Ministry of Finance: Include VOCs in the scope of taxation!

Reform the environmental protection tax to include volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the scope of collection.

Why do VOCs catalytic combustion facilities become equipment for collecting and discharging pollutants?

Recently, the comprehensive administrative law enforcement team for ecological and environmental protection in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, based on their own law enforcement experience, wrote a work report that deeply analyzed why the facilities of a 4S store in Taiyuan were sealed off.

The 19th meeting of the Environmental Cooperation Sub Committee of the Russian Prime Minister's Regular Meeting Committee was held

On June 26th, the 19th meeting of the Environmental Protection Cooperation Sub Committee of the China Russia Prime Ministers Regular Meeting Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Sub Committee) was held in Moscow, Russia.

The newly revised "Pollution Control Standards for Domestic Garbage Landfills" will be introduced to strengthen the coordinated control of greenhouse gases and odor pollutants

On May 13th, Minister of Ecology and Environment Huang Runqiu presided over an executive meeting of the Ministry, which reviewed and approved in principle the "Pollution Control Standards for Domestic Garbage Landfills", the "2023 China Ecological Environment Status Bulletin", and 41 chemical substances added to the "List of Existing Chemical Substances in China".

By 2025, VOCs key project emission reduction is not less than 95,200 tons! Another provincial plan will be introduced

Not long ago, 15 ministries, including the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, jointly issued the Notice on Deepening the Action Plan for the Elimination of Heavy Pollution Weather, Prevention and Control of Ozone Pollution and Control of Diesel Truck Pollution (No. 2022) 68.

That's 247.5 billion! The Ministry of Finance has issued a number of budgets for environmental protection in 2023

This includes 17 billion yuan for the prevention and control of water pollution, 21 billion yuan for the air, 4.62 billion yuan for the soil, 10.55 billion yuan for pipe networks, and 2 billion yuan for the improvement of the rural environment, as well as 1.125 billion yuan for this year's additional pilot project to control black and odorous water bodies in rural areas.

The reduction of VOCs emissions in winter, does it mean that the control can be relaxed?

Promoting the coordinated control of PM2.5 and ozone, and accelerating the comprehensive control of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emissions are among the key tasks specified in the outline of the 14th Five-Year Plan.

What about the third round of environmental inspectors? Where does the sword point?

The third round of environmental protection supervision will be as strong as ever, focusing on pipe networks, industrial wastewater treatment and other places.

China's ecological and environmental quality continued to improve in the first half of 2022

China's ecological and environmental quality continued to improve in the first half of the year, according to a report released by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment on July 9.