I am sharing a couple articles: one from last week's Washington Post announcing China's recently announced plan to reduce carbon emissions, and the other an Op-Ed piece discussing whether China is even capable of this type of self-regulation system. There was an article in the Session 1 readings about water issues in China (depleting amounts of underground water in agricultural areas and water pollution). Last week China announced that a new cap and trade system was to be implemented to reduce carbon emissions and air pollution: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/china-to-adopt-cap-and-trade-system-to-limit-carbon-emmissions/2015/09/24/eece656c-62f9-11e5-9757-e49273f05f65_story.html In today's LATimes this Op-Ed piece discussed the feasibility of China using this type of program as a means of regulating harmful emissions from China's industries: http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-greenspan-china-cap-and-trade-20151001-story.html The environmental lawyer who wrote the piece seems a bit pessimistic, however I do agree that any attempt by China to control it's emissions should be applauded. It seems self explanatory that the biggest beneficiaries of a reduction of harmful emissions in China would be the Chinese people.
These articles were really interesting. Thanks for adding them.
The articles posted reminded me a bit of Chai Jing's documentary "Under the Dome." A bit pessimistic at first, but more positive in the end. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6X2uwlQGQM
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