SCMP – Updated on Dec 23, 2008 I was stunned to read in the report (“Plan to cut developers’ sweeteners”, December 13), that our government, despite its declarations of commitment to sustainable development and to cleaning up our abominable air quality, has in fact been pushing property developers to include parking facilities in their developments. [...]
Posts on ‘December 23rd, 2008’
Perfect Partnership To Tackle Climate Change
Trevor Houser, SCMP – Updated on Dec 23, 2008 The current economic crisis cast a pall over climate change talks held this month in Poland. With American home values and retirement savings falling, and Chinese unemployment figures rising, observers worry that neither America nor China – the world’s two largest polluters – will have much [...]
Price Too High For New Runway
SCMP – Updated on Dec 23, 2008 Hong Kong International Airport should not have a third runway. The environmental consequences of a third runway are enormous in an area of Hong Kong that records very high pollution levels and is home to the endangered pink dolphin. A new runway will cause huge increases in carbon [...]