Friday, August 13, 2010

Elizabeth Economy: Real Effort Needed to Save Environment


Elizabeth Economy, senior fellow and director of Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, writes on urgent reforms needed to prevent further environmental disasters in China. Excerpted from China Daily:

Effective environmental protection rests on a partnership among local environmental protection officials, NGOs, the media, the public in general and – under the best circumstances – companies that are motivated to avoid harming the environment. China has all the actors in place, but none of them is fully empowered to do the right thing. A few small reforms would make all the difference.

See full Article.