MEP Finds Rampant Violations on Nature Reserves (Caixin)

Trade and Environment
Commentary: U.S. raising rare earth case against China may backfire (Xinhua)
Rare earths policy defended (Global Times)
Waste

Chinese lawmakers call for system to recycle e-wastes (Xinhua)
New marking system to help conserve water (Xinhua)
Beijing to lead nation in trash burning (Xinhua)
Water
World can tap into water management (Xinhua)
Hydroelectric projects
Province lobbies hard for damming of China's largest freshwater lake (Xinhua)
Air quality
Quotes on air quality from political advisor Wang Yuqing (Xinhua)
Rural pollution to be monitored soon (China Daily)
Beijing: air quality
Beijing to tighten car emission regulations (China Daily)
Global perspective
China slips in environmental ranking (China Daily)
Nuclear energy
China overhauls nuclear power projects (China Daily)
Nuclear construction to resume (China Daily)
Ex-officials Battle Plan to Build Nuclear Project (Caixin)
Oil and Gas
China aims for huge output of shale gas after 2015 (Shanghai Daily)
Chinese firm constructs clean gas project (Xinhua)
Forest coverage
Forest coverage by 2020 (Global Times)
Mining
Revision of mineral law urged (China Daily)
Eco-cities
Public housing in Sino-Singapore eco-city ready for sale (Xinhua)
Eco-conservation zone built near Three Gorges Reservoir (Xinhua)
Lifestyle
Chinese political advisor urges harness on luxury, extravagance (Xinhua)

 

Compiled by Angela Merriam