新环保法视角下环保NGO公益诉讼分析

An Analysis of Pro-environment NGOs in Public Interest Litigation from the Perspective of the New Environmental Protection Law

2014年新修订的环保法赋予了环保NGO公益诉讼的主体资格,可以说是环境公益诉讼史上的一座里程碑。本文通过对近年来环保NGO参与环境公益诉讼面临问题及原因的分析,提出:由于新环保法相关条款的限制性规定、公益诉讼原告诉求保障不足、我国环保NGO自身能力较弱等原因,环保NGO在新环保法颁布后参与环境公益诉讼仍可能面临一定的阻力。应该完善新环保法相关公益诉讼条款、出台激励环保NGO参与环境公益诉讼的具体措施、加强环保NGO的能力建设,以促进新环保法的有效施行。

The Environmental Protection Law revised in 2014 qualified pro-environment NGOs as one of the subject of public interest litigation. It was an important milestone in the history of the environmental PIL. This paper analyzes the problems and reasons pro-environment NGOs face in environmental PIL in the past few years. Due to restrictive provisions of related terms in the new environmental protection law, inadequate claims for PIL plaintiffs and low capacity for pro-environment NGOs in China, pro-environment NGOs in PIL may still face some obstructions even after the promulgation of the new environmental protection law. In this regard, the author suggests that only by improving PIL related provisions in the new environmental protection law, formulating some specific measures to motivate pro-environment NGOs＇ participation in environmental PIL, and strengthening their capacity building can China promote the effective implementation of the new environmental protection law.