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Local communities have been complaining, protesting and rioting over this for at least 20 years that I know of, to not much avail. Further anti-pollution riots break out in China | Environment ... 2 Sep 2009 ... Two thousand riot police fired tear gas and warning shots in Quanzhou, as demonstrators protested against foul stench and cancer rates. <http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/sep/02/anti-pollution-riot-china> Local governments keep Chinese public in the dark about pollution ... 4 Sep 2009 ... Anti pollution riots in Quanzhou, Fujian, China. The plant in Fujian, China, whose foul smells led to anti-pollution protests in the ... <http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/sep/04/china-pollution-secrecy> Xinhua: China sacks officials after pollution riots - Science News ... SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China has sacked or punished senior government officials in the country's affluent east over a pollution stand-off that turned violent, ... <http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/344458/xinhua_china_sacks_officials_after_pollution_riots/> Top China lead smelter acknowledges poisoning role Reuters - Lucy Hornby, Jonathan Leff - Oct 13, 2009 "Mass incidents" -- or riots and protests -- sparked by environmental problems have been rising at a rate of 30 percent per year, according to China's ... <http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE59C1Q220091013> Appearance of a Legal System in China Misleading, Says Commission The Epoch Times - Gary Feuerberg - Oct 18, 2009 The worsening air and water pollution may explain the dramatic increase in cancer victims-roughly 20 percent since 2005, based on PRC official statistics. ... <http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/23992/> And so on - what's behind the growth rates. IMHO, if the Chinese people had real Internet access Beijing wouldn't be able to hold back the protests. China's All-Seeing Eye With the help of U.S. defense contractors, China is building the prototype for a high-tech police state. It is ready for export. NAOMI KLEIN, Rolling Stone, May 29, 2008 <http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/20797485/chinas_allseeing_eye> The Olympics: Unveiling Police State 2.0 by Naomi Klein The Huffington Post, August 7, 2008 <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/naomi-klein/the-olympics-unveiling-po_b_117403.html> It isn't just a local issue: <http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/msg74762.html> (tip of the iceberg). Meanwhile I often receive stuff like this, just in: >Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:53:56 -0700 >From: "Marc Merson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Join a booming China green building market > >The 2nd Annual China Eco Expo > > An international Trade show and conference dedicated >to the products, > technologies, and services, for green building and >sustainable cities > > June 3-5, 2010 at the China International Exhibition Center, > > China Eco Expo is produced in partnership with the PRC >Ministry of Housing, > Urban and Rural Development (Formally Ministry of >Construction) and will be held > in conjunction with the Ministry's Official 15th Annual Show. > > China Eco Expo Features: > > > * A professional attendance of over 30,000 > * An extensive matchmaking program > * A high level conference with a special focus on China's >cities and their Mayors > * A full scale model Green Office of the future. > * A comprehensive advertising and promotional campaign. > * Access to a booming green building and sustainable cities market > > Our debut show in 2009 was a substantial success, with an >attendance of 30,000, visits from > high Ministerial officials, widespread media coverage, and >promotion as the major feature of > the entire event. See a report ><http://www.ecoexpo.com/files/00AreportAMOC.pdf> > > Find out more about this gateway to the world's most exciting >green building > and green cities market at <http://www.ecoexpo.com> > > Request more information at. <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] :-) Green growth will save them? Or is there more profit in the cheap and nasty way? Not much of a bet, eh? A Better Measure than GDP TIME - Stephan Faris - Oct 23, 2009 ... Starting in 2004, China attempted to introduce a "green GDP," adjusted to reflect the cost of pollution. By the time officials computed the costs of tainted rivers, smoke-filled skies, shattered ecosystems and strip-mined hillsides, their growth figures had dropped so dramatically - in some provinces they fell close to zero - that the proposal was quickly scrapped. By 2007 the effort had collapsed completely. <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1931660,00.html> A different kind of race to the bottom. Best Keith _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
