Responsible Bloggers: polluters’ ultimatum, China losing control, rainforests for rubber, new labor laws, media coverage

A round-up of responsible blogging about China, the environment, and CSR:

“East China Province Gives Ultimatum to Polluters Before Olympics”
All Roads Lead to China
April 7, 2008
“Xinhua has just released an article that I think everyone should pay attention to: [...]

March APECC newsletter

Highlights from last month’s APECC newsletter:

Green investing
China starts auto parts recovery program for circular economy
Oil subsidies only good in the short term
Air fit for Olympics: IOC report

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The cost of controlling air pollution in China?

A question from the PACE listserv:

“We see a lot of attention is on urban air pollution in China these days with Beijing Olympics around the corner. Do you know, officially or unofficially in the papers, roughly how much they are spending on air pollution control per year in China (in some of the cities like [...]

China’s Green Beat: New site, new episode

Check out the fancy new Flash-animated site (designed by Eggplant Studios) for China’s Green Beat (which I’ve written about here and here.)
They also have a new episode, posted on their blog, too, about wind power in China.

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The Economist: China is a hungry dragon

Anyone see this week’s issue of The Economist?

Read the introduction for a good overview of what the 14-page special report entails:
China is bound to consume enormous amounts of raw materials as it develops. But given how polluted the country already is, and how much unrest that pollution is causing, it should curb its hunger for [...]