Jiangsu wins environmental lawsuit

The Jiangsu provincial government has won a lawsuit against a company that dumped more than 100 metric tons of waste lye into water bodies in the province, a court announced on Monday.

The province will be compensated almost 55 million yuan ($8 million).

The lawsuit was the first in China to be filed by a provincial government against a company for environmental damage. When the verdict was announced, the defendant, Anhui Haide Co, was absent, even though it had received a subpoena from the Taizhou Intermediate People's Court in Jiangsu.