Re: [Biofuel] Amazing pictures - pollution in China

[Chris Burck]

looking at the photos, i was reminded of the documentary _Manufactured
Landscapes_.  amazing stuff, just a *ton* of incredible images, and
the opening sequence is unforgettable.  so is the rest of the film for
that matter.  strongly recommended.  you won't regret it.

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Re: [Biofuel] Amazing pictures - pollution in China

[Keith Addison]

>

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.


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 ...


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, ... 


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 ...


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. ...


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


The Olympics: Unveiling Police State 2.0
by Naomi Klein
The Huffington Post, August 7, 2008


It isn't just a local issue: 
 
(tip of the iceberg).

Meanwhile I often receive stuff like this, just in:

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:-) 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.


A different kind of race to the bottom.

Best

Keith

[Biofuel] Amazing pictures - pollution in China

[Kirk McLoren]

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