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China court to hear 30m yuan air pollution lawsuit | Liu Qin - China Dialogue An environmental group has filed a 30 million yuan (US$4.8 million) lawsuit to seek compensation from a Shandong chemical company for pumping out harmful substances, which is thought to be the first public interest litigation for air pollution under China’s new environmental law.  On Wednesday, the Intermediate People’s Court in the Shandong city of Dezhou accepted to hear a lawsuit requesting compensation for air pollution from Dezhou Jinghua, which makes chemicals for use in the glass industry.https://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/7790-China-NGO-files-3-m-yuan-lawsuit-against-polluting-firm?utm_source=The+Sinocism+China+Newsletter&utm_campaign=9f1a18a2ec-Sinocism03_27_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171f237867-9f1a18a2ec-29615013&mc_cid=9f1a18a2ec&mc_eid=5935182a65