Major Revision of Mongolian Mining Regulations Is Underway
Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 10 Issue
Mendee Jargalsaikhany
The first public debate on the proposed revisions of Mongolia’s mining regulations was conducted at the Citizen’s Hall of the Mongolian government on January 18, 2013. Although the revisions are long overdue, legislators appear to be in agreement that more deliberations are necessary in order to reflect the concerns and suggestions of miners, investors and the public prior to submitting the final bill to the parliament. As stressed by Tsagaan Puntsag, the head of the presidential office, lawmakers avoided politicizing the revisions, opting instead to push for a more comprehensive, long term regulatory framework (Minutes of Debate, Citizen’s Hall of Mongolia, www.irgen.org).
Fu Chengyu (Sinopec chairman) blames coal not fuel quality for increase in pollution
傅成玉回应“油质不过关”:污染罪魁祸首是煤炭
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“现在大家都骂雾霾是因为我们油质不过关所致，我们也很无奈。”全国政协委员、中石化董事长傅成玉表示，其实中国的标准和欧美国家的标准是一致的，国四、国五也等同于欧四、欧五，只是目前汽油从国三上升到国五，能源消耗要增加44%，没有产生实际效益，很多城市都不愿执行，执行标准不到位。
中石化董事长傅成玉：光在油品上较真儿不全面
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3月5日，全国政协委员、中石化董事长傅成玉在小组讨论政府工作报告时坦言，当前无论是国家经济，还是企业自身，发展都遇上了绕不开的环境问题和能源安全问题。
China's new leadership faces growing environmental pressures
Guardian
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Leaders say 'ecological progress' is a priority, but air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from coal remain a problem
We’re not going to see any big change in 2013, because it is in the middle of China’s 12th five-year plan,” said Melanie Hart, a policy analyst for the Center for American Progress. Still, “the 2011 to 2015 plan is dedicated to move in a low carbon direction,” she said.
...“It (coal consumption) will still continue to grow and grow exponentially,” said Julio Friedmann, energy technology chief at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the United States, and technical program manager for the US-China Clean Energy Research Center for Advanced Coal Technology.
Friedmann said he expects a 50 to 60 percent increase in China’s coal consumption in coming years. That’s not as large as some experts had predicted, but even so, “I do not see a plateau in the coming years,” he said.