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Beijing Steps Up Campaign Against Pollution
2014-05-06 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau announced Monday that it had imposed fines of more than $1.7 million against companies and business ventures that violated air pollution standards in the first four months of 2014. Zhong Chonglei, an environmental official, told the state-run China News Service that the amount of the fines was double from the same period in 2013. Mr. Zhong said that in March and April, inspections of 3,300 companies and business enterprises took place, and 171...
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