20 13 On June 30th, the draft amendment to the Environmental Protection Law under consideration pushed the China Environmental Protection Federation to the forefront of public opinion. One of the provisions on the subject of environmental public interest litigation in the draft is that the China Environmental Protection Federation and the environmental protection federations established by provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government can bring a lawsuit to the people's court for acts that pollute the environment, destroy the ecology and harm the public interest. If the draft is passed, the China Environmental Protection Federation will be identified as the subject of litigation.

China Environmental Protection Federation adopts two ways of joining: enterprises and individuals. Enterprise members are divided into five levels: member unit, director unit, executive director unit, vice chairman unit and chairman unit. According to different levels, each session pays a fee ranging from 65,438+0,000 to 300,000. Among these corporate members, many are exposed "big polluters". In this regard, some experts in the industry said that the public welfare of the China Environmental Protection Federation is doubtful and it is prone to the phenomenon of "power rent-seeking".

The central government jointly sued PetroChina for a claim of 60.75 million yuan.

The China Environmental Protection Federation said that PetroChina illegally discharged pollutants in Songyuan, Jilin, and the other defendant was PetroChina Jilin Oilfield Company; Beijing No.2 Intermediate People's Court accepted the litigation materials, 2013165438+1On October 28th, China Environmental Protection Federation filed a complaint with Beijing No.2 Intermediate People's Court, and filed a civil lawsuit for temporary compensation of 60.75 million yuan for illegal sewage discharge from PetroChina Gas Plant in Songyuan City, Jilin Province. This will be the first environmental public interest litigation in Beijing.