Unit 5
China is going to "declare war" on pollution according to Premier Li Keqiang. China declared a "war on smog" last week. The government wants to come down with an "iron fist" on pollution. Li wants the whole country involved in the fight against pollution. The country has monitored a thing called PM 2.5, particulate matter of 2.5 micrometers of less in a lot of different cities. A lot of people check the PM 2.5 so pollution is becoming a major issue in China. The country plans to cut energy intensity this year to reduce emissions, which would cut coal consumption. There have been a total of 596 proposals submitted to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee this year on environment issues.
I think this is a great thing that China is doing. They are trying to improve their environment by taking responsibility at the state level but also making sure citizens know that they are also responsible for what their environment is like. I think the USA should do something similar to what China is doing right now with the environment.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/ethnic/china/2014npcandcppcc/2014-03/14/content_17346330.htm
I posted a blog today on the same article, and I think it will be interesting to see how much they actually do. About everything major that the government wants to do will have to be approved or instigated by the Communist Party, and so it will be interesting to see if the Party is really for this. I wonder if the Party really cares about this, or if it is just letting it happen.
ReplyDeleteIt's definitely a huge problem that the Chinese government hasn't addressed for awhile. Maybe they are now showing a change in their political views and looking at government as more as a function to serve its people than just become a superpower.
ReplyDeleteWhat I most like about this plan was how aggresive minded they seem to be. They will need to back that up but this is good for them. Especially with pollution being a major problem there.
ReplyDeleteYeah I think the Chinese alway talk big though, Nathan. I don't think they can improve their enviornment that much.
ReplyDeleteHaha this just makes me laugh. I saw a couple other articles about other countries trying to do this. I think that if they actually go through with trying to do this that it wont end up working. I think that they like to think that this plan will be amazing and help so much but in the end i dont know how good a plan it will actually be.
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