Sunday, March 10, 2013

In China, public anger over secrecy on environment

Reuters: When China's environment ministry told attorney Dong Zhengwei he couldn't have access to two-year old data about soil pollution because it was a "state secret", it added to mounting public outrage over the worsening environment. Microbloggers, state media and even delegates to this week's session of the National People's Congress, the largely rubber-stamp parliament, were already critical of the government for poor air and water quality. Now they are also expressing disquiet over the scarcity...

URL: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/10/us-china-parliament-pollution-idUSBRE92900R20130310?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29
Enclosure: http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20130310&t=2&i=711274528&w=&fh=&fw=&ll=460&pl=300&r=CBRE92909QS00

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