<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"><channel><title>China Green News</title><link>http://eng.GreenSOS.cn/</link><description>China Green News</description><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>2012-5-18 19:06:27</lastBuildDate><pubDate>2012-5-18 19:06:27</pubDate><ttl>20</ttl><item><title>English Stories from the Chinese Press: May 15, 2012</title><link>http://eng.greensos.cn/ShowArticle.aspx?articleId=1348</link><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><author>admin</author><pubDate>2012-5-17 20:05:14</pubDate><guid>1348</guid><description><![CDATA[(Xinhua, China Daily, Global Times, Beijing Review, China Economic Net, etc.)]]></description></item><item><title>End of 12th Five Year Plan to See 70% Recycling Rate</title><link>http://eng.greensos.cn/ShowArticle.aspx?articleId=1347</link><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><author>admin</author><pubDate>2012-5-17 19:58:40</pubDate><guid>1347</guid><description><![CDATA[Recently the National Supply and Marketing Cooperative General Agency released its “Opinion on the Acceleration of Construction of Post-Consumer Recycling Systems”, which says that my the end of the 12th Five Year Plan, over 80% of urban communities will establish standardized recycling stations and 1,000 recycled material markets. The system’s consumer products will account for over 60% of the volume of all recycled materials.]]></description></item><item><title>English Stories from the Chinese Press: May 8, 2012</title><link>http://eng.greensos.cn/ShowArticle.aspx?articleId=1346</link><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><author>admin</author><pubDate>2012-5-9 16:21:51</pubDate><guid>1346</guid><description><![CDATA[(The Economic Observer, South China Morning Post, Caixin, China Daily, etc.)]]></description></item><item><title>Signals point to further hydropower development</title><link>http://eng.greensos.cn/ShowArticle.aspx?articleId=1345</link><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><author>admin</author><pubDate>2012-5-9 16:18:34</pubDate><guid>1345</guid><description><![CDATA[China is poised for more dam building as it tries to meet ambitious targets to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has ratified five projects in the first quarter this year, including the Longkaikou and Ludila dams on the Jinsha river.]]></description></item><item><title>Green groups' hopes of blocking controversial Xiaonanhai dam after abrupt leadership change fade</title><link>http://eng.greensos.cn/ShowArticle.aspx?articleId=1344</link><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><author>admin</author><pubDate>2012-5-8 11:45:30</pubDate><guid>1344</guid><description><![CDATA[One of the most controversial decisions that former Chongqing Communist Party chief Bo Xilai made during his four-year stay in the southwestern mega-city has been upheld, despite the princeling-politician&#39s spectacular fall from grace.]]></description></item><item><title>Weekend walk points out pollution</title><link>http://eng.greensos.cn/ShowArticle.aspx?articleId=1343</link><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><author>admin</author><pubDate>2012-5-3 22:24:56</pubDate><guid>1343</guid><description><![CDATA[Every Saturday Zhang Junfeng hikes along the rivers, ravines and reservoirs of Beijing.]]></description></item><item><title>English Stories from the Chinese Press: May 2, 2012</title><link>http://eng.greensos.cn/ShowArticle.aspx?articleId=1342</link><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><author>admin</author><pubDate>2012-5-2 17:49:12</pubDate><guid>1342</guid><description><![CDATA[(Xinhua, China Daily, Global Times, Beijing Review, Shanghai Daily, etc.)]]></description></item><item><title>Guangzhou set to spend 6 billion RMB on PM2.5 reduction</title><link>http://eng.greensos.cn/ShowArticle.aspx?articleId=1341</link><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><author>admin</author><pubDate>2012-5-2 17:46:26</pubDate><guid>1341</guid><description><![CDATA[Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province in southern China, will invest 6 billion RMB (around USD 95 million) to reduce PM2.5 pollutants. This recent move shows the city’s ambition to meet the new requirements outlined in the central government’s report “Ambient Air Quality Standards,” which listed PM2.5 particles as ordinary pollutants to be monitored.]]></description></item><item><title>English Stories from the Chinese Press: April 25, 2012</title><link>http://eng.greensos.cn/ShowArticle.aspx?articleId=1340</link><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><author>admin</author><pubDate>2012-4-27 16:46:38</pubDate><guid>1340</guid><description><![CDATA[(Xinhua, China Daily, Shanghai Daily, Global Times, etc.)]]></description></item><item><title>American air quality equipment “underestimates” Guangzhou PM2.5 concentrations</title><link>http://eng.greensos.cn/ShowArticle.aspx?articleId=1339</link><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><author>admin</author><pubDate>2012-4-27 16:31:49</pubDate><guid>1339</guid><description><![CDATA[According to data released by Guangzhou Environmental Protection Agency, in 2011, there were 22 days whose PM 2.5 concentrations surpassed the national standard.]]></description></item><item><title>English Stories from the Chinese Press: April 18, 2012</title><link>http://eng.greensos.cn/ShowArticle.aspx?articleId=1332</link><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><author>admin</author><pubDate>2012-4-18 23:52:42</pubDate><guid>1332</guid><description><![CDATA[(Xinhua, China Daily, Global Times, Economic Observer, Caixin, etc.)]]></description></item><item><title>South China city to set up "environmental court"</title><link>http://eng.greensos.cn/ShowArticle.aspx?articleId=1331</link><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><author>admin</author><pubDate>2012-4-18 23:50:36</pubDate><guid>1331</guid><description><![CDATA[Booming industrial city Dongguan will set up a special court to handle environmental lawsuits, the first of its kind in south China&#39s Guangdong Province. With the establishment of an environmental court, the city is set to combine “administrative means" with "legal means" to better avoid the old development pattern of "pollute first, control later."]]></description></item><item><title>Protection Money</title><link>http://eng.greensos.cn/ShowArticle.aspx?articleId=1330</link><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><author>admin</author><pubDate>2012-4-18 22:54:55</pubDate><guid>1330</guid><description><![CDATA[China’s first inter-provincial environmental compensation system has just been launched to cover a river basin spanning Anhui and Zhejiang provinces, protecting the area against pollution while improving the local economy. Will it genuinely improve life at the water’s edge? NewsChina investigates.]]></description></item><item><title>English Stories from the Chinese Press: April 11, 2012</title><link>http://eng.greensos.cn/ShowArticle.aspx?articleId=1329</link><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><author>admin</author><pubDate>2012-4-11 21:03:01</pubDate><guid>1329</guid><description><![CDATA[(Xinhua, China Daily, Shanghai Daily, Beijing Review etc.)]]></description></item><item><title>Commencement of Xiaonanhai Dam reduces hope for Yangtze</title><link>http://eng.greensos.cn/ShowArticle.aspx?articleId=1328</link><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><author>admin</author><pubDate>2012-4-11 21:02:16</pubDate><guid>1328</guid><description><![CDATA[Preliminary work on the Xiaonanhai hydroelectric dam began on March 29th, outlined by the Shanghai Daily article above. While technically only a preliminary permit has been issued, with plans to &#39fully consider other impacts&#39 (including conducting an environmental assessment), due to China’s unique policy-making process this means the dam is likely to go ahead.]]></description></item><item><title>English Stories from the Chinese Press: March 27, 2012</title><link>http://eng.greensos.cn/ShowArticle.aspx?articleId=1327</link><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><author>admin</author><pubDate>2012-4-9 7:30:45</pubDate><guid>1327</guid><description><![CDATA[(Xinhua, China Daily, Global Times, Beijing Review, etc.)]]></description></item><item><title>Commentary: Pampering of pandas harms bio-diversity</title><link>http://eng.greensos.cn/ShowArticle.aspx?articleId=1326</link><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><author>admin</author><pubDate>2012-4-9 7:29:49</pubDate><guid>1326</guid><description><![CDATA[After two pandas presented by mainland China to Taiwan failed to mate naturally, the zoo in Taipei resorted to artificial insemination. As people spend huge sums to protect this pampered species, many other animal species are on the way to extinction. Such biased protection is not respect for nature.]]></description></item><item><title>China issues first guideline for drinking water</title><link>http://eng.greensos.cn/ShowArticle.aspx?articleId=1325</link><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><author>admin</author><pubDate>2012-4-9 7:28:14</pubDate><guid>1325</guid><description><![CDATA[On March 22, World Water Day, the Center for Public Nutrition and Development issued the country&#39s first guideline for drinking water, which ranks China&#39s drinking water according to the quality of water source.]]></description></item><item><title>English Stories from the Chinese Press: March 20, 2012</title><link>http://eng.greensos.cn/ShowArticle.aspx?articleId=1322</link><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><author>admin</author><pubDate>2012-3-20 11:00:47</pubDate><guid>1322</guid><description><![CDATA[(Xinhua, China Daily, Global Times, Shanghai Daily, etc.)]]></description></item><item><title>Pearl River Delta Gets First “Red Card” After PM2.5 Public Monitoring Announcement</title><link>http://eng.greensos.cn/ShowArticle.aspx?articleId=1321</link><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><author>admin</author><pubDate>2012-3-20 10:59:54</pubDate><guid>1321</guid><description><![CDATA[For the first time since the PM2.5 public monitoring announcement, a multi-day failure to meet PM2.5 limits resulted in Foshan’s Huijingcheng Station’s receiving a “red card”]]></description></item></channel></rss>
