CHINA AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Many people think that China is disregarding its environment in its rush to develop.  But the country is simply going through the same process of environmental awareness that the USA went through in the 60s and Japan in the 80s.

We've forgotten the incidents that sparked the environmental movements, like America's Love Canal bursting into flames, and mass dieoffs of birds from DDT.  I personally remember sailing out of Kagoshima in Kyushu, into the East China Sea, and finding the ocean pitch black for many miles. And being unable to see the traffic lights in Tokyo at rush hour because the air was black with pollution.

China now has an Environment Minister, and Greenpeace China is a recognized force in the country.  Here is an example of one of their many current projects: using a newly-established law and a newly-established court to sue on behalf of the environment:

We're taking China's pesticide perpetrators Tesco and Lianhua to court
Blogpost by Monica Tan - 2011-09-21 at 16:04.  Here at Greenpeace we're demanding the major supermarkets completely halt their use of illegal pesticides or at levels exceeding the legal limit, then ban the worst of the worst pesticide use immediately for their fresh and unpacked produce and fina...Read more...

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