Few individual legal cases or events provide a better platform to examine the limitations that fa... more Few individual legal cases or events provide a better platform to examine the limitations that face the public in attempting to use law and the judicial system to address issues of environmental governance in China than the case of Chongqing Green Volunteers v. Guodian Yangzonghai Power Company, known as the Yangzonghai case. The case involved one of China’s largest electricity generating companies and touched on core issues that affect China’s domestic energy security – a sensitive political topic, which the courts will often attempt to avoid. The Yangzonghai case is both reflective of and shines a light on the state of environmental law and governance in China.
Few individual legal cases or events provide a better platform to examine the limitations that fa... more Few individual legal cases or events provide a better platform to examine the limitations that face the public in attempting to use law and the judicial system to address issues of environmental governance in China than the case of Chongqing Green Volunteers v. Guodian Yangzonghai Power Company, known as the Yangzonghai case. The case involved one of China’s largest electricity generating companies and touched on core issues that affect China’s domestic energy security – a sensitive political topic, which the courts will often attempt to avoid. The Yangzonghai case is both reflective of and shines a light on the state of environmental law and governance in China.
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