Environment
11.16.16

The Future of Public Interest Litigation in China

 from chinadialogue

China has seen a rapid growth in environmental public interest legal challenges since January 2015, when a revised version of the...

Environment
08.29.16

Environmental Law Blunted by Crippling Court Costs

 from chinadialogue

Zhenhua Ltd. is a glass-making firm based in Dezhou, a city in China’s northeastern Shandong province. The factory sits amid a cluster of modern residential areas, so when the company failed to limit its emissions of polluted air...

Caixin Media
12.09.15

Progress for NGOs Battling Polluters in Court

Two environmental groups have become the first non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in China to win a lawsuit that champions nationwide battles against polluters on behalf of the public. A court in Nanping, a city in the...

Environment
06.25.15

Growing Pains for China’s New Environmental Courts

 from chinadialogue

In recent years, China has set up hundreds of new environmental courts as part of institutional reforms that aim to...

Environment
04.28.13

Poor Rural Residents in China Seen as Easy Target for Environmental Lawsuits

 from chinadialogue

China today boasts a collection of ninety-five environmental courts, all of which were set up over the past six years. It is a trend that promises to re-shape Chinese environmental law.

But simply trumpeting this initiative is no guarantee...