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Posts from ‘January, 2012’
In Hong Kong, a Wasted Chance to Recycle Glass
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/30/business/global/in-hong-kong-a-wasted-chance-to-recycle-glass.html GREEN COLUMN In Hong Kong, a Wasted Chance to Recycle Glass By BETTINA WASSENER Published: January 29, 2012 HONG KONG — April Lai is a woman with a mission. Every Thursday and Saturday, she spends 2.5 hours at a public trash collection point in the Wan Chai district of Hong Kong, home to some of [...]
Clean-air group cries foul over pollution cash
Hong Kong Standard Less than 45percent of the HK$5.5 billion budget earmarked to combat air pollution over the past 10 years has been spent. Kenneth Foo Tuesday, January 31, 2012 Less than 45percent of the HK$5.5 billion budget earmarked to combat air pollution over the past 10 years has been spent. That’s the claim of [...]
Emergency measures are needed
South China Morning Post 31 Jan 2012 I refer to Guy Shirra’s letter (“Treat bad air problems as a crisis”, January 25). Last year in a letter to these columns, I said Hong Kong does not have an air pollution problem, it has an air pollution emergency. Thus, the government’s crisis managers should be treating [...]
Pledge to act is hot air without a target
South China Morning Post Audrey Eu criticises the government’s delay to set limits for pollution control Jan 31, 2012 The long-awaited update of Hong Kong’s air quality objectives was finally announced by Secretary for the Environment Edward Yau Tang-wah this month, but it was only a post-dated cheque, to take effect in 2014, and still [...]
The Port of Los Angeles | Environment Draft Environmental Impact Report
Clear the Air says: How come we have a bigger port than LA but we do not get such reports from our EPD and Marine Department? Are they lazy or inept or want to conceal the data in Hong Kong? – or all three ? http://www.portoflosangeles.org/EIR/SCIG/DEIR/deir_scig.asp Comments can also be sent via e-mail to: ceqacomments@portla.org. Comments [...]
The waste incinerator would be built at Saddlebow in King’s Lynn
27 January 2012 Last updated at 17:20 GMT King’s Lynn incinerator: Council seeks judicial review http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-16755195?print=true Preparations for a waste incinerator in King’s Lynn could be halted after a council voted to challenge the way it is being financed. Councillors at the Borough Council of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk voted on Thursday to seek [...]
We’re breathing ‘dangerous’ air
South China Morning Post – Laisee Just in case you didn’t notice the air yesterday – it was bad. According to the government’s air pollution index, the pollution level was “high” – that is, it was at the midpoint of the index. It tells us: “Very few people, if any, may notice immediate health effects. [...]
Hazy logic
South China Morning Post Christine Loh says officials misunderstand the true costs of polluted air by taking the route of ‘develop first, clean up later’ The government was caught napping with regard to Hong Kong’s air quality and then caught fudging the issue. That’s not a pretty picture; our air quality remains a serious daily [...]