The Chinese legislature decided Thursday to revise the country’s environmental protection law to allow for stricter punishments against companies or individuals caught polluting the environment, according to a report by Xinhua, the state news agency. Excerpt from: World Briefing | Asia: China: Legislature Toughens Environmental Law Related ArticlesOn the Environment: Forty-Four Years of Earth DayOp-Docs: ‘Animals Are Persons Too’Dot Earth Blog: Beneath the Surface of China’s Great Urban Rush

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World Briefing | Asia: China: Legislature Toughens Environmental Law