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1. Business - Companies - ENVIRONMENT

   Oil giants barred from new projects after missing pollution targets

   Posted Aug 29th 2013, 11:54am by Eric Ng, Li Jing

   ... pollution control gear. Li Bo, a senior consultant to environmental advocacy group Friends of Nature, said past experience showed that the ministry's bans on new industrial projects were ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1300306/china-environment-ministry-suspends-some-approvals-sinopec-cnpc
2. News - China - ENVIRONMENT

   Zhangzhou chemical plant blast highlights safety fears

   Posted Jul 30th 2013, 04:55pm by Li Jing

   ... concerns, but enhanced supervision and transparency can," Li Bo said. "This accident also sheds some light on the construction-quality problems of petrochemical projects." ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1293070/paraxylene-plant-expodes-zhangzhou
3. News - China - ENVIRONMENT

   Ban lifted on controversial Nu River dam projects

   Posted Jan 25th 2013, 12:00am by Li Jing

   ... governments that have been lobbying top leaders to promote the building of mega dams, regardless of the potential safety risks and social consequences. "This is really shocking," said Li Bo ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1135463/ban-lifted-controversial-nu-river-dam-projects
4. News - China - ENVIRONMENT

   China environment ministry accused of passing buck on project approvals

   Posted Jun 03rd 2013, 12:00am by Li Jing

   ... projects", the China Youth Daily reported. Calling the plan a "pollution formula", Li Bo, a senior adviser to the environmental advocacy group Friends of Nature, said it could eventually ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1252278/environment-ministry-accused-passing-buck-project-approvals
5. News - China - ENVIRONMENT

   China's 80 billion disposable chopsticks a 'burden' on forests

   Posted Mar 11th 2013, 02:43pm by Chris Luo

   ... 1cm-by-0.5cm and 20cm long, Bo said. A total of “20 million 20-year-old trees” have to be chopped down each year to make way for the annual production, he said. According to the latest available forest ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1188299/chinas-80-billion-disposable-chopsticks-burden-forests