Mei Dewen, the general manager of the China Beijing Environment Exchange, has disclosed to local media that China's first voluntary emission reduction standard is expected to be published in September 2009.
This marks a milestone in China's voluntary emission reduction development since its first voluntary emission reduction deal was reached earlier this month.
Mei also revealed that [...]

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