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Shanghai To Forbid Coal Burning
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Oct 29 2013 02:35 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
In an effort to rapidly and substantially improve the air quality,
. . . in China’s most populous city of nearly 24 million residents.
The plan, which broadly targets 6 areas:
. . . . . . energy,
. . . . . . industry,
. . . . . . transportation,
. . . . . . construction,
. . . . . . agriculture, and
. . . . . . social life — will completely ban coal burning in 2017.
This entails closing down more than
. . . 2,500 boilers and
. . . 300 industrial furnaces that use coal,
. . . or shifting them to clean energy by 2015.
2013-10-29 Source: Shanghai
. . . in China’s most populous city of nearly 24 million residents.
The plan, which broadly targets 6 areas:
. . . . . . energy,
. . . . . . industry,
. . . . . . transportation,
. . . . . . construction,
. . . . . . agriculture, and
. . . . . . social life — will completely ban coal burning in 2017.
This entails closing down more than
. . . 2,500 boilers and
. . . 300 industrial furnaces that use coal,
. . . or shifting them to clean energy by 2015.
2013-10-29 Source: Shanghai
