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China: 90% Cities Unsafe Air; Polluting Factories Shut Down
Thursday, February 5, 2015 14:45
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China says 90 percent of cities failed to meet air standards in 2014. Nearly 90 percent of China’s big cities failed to meet air quality standards in 2014, but that was still an improvement on 2013 as the country’s “war on pollution” began to take effect, the environment ministry said on Monday.
Chimney phobia transforming a city. Zhuzhou in central China’s Hunan, Province has eliminated 213 polluting factories and closed production lines in cement, steel and chemicals. More than 450 chimneys have been torn down.
