Environmental Virtue: What Can We Learn From China?

Previously, I’ve blogged about environmental justice as a framework of looking at environmental protection and why we should act. In the past few years, a new form of environmental ethics has been gaining momentum - environmental virtue ethics (EVE). Aristotle saw moral virtue as a reflection of a certain state of character, rather than our [...]

TheCityFix: Beijing Offers Subsidy to Discourage Dirty Cars

Photo by Lim CK.
Originally posted on TheCityFix.com:
Beijing is prepared to pay up to 1 billion yuan (about $146 million) in subsidies to get citizens to ditch their dirty cars and purchase cleaner ones. (Read Laura Root’s recent post on TheCityFix.com about the pros and cons of these types of “cash for clunkers” programs.)
The goal is [...]

Making sure the environment thrives during the stimulus drive

Beijing recently held a national conference on environmental protection last week. Zhou Shengxian, head of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, said that China will increase urban sewage treatment capacity by 10 million tons in 2009 and increase sulfur dioxide scrubbers to coal-fired power generating units.
Other plans for pollution reduction set at the conference:

Reducing 1.9 million [...]

Responsible Roundup: 1/17/08

Every Friday, ResponsibleChina highlights major news about the environment, CSR and social entrepreneurship in China. For tips or suggestions, please send an email to erica [at] responsiblechina [dot] com.

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From online news:
Dry, polluted, plagued by rats: the crisis in China’s greatest river
The Guardian
By Jonathan Watts
January 17, 2008

The waters of the Yangtze have fallen to their lowest [...]

China Expat: A back-up plan for Olympic pollution

Josh at China Expat blogs about Beijing’s test to push 1 million cars off the road for the Olympics.
Here’s his insightful conclusion:
In short China has a lot riding on getting next month’s trial right. If it fails there will be an outcry of people second-guessing the wisdom of handing Beijing the games. On the other [...]