中国环境最新资讯

A Chinese environmental update

新华网报道，广西壮族自治区镉浓度超标事件的龙江，其污染物已经流入下游的柳州市柳江水域。广西金河矿业股份有限公司对此次排放有毒废物事件负有直接责任，在1月中旬，该企业排放的污染物导致流经河池市的龙江上游河段内鱼类大量死亡。截止目前，作为柳州市民主要饮用水源的上游河段水质尚未受影响。

新华网消息，新春佳节的烟花礼炮不仅制造了数吨的燃放垃圾，还使得北京的空气污染数值直达“重度污染”水平，直至1月24日在风力影响下烟雾才有所缓解。北京市环境监测中心表示，位于二环的路站检测设备显示，1月23日凌晨的PM2.5浓度达到1593微克/立方米。

新华网报道，春节前夕，北京市环境管理局发布了PM2.5浓度监测数据。此项数据比先前的PM10浓度数据更严密，因其监控的是直径小于2.5微克的“微精”颗粒。相关环保官员表示，烟花燃放所产生的二氧化硫在空气中积聚是导致PM2.5浓度暴增的直接原因。

《中国日报》消息，石油巨头康菲石油公司表示将出资10亿人民币（1.58亿美元）以支付2011年6月在渤海湾蓬莱19-3油田泄漏事故中的各种理赔。康菲石油公司，中国海洋石油总公司（中海油），国家农业部和河北省、辽宁省政府对此均表示认同。中海油和康菲石油公司同时还将支付用以恢复和监测渤海湾海洋环境的费用。

路透社报道，乍得推迟了与中石油的石油精炼协议并打算就这一协定重新谈判。这一变动使得关于能源价格的争议升级，也威胁了非洲中部国家与中国投资者的关系。石油冶炼计划的破裂已经使乍得能源短缺，不得不定量供应汽油。

彭博新闻社报道，加拿大总理大臣斯蒂芬·哈珀计划向中国输出油砂原油的计划得到了国家的支持。此前，美国总统巴奥巴马拒绝了从加拿大阿尔伯塔省通过梯形加大管道向美国得克萨斯州的炼油厂输送油砂原油的计划。哈珀因此转向亚洲出口能源，下月他将与中国国家主席胡锦涛进行会谈。

路透社报道，数十年来，中国在去年首次超过日本成为世界上最大的煤炭进口国，主要原因是中国强劲的煤炭需求。日本在遏制钢材出口后，煤炭进口呈下降趋势，另外，去年3月份发生的地震也让一些燃煤发电厂受损。

英国《卫报》消息，中国已首次对英国岌岌可危的基础设施系统进行直接投资。中国的主权财富基金购买了控制英国泰晤士水务的肯布尔集团近9%的股份。该集团公司在伦敦附近约拥有1400万客户。

来自中外对话及环球中国环境专家协会 

Cadmium pollution in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region has been found downstream of the tainted Liu River at Liuzhou, Xinhua reported. The Guangxi Jinhe mining company is being held responsible for discharging toxic waste that, in mid-January, polluted the Long River, an upstream tributary, killing fish at Hechi city. So far, the river’s upper reaches, Liuzhou’s major drinking-water source, have been unaffected.

China’s new-year fireworks spree not only left tonnes of rubbish in Beijing but also drove up the city’s air-pollution data to the “hazardous” level until winds blew in on January 24, according to Xinhua. The Beijing environment monitoring centre said its station at the capital’s second ring road detected 1,593 microgrammes of PM2.5 particles per cubic metre in the early hours of January 23.

Beijing’s environment authority launched the PM2.5 pollution measure just ahead of the Spring Festival. The measure is stricter than the previous PM10 standard, as it monitors “fine” particles, those of 2.5 microgrammes or less in diameter. According to Xinhua, environmental officials said the high concentration of sulfur dioxide in the air was produced by the burning of fireworks powder and a direct result of the fireworks displays.

The oil giant ConocoPhillips said it would pay one billion yuan (US$158 million) to settle compensation claims arising from leaks from its Penglai 19-3 oilfield in Bohai Bay in June 2011, China Daily said. ConocoPhillips, China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC), the agriculture ministry and the provincial governments of Hebei and Liaoning have all agreed the deal, the ministry said. CNOOC and ConocoPhillips also will pay for restoration and monitoring of the bay’s marine environment.

Chad has suspended an oil refinery agreement with China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and plans to renegotiate the accord, Reuters reported. The move escalates an ongoing dispute over fuel prices and threatens to chill the central African country’s relationship with Chinese investors. Disruptions at the refinery have caused fuel shortages in Chad, and petrol is being rationed.

Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper is gaining national support for his plan to ship oil-sands crude to China, following US president Barack Obama’s rejection of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline from Canada’s Alberta province to refineries in the US state of Texas, Bloomberg News reported. Harper, who is pushing energy exports to Asia, is to meet with Chinese president Hu Jintao next month.

For the first time in decades, China overtook Japan as the world’s top coal importer last year, partly driven by robust Chinese demand, Reuters reported. Japan’s imports fell after steelmakers curbed output and the March earthquake damaged some coal-fired power plants.

China has made its first direct investment in Britain’s creaking infrastructure system, The Guardian said, with the country’s sovereign wealth fund buying a nearly 9% holding in Kemble, the group that controls Thames Water. The company has some 14 million customers in and around London.

Prepared in cooperation with PACE