Court acts for environment

IN A CHANGE from past environmental regulations that allowed only State-owned organizations to raise public interest litigation, a Supreme People's Court's judicial explanation, that came into effect on Wednesday, grants the right to more non-governmental organizations. Comments:

Official data show in about 770,000 cases a year people make official complaints about environmental issues, but only 1 percent of them enter the judicial process; lack of public interest litigation is a key reason. The judicial explanation will definitely have a positive influence by breaking the bureaucratic monopoly on environmental lawsuits.

Fujian Daily, Jan 7