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Beijing Weighs in on Vermont's E-Waste Bill
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August 20, 2008
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ENVIRONMENT
When an email showed up in Sen. Virginia "Ginny" Lyons' inbox in April, written in both English and Chinese, the Democrat from Chittenden County assumed it was spam. That is, until she noticed the message included her home address, phone number and a reference to a bill she'd introduced in January to regulate the disposal of electronics, known as "e-waste."
It's not unheard of for foreigners to comment on proposed state legislation. However, this letter didn't come from a foreign lobbyist, trade group or even the Chinese embassy in Washington, D.C. It came directly from a government official with the People's Republic of China in Beijing.
In the six-page letter, China claimed ...
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