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January 27, 2012 A Chinese environmental update

2012-01-27 00:00:00

Cadmium pollution in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region has been found downstream of the tainted Liu River at Liuzhou, Xinhua reported. The Guangxi Jinhe mining company is being held responsible for discharging toxic waste that, in mid-January, polluted the Long River, an upstream tributary, killing fish at Hechi city. So far, the river’s upper reaches, Liuzhou’s major drinking-water source, have been unaffected.

China’s new-year fireworks spree not only left tonnes of rubbish in Beijing but also drove up the city’s air-pollution data to the “hazardous” level until winds blew in on January 24, according to Xinhua. The Beijing environment monitoring centre said its station at the capital’s second ring road detected 1,593 microgrammes of PM2.5 particles per cubic metre in the early hours of January 23.

Beijing’s environment authority launched the PM2.5 pollution measure just ahead of the Spring Festival. The measure is stricter than the previous PM10 standard, as it monitors “fine” particles, those of 2.5 microgrammes or less in diameter. According to Xinhua, environmental officials said the high concentration of sulphur dioxide in the air was produced by the burning of fireworks powder and a direct result of the fireworks displays.

The oil giant ConocoPhillips said it would pay one billion yuan (US$158 million) to settle compensation claims arising from leaks from its Penglai 19-3 oilfield in Bohai Bay in June 2011, China Daily said. ConocoPhillips, China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC), the agriculture ministry and the provincial governments of Hebei and Liaoning have all agreed the deal, the ministry said. CNOOC and ConocoPhillips also will pay for restoration and monitoring of the bay’s marine environment.

Chad has suspended an oil refinery agreement with China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and plans to renegotiate the accord, Reuters reported. The move escalates an ongoing dispute over fuel prices and threatens to chill the central African country’s relationship with Chinese investors. Disruptions at the refinery have caused fuel shortages in Chad, and petrol is being rationed.

Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper is gaining national support for his plan to ship oil-sands crude to China, following US president Barack Obama’s rejection of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline from Canada’s Alberta province to refineries in the US state of Texas, Bloomberg News reported. Harper, who is pushing energy exports to Asia, is to meet with Chinese president Hu Jintao next month.

For the first time in decades, China overtook Japan as the world’s top coal importer last year, partly driven by robust Chinese demand, Reuters reported. Japan’s imports fell after steelmakers curbed output and the March earthquake damaged some coal-fired power plants.

China has made its first direct investment in Britain’s creaking infrastructure system, The Guardian said, with the country’s sovereign wealth fund buying a nearly 9% holding in Kemble, the group that controls Thames Water. The company has some 14 million customers in and around London.

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