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1. 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
2. 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
3. News - China

   Xi warns officials they'll be held responsible for pollution 'for life'

   Posted May 25th 2013, 12:00am by STEPHEN CHEN

   ... responsible. The call for lifetime accountability and inclusion of green appraisals was flagged in the party congress report in November. But Li Bo , a senior adviser to Friends of Nature, a major ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1245558/xi-jinping-warns-officials-theyll-be-held-responsible-pollution-life
4. Dam plan speeded up despite warnings

   Posted Feb 29th 2012, 12:00am

   ... environmentalists have long disputed Chongqing authorities' claims that the project is necessary to tackle a power shortage in the municipality of 30 million people. Yang Bo, of green group The Nature ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/993977/dam-plan-speeded-despite-warnings
5. After felling crime figures, Bo Xilai turns to planting trees

   Posted Mar 19th 2010, 12:00am by Shi Jiangtao

   ... and giving the old industrial city a major facelift. Conspicuously, although he vowed to continue with his anti-triad crusade, it was not on the list. The campaign was widely seen as Bo ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/708990/after-felling-crime-figures-bo-xilai-turns-planting-trees
6. News - China - ENVIRONMENT: ANALYSIS

   Environmental experts say China's new leadership has to tackle pollution

   Posted Apr 21st 2013, 12:00am by Li Jing

   ... leadership is determined to usher in some changes," he said. Li Bo is less optimistic, as the new premier has kept in place unpopular environmental minister Zhou Shengxian , who received ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1219475/environmental-experts-say-chinas-new-leadership-has-tackle-pollution
7. Dam building restraint urged

   Posted Jun 06th 2012, 12:00am

   ... reserve, its poor economic feasibility and Bo's heavy involvement, its preparatory work was allowed to go ahead only two weeks after Bo's downfall in late March. 'We have been ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/1003115/dam-building-restraint-urged
8. Bo may be gone but his pet project is going ahead

   Posted Apr 26th 2012, 12:00am

   ... One of the most controversial decisions that former Chongqing Communist Party chief Bo Xilai made during his four-year stay in the southwestern mega-city has been upheld, despite the princeling-politician's spectacular fall from grace. Plans for the Xiaonanhai dam, widely seen as Bo's pet project, have emerged unscathed and made significant headway in recent weeks amid much-rumoured ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/999249/bo-may-be-gone-his-pet-project-going-ahead
9. News - China

   Chinese netizens slam British newspaper's 'cultural intervention' over chopsticks article

   Posted Mar 15th 2013, 01:45pm by Chris Luo

   ... inspired the headline. Bo said China produced as many as 80 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks each year. To ease the burden on the nation’s environment, he urged people to carry their own ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1191444/chinese-netizens-slam-british-newspapers-cultural-intervention-over
10. Battle to stop Yangtze dam and save fish heats up

    Posted Jan 22nd 2011, 12:00am by Shi Jiangtao

    ... and huge ecological hazards,' Weng said. Friends of Nature director-general Li Bo said that now the last major obstacle had been removed, there was little chance their attempts to scrap ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/736371/battle-stop-yangtze-dam-and-save-fish-heats

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