preview

China Is A Place Known For It?

Good Essays

China is a place known for it’s innovations and a knowledgeable powerhouse being at the forefront of technology for decades. It is also known for is frequent issues with pollution and not only in designated cities, the pollution problem is wide spread. China is in fact the largest consumer of coal in the world. This is because China uses coal as its main source of energy and delivers 70 percent of that energy for all of the nation’s needs. The problem with this strong reliance on coal for energy needs is that it emits the most carbon dioxide per electricity than any other energy source produced today, and it turns out that China has upped their usage by 17% in the last couple of years according to TIME Magazine (Worland). In the past year …show more content…

The rest of the mines are locally owned and managed by provincial or county governments, or other mines owned by townships, villages, or private mines who are managed by smaller collective organizations or individuals (IEA). The different government ministries affecting the coal industry are; the State Development Planning Commission (SDPC), the State Economic and Trade Commission (under that: State Administration of Coal Industry (SACI), the Department of Electric Power, and State Administration of Machine-Building Industry), State Power Corporation, Ministry of Foreign Trade & Economic Co-operation, Ministry of Land and Natural Resources, Ministry of Railways, and Ministry of Water Resources. Each particular ministry, no matter how large or small, has a certain responsibility in obtaining and maintaining a role in the regulation and continuation of dominance that is the coal industry. Through each ministry, the principles of subsidiarity do not align with the differing principles of Communism. Nationally China has been forwarding laws and decrees through different ministries that would reduce pollution from the many power plants and factories that produce the carbon dioxide and methane from coal. Politics make it exceptionally difficult for any laws to pass that would progress environmental consciousness within China. Even if laws were able to pass, mines owned locally, by villages, or county governments are able to easily ignore policies set in

Get Access