Tag: Environment

  • More on China's environment tax: a response and a repost

    A few notes of follow-up on my first experiment in translation: the People’s Daily Online interview looking at the prospects for an environmental tax being included in the next Chinese 5-year plan. My friend and former classmate Ella Chou offered much more context on this discussion than I could have given off the top of…

  • Environment tax likely in China's next 5-year plan (my translation)

    [This is a bit of an experiment. I’m laying bare a bit my mediocre Chinese translation skills, but thought I’d provide a translation of an interesting interview. I hope to continue doing this sort of thing and to sharpen my abilities. Any corrections or comments very welcome! For now, here we go:] Greater Possibility of…

  • Will Kyoto's Successor Count 'Outsourced Pollution'?

    If a product is consumed in one country, and it is manufactured in another, which country is responsible for the carbon emissions from manufacture? And if one country outsources manufacturing to a country with more lax environmental regulation, who’s responsible for the extra carbon? These will be part of the discussion in Bali when representatives…