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China considers new powers for pollution watchdog as part government shakeup
2014-02-10 12:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China could grant its undersized environment ministry new powers over resources, possibly allowing it to veto future projects, and more muscle to punish polluters as part of a government shake-up to tackle decades of unchecked growth. Sources with ties to the leadership told Reuters that the government was considering a sweeping reorganization of cabinet ministries next month that will dissolve the Ministry of Land and Resources and transfer some powers to the Ministry of Environmental Protection...
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