The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Environment

最高人民法院、最高人民检察院关于办理环境污染刑事案件适用法律若干问题的解释 (Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate's Interpretation of Several Issues Related to Laws Applicable to Criminal Cases of Environmental Pollution)
China Court, June 18, 2013
http://www.chinacourt.org/law/detail/2013/06/id/146211.shtml

Related:
"两高"公布紫金山金铜矿等四起环境污染犯罪案例 (Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate Publish Decisions in Four Typical Cases of Environmental Pollution)
China News Service, June 18, 2013
http://politics.caijing.com.cn/2013-06-18/112919484.html


最高法:环境污染犯罪触犯多个罪名的从一重罪处断 (Supreme Court: Pollution Offenders Will Receive Harsher Sentences)
China News Service, June 18, 2013
http://politics.caijing.com.cn/2013-06-18/112919488.html

Can China Achieve Success with Carbon Trading Scheme?
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 18, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22932816

Rich Chinese Export Pollution to Poorer Regions
Scientific American, June 18, 2013
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=rich-chinese-export-pollution-to-poorer-regions

Outsourcing CO2 within China
National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A, June 04, 2013
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/06/04/1219918110.short

Investment in Environmental Projects Lowers Mayors' Career Prospects, Study Finds
South China Morning Post, June 17, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1262439/investment-environmental-projects-lowers-mayors-career-prospects-study

In China, a Push for Cleaner Air
The New York Times, June 17, 2013
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/06/17/in-china-a-push-for-cleaner-air/