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On November 8-10, 2011, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) worked with Vermont Law School to conduct a judicial training in Kunming, China in collaboration with the China University of Political Science and Law, the Center for Legal Assistance to Pollution Victims, and the Humanities College of Southwest University of Forestry located in Kunming. Approximately 30 judges from three provinces (Yunnan, Hainan, and Guizhou) participated in the training.

Established by the elevation of the State Environmental Protection Agency to the cabinet level in 2008, the PRC’s Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) is responsible for protecting China’s air, water, and land from pollution and contamination.

The Ministry’s mission is to control environmental pollution, protect nature and ecology, supervise nuclear safety, and safeguard public health and environmental safety.

The government is mulling rules to punish those who fail to perform their duties to timely report major pollution cases, according to a senior official with the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP).

The MEP and the Ministry of Supervision will jointly release the regulations on questioning the responsibilities of relevant parties in failing to deal with major environmental emergencies properly, said MEP vice minister Zhang Lijun Wednesday at a meeting on the safety of drinking water sources.

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Around 500 people started gathering at Zhejiang Jinko Solar company in Haining city, Zhejiang province, on Thursday.

Some of protesters stormed the factory, overturning several company cars and destroying offices, officials said.

Residents in the nearby village of Hongxiao said they became concerned after the deaths of a large number of river fish.

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China's environmental authorities are mulling over stiff new emissions standards for thermal power plants amid concerns that they may increase costs and lead to more losses.

The new standards, consistent with an earlier version issued in January, will be released for public consultation in late August, according to the Ministry of Environment Protection.

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Chinese local officials in Baoding discuss with Japanese counterparts existing energy efficiency measures and mechanisms.

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An official in charge from Ministry of Environmental Protection told media today that six ministries and commissions such as Ministry of Environmental Protection, CCCPC Publicity Department, Civilization Office of the Central Communist Party Committee, Ministry of Education, the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Youth League and All-China Women's Federation recently jointly issued the Program of Action for National Environmental Publicity and Education (2011 - 2015) (hereinafter referred to as the Program).

Japan and China opened a three-day event Wednesday in Beijing aimed at promoting environmental technology and new energy solutions, two areas vital for ensuring sustainability of robust growth in China and other Asian economies.

World Bank approved a new loan of $100 million to Nanning, capital city of South China's Guangxi Province to improve its urban environment project on June 1.

The Nanning Urban Environment Project will assist Nanning Municipality in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to stop the deterioration of surface water quality in selected urban centers. Urban wastewater and non-point sources have been identified as the principle sources of pollution in this area.

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China is on track to cut its energy intensity -- the amount of power consumed for every dollar of economic output -- by 20 percent from 2005 levels, a Chinese environmental policy expert said on Tuesday.

As of 2009, the most recent year considered in the report by the non-governmental Climate Policy Initiative, China is on its way to meeting its own ambitious targets for 2010, according to Qi Ye, the group's director at Tsinghua University in Beijing.

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