ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ESSAY

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ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION

MARIE LENTZ
June 2010
Seminar of Mr 张辉

Table of contents :
Introduction
I – An attended emergence of the EPIL in China
A/ the reasons of the emergence 1) A Chinese context favourable to the emergence of the EPIL 2) What was expected from the EPIL

B/ An opportune creation of the environmental Courts 1) The creation of the environmental Courts 2) The emergence of the EPIL by the environmental Courts

II- The uncertain future of the EPIL in China A/ The strengthening of the EPIL’s legal basis 1) The beginning of a formal consecration 2) An inadequate consecration

B/ EPIL : an inadequate solution

1) A lack of results 2) EPIL: a solution among several else.

INTRODUCTION :

The important economic growth in China and the density of China’s population have created a lot of environmental problems. According to the World Bank, China has 16 of the world's 20 most polluted cities. The city of Linfen, in Shanxi Province, has been named the "world's most polluted city" as the air quality is the equivalent of inhaling three packs of cigarettes a day.
Most of the cities don’t have drinking water. According to Xinhua (the nation’s state media), over 50 million people are affected by a severe drought in southwest China. Due to the lack of rain and unseasonably high temperatures, 16 million people have been left without easy access to drinking water.
More specifically in Chongqing, the Three Gorges Dam which is constructed on the Yangtze River leads to degraded water quality, detriments to wildlife, potential riverbank collapses, and potential silt related falling of coastal areas.
Owing to these different environmental issues, China has adopted a lot of environmental laws.
Furthermore several institutions issuing regulation and having