115 civil society organizations and political parties from 20 countries today submitted an open letter to China's President Hu Jintao calling for the suspension of oil and gas pipelines through Burma in order to prevent rights abuses and regional instability, avoiding financial and image risks to China.  Petitions were submitted by the Shwe Gas Movement and its solidarity networks at Chinese Embassies in Thailand, India, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Malaysia, Australia, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands and the UK.

State-owned China National Petroleum Corporation holds a majority stake in the construction of dual oil and gas pipelines which will transfer oil shipped from the Middle East and Africa as well as natural gas from the Shwe Gas fields in western Burma to China's…read more

As world leaders gather for the G20 economic summit in Pittsburgh this week, Friends of the Earth U.S. released a report warning that the carbon trading system envisioned by the United States is complex, volatile…read more

On behalf of nine Chinese environmental NGOs, Ms. Jin Jiaman, Director of Global Environmental Institute, announced the Green Banking Innovation Award on August 1st. China Industrial Bank Co. Ltd. received Green Banking Innovation…read more