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The article discusses the priority of the Chinese Communist Party to focus in climate-change and environmental issues along with the clean and consuming energy. It states that the proclaimed initiative of the China Climate and Energy Program (CCEP) is the Energy-Consuming Enterprises Program for better energy performance by bringing companies benchmarks and by closing small factories. It also mentions the goals and objectives of the 12th Five-Year Plan (FYP) of the government.

The article offers information about the banning of "white pollution," the color of the plastic bags that merchants use to package goods purchased by consumers, in Beijing, China. Government authorities are requesting for a ban on such kind of pollution so that people will return to using cloth bags, reducing the volume of plastic bags clogging the streets and landscapes. Such measure is taken lightly by residents in Beijing because there are more important issues to consider including the growing concern over environmental issues and anxiety over the rising costs of oil prices than the issue concerning plastic products.

Reports on the approval of environmental regulators in Hong Kong, China for the development of a Disney theme park at Penny's Bay on Hong Kong's Lantau Island. Cost of the theme park; Details on the environmental impact statements from the Hong Kong government; Schedule for the construction of the government.

Discusses China's National Environmental Protection Agency's $1.2 billion cleanup along Huai River. Closure of 900 paper mills; Loans to pay for wastewater treatment plants and facilities.

Reports on London, England-based Waste Management International's agreement with China's Canton Environmental and Sanitation Administration to conduct a feasibility study for several municipal waste-to-energy plants in Guangzhou province. US State Department's claim that the agreement was an offshoot of boosting trade with China; Capacity of a typical plant; China's environmental policy.