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Progress On Green Goals ‘Not Enough’

Shi Jiangtao in Beijing - Updated on Mar 06, 2009 - SCMP
Government advisers and green campaigners expressed dismay at the [...]

Environmentally Friendly And Cost-Effective Minibus Design

SCMP
I think minibus designs should be changed to make them more environmentally friendly and cost-effective.
Also, I think reintroducing buses without [...]

Air Quality Standards Review

The following letter was sent to the Director of Environmental Protection by Clear The Air:
Director of Environmental Protection - ENB
24th [...]

What Do You Think Of Air-Con Levels?

Updated on Aug 07, 2008 - SCMP
In the past, having an air conditioner was a luxury and only the affluent [...]

G8 Emperors Fiddle As The Planet Burns

Updated on Jul 18, 2008 - SCMP
Legend tells us that the Emperor Nero fiddled while Rome burned.
It seems very little [...]

Green Bill May Target Electronics

Loretta Fong - Updated on Jul 13, 2008 - SCMP
Electrical appliances could be one of the next categories of goods [...]

Rise or Demise?

Updated on Jul 02, 2008 - SCMP
Thirty-five years ago, when I made my first visit to mainland China, I was [...]

China To Join Ban On Ultra-Thin Plastic Bags

Reuters in Beijing - Updated on May 28, 2008
The mainland is to try to kick a 3 billion-a-day plastic bag [...]

Exporters Confront Rising Environmental Costs

GUANGZHOU, May 1 (Xinhua) — Chinese manufacturers have seen their costs for environmental protection rise, in many ways, since the [...]

Coal-to-fuel Projects Risk Green Backlash

Eric Ng in Beijing - Updated on Apr 05, 2008 SCMP
Turning coal into liquid fuel and chemicals is a potentially [...]