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China pollution: Survey finds 70% of firms break regulations
11 June 2017
From the section China
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Air pollution is a major problem in Chinese cities
An inspection of companies based around Beijing found more than 70% were
violating air pollution regulations, Chinese state media says.
Firms pumped out more emissions than allowed, operated without licences or
had insufficient pollution control equipment, Xinhua news agency reported.
Checks were carried out at thousands of companies at 28 cities in and around
the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
Air pollution in Chinese cities is notoriously bad.
The findings appear to confirm suspicions that companies ignore strict
environmental protection policies and that officials do not enforce them,
correspondents say.
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Inspections found that more than 13,000 companies had failed to meet
environmental standards, the ministry of environmental protection said in a
statement.
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Time-lapse footage of Beijing smog
The ministry ordered local officials to investigate the firms and rectify
the problems, the statement said.
China's government is under pressure to do more to address the sources of
smog, including reducing reliance on coal-fired power plants, the country's
primary source of electricity.
Earlier this year, Beijing's mayor said a new team of environmental police
would try to reduce smog levels by tackling local sources of air pollution,
including open-air barbecues and dusty roads.
The mayor also promised to reduce coal consumption by 30% this year. |
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