China backs away fom green plan - AFP

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China backs away fom green plan

Fri Mar 23, 1:14 PM ET

BEIJING (AFP) - China is backing away from a new requirement
designed to pressure local governments to clean up the environment
after encountering resistance to the plan, state media reported on
Friday.

China's statistical body has asked the State Environmental Protection
Administration (SEPA) not to publish the latest "Green GDP" figures,
citing disputes over the numbers, the China Daily newspaper reported.

The "Green GDP" project requires local governments to deduct the
costs of environmental degradation when reporting regional and
provincial economic growth figures, part of a bid to stem worsening
pollution.

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Late last year, state media reported that some of the 10 provinces
involved in the pilot project wanted to pull out, fearing it would hit
economic growth.

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070323/sc_afp/chinaenvironment_070323171424

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1. Great.

Just try to separate the Chinese people from their money.

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2. just try to separate all of us from the stuff China sells us on the cheap.

We could reduce China's emissions by buying fewer things.

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3. That's pretty hard when just about everything has been outsourced to China.

Or India.

If they are going to handle most of the world's manufacturing and tech jobs then THEY need to be RESPONSIBLE for the environmental impact of their activities. The U.S. had to do it.

China thinks it's just fine to throw their toxic waste into the rivers.