Why have Shanxi’s enterprises continued to discharge pollutants illegally for 10 years?
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According to Sina, CCTV revealed that a company in Shanxi has been discharging pollutants illegally for 10 years without any action being taken, claiming that it is impossible to exert control over such situations. http://news.sina.com.cn/c/nd/2016-11-30/doc-ifxyawmp0602223.shtml The strange reality today is that companies that are safe, reliable, technologically advanced, and compliant with regulations always end up under repeated scrutiny by regulatory authorities, who impose an excessive number of arbitrary regulatory requirements. As for those backward and non-compliant enterprises, the regulatory authorities dare not or do not want to intervene, allowing them to continue operating illegally. Whose problem is this exactly?
It’s all about economic interests at play.
Local protectionism and collusion between officials and enterprises
In my opinion, companies that violate regulations are, by definition, troublemakers. ***Employees, too, often bully the weak and fear the strong. Regarding those rule-breaking, troublesome companies, they want to take action but dare not. Of course, maybe they also received benefits and thus decided not to get involved anymore.
This problem does exist; I have encountered it in other places as well. In some cases, the enterprises are large in scale and local authorities are afraid that it will harm the economy. In other cases, the enterprises have influential backers, leaving local authorities with no way to act. Still in other cases, local authorities accept bribes and help non-compliant enterprises meet the required standards. In short, environmental governance in China is a task as arduous as combating corrupt officials, with a long way to go.
Carbon disulfide, a product that was quite popular last year, once saw its monthly profits exceeding those for the entire year! The cost of outdated production capacity is much lower! ! Producing it using the natural gas method is completely uncompetitive~~
Environmental protection regulations must be strictly enforced at the grassroots level.
It can’t be taken apart; this kind of situation is inevitable. PS: After all, it’s all about money, right?
In the future, there will be fewer and fewer such companies