by Angel Hsu | Nov 23, 2011 | Air quality, China, Data
This post originally appeared on the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy Blog. Beijing’s air quality dominated international headlines when discrepancies arose last month between official monitoring data and U.S. Embassy measurements. Pictures of stifling...
by Angel Hsu | Aug 9, 2011 | China, Data, Energy
This post also appears on ChinaFAQs.org. China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)recently released a “barometer” to show regional progress toward energy conservation goals in the first half of 2011. While the 12th Five-Year Plan announced in March a...
by Angel Hsu | Apr 18, 2011 | China, Data, Indices
The Economist Intelligence Unit, sponsored by Siemens, released a first version of an Asian Green City Index last month, which compares environmental performance across 22 cities in Asia, five of which are in China (excluding Hong Kong). This work is based on similar...
by Angel Hsu | Mar 3, 2011 | China, Data, Energy
This post originally appeared on ChinaFAQs.org and the World Resources Institute website. China’s annual political meetings begin on Thursday March 3 and the major outcome will be the announcement of the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015). Votes at both the advisory...
by Angel Hsu | Feb 16, 2011 | Air quality, China, Data, Remote Sensing
Thank you to all who read my previous post, “Chinese NGO releases Air Quality Transparency Index,” and to those have provided some excellent feedback and food for thought. In further exploring the link between information transparency and environmental...
by Angel Hsu | Jan 31, 2011 | Air quality, China, Data, Indices
The Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE) and Renmin University School of Law recently published the first version of what they’ve deemed the Air Quality Transparency Index (AQTI; available in Chinese only for now). Building off of similar indices...
