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apesphere on 17 Jun 2009
From: www.businessgreen.com
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| Image courtesy chenyingphoto via Flickr |
In a rare move, the Chinese environmental regulator has halted the development of a string of hydropower stations in the upper Yangtze.
The hyrdopower developments were ruled illegal as environmental permissions had not been sought.
The developments were being implemented by China's two largest power companies.
Andrew Newton is the author of The Handbook of Compliance: Making Ethics Work in Financial Services
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- Topics: Politics & Regulation, asia pacific, china, china huadian, china huaneng, communities, environmental impact assessment, environmental policy, environmental regulation, hydro electric power, hyrdopower, jinsha river (china), ministry of environmental protection (china), planet, utilities & grid, yangtze river
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