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07-29-2012, 05:31 PM
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Chinese Environmental Activists Riot, Pipeline Cancelled!
Following a riot by environmental activists in China, a waste water pipeline project from a Japanese owned paper plant was cancelled. Over 1,000 protesters in the city of Qidong on the China coast took over a government office, overturned cars, destroyed computers and beat police officers bloody.
The pipeline would've dumped the sewage off the coast of Qidong. It seems the Chinese are finally saying they've had enough pollution of their air, land and water! Now if only Americans would do the same...
Think of the risks these environmentalists are taking, openly defying their government who until recently refused to even acknowledge the health effects of industrial pollution in China.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012...waste-pipeline
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08-02-2012, 01:58 AM
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The most polluted country on earth is finally taking action?? Wow good for them. It's surprising they care considering how common it is to treat hiking trails like refuse bins in China.
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08-02-2012, 03:06 AM
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Very good point, Carlfloydfan, and helps to explain why a government notorious for the Tiananmen Square incident would let this type of protest happen without bringing out the tanks...
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08-03-2012, 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Bleak
Very good point, Carlfloydfan, and helps to explain why a government notorious for the Tiananmen Square incident would let this type of protest happen without bringing out the tanks...
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My thoughts exactly! Like another member posted probably has more to do with the company being Japanese owned more likely than not. Otherwise where is their other enviromental outcries? just saying |
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08-04-2012, 04:14 AM
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They should protest their one child policy
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08-05-2012, 06:05 AM
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Kucinich Nader 2012
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08-11-2012, 01:08 PM
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Om Tare Tutare Ture Svaha
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I saw a show where they were educating farmers in China about the effects of dams on their farm land. The only compensation the farmers got was a few dollars they used for food. Their entire livelihood was destroyed, and now they pick through garbage all day and have land at all. A film crew came into the remote regions where a new dam was to be built, and showed them the effects. Caused an uproar, and the government postponed the construction for more in depth environmental study. A sign that the tides are changing in China.
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08-16-2012, 11:10 PM
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A difference sure can be made.
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