SCMP In the process of amending the Air Pollution Control Ordinance, green groups have been pressing for a setting of greenhouse gas emission reduction targets to mitigate the effect of global warming, in addition to capping emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and respirable suspended particulates of power plants in Hong Kong. While there is [...]
Posts on ‘April 22nd, 2008’
Guangzhou Economic Zone Lures Firms With Land And Cash Subsidies
Denise Tsang – SCMP – Updated on Apr 22, 2008 Guangdong, which is evicting manufacturers of low-value products on grounds that they pollute the province, is attracting investors with land and cash subsidies to foster service industries instead. The Luogang district, part of Guangzhou’s economic development zone, yesterday signed agreements with about 15 domestic and [...]
No Friends Of The Earth
Southeast Asia – Apr 22, 2008 – Online Asia Times By Muhammad Cohen HONG KONG – The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bali last December generated extraordinary enthusiasm about global warning and put environmentalism at the top of the mainstream agenda for the first time in years. The Bali meeting brought worldwide [...]