Agnes Lam, SCMP – Apr 23, 2009 The government will press ahead with plans for a sludge incinerator in Tuen Mun despite strong opposition from the district council and residents. About 80 residents holding banners and chanting slogans greeted Secretary for the Environment Edward Yau Tang-wah yesterday outside the Tuen Mun Government Offices, as he [...]
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Delta Air Quality ‘Making Huge Gains’ – Officials Claim Success In Anti-pollution Drive
Cheung Chi-fai, SCMP – Apr 23, 2009 Environmental officials have claimed “huge” success in efforts to improve air quality in the Pearl River Delta, although they admit plummeting industrial production could have had something to do with it. They say that after completion of major sulfur-reduction projects in Guangdong and a switch to cleaner industrial [...]
California approves emissions reductions
McClatchy Newspapers, By KEVIN YAMAMURA 23th April, 2009 California became the first state in the nation Thursday to mandate carbon-based reductions in transportation fuels in an attempt to cut the state’s overall greenhouse gas emissions. The California Air Resources Board approved a phased-in reduction starting in 2011, with a goal of shrinking carbon impacts 10 [...]