]
Great Ambition, Lowered Expectations, or Just More Fossil Fuel Addicted Growth?
Posted in Featured Post, General Content, tagged CERC CCS, US-China CCS, US-China CCS-EOR on December 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The US-China Clean Energy Research Center appears to be shifting its focus from geological carbon capture and storage (CCS) for general deployment at power plants to its use in enhanced oil recovery (EOR), because EOR ostensibly offers a better chance at finding the real commercial costs of CCS and promoting deployment. Reuters – The great [...]
China’s Raw Materials Strategy & the WTO: Manipulating Prices or Protecting the Environment?
Posted in General Content, VLS-China Student Research on December 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This post is by Heather Croshaw, a second year law student at Vermont Law School and a joint-research project student with the US-China Partnership for Environmental Law for 2011-2012. China is a leading global exporter of raw materials and rare earth metals. For example, the E.U. alone receives 95 percent of its magnesium, 91 percent [...]
China’s Economy and the Problem with Sustainable Development
Posted in Featured Post, General Content, tagged China economy sustainability, china sustainable development on December 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
News from the climate negotiations in Durban that China is open to limits on its emissions post-2020, if Kyoto obligations are met, and if the US can get its act together is a good sign. But China’s commitment to a more sustainable development path will be tested sooner than later. Concerns are mounting that China’s [...]
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