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China gets tough polluters, nixes projects worth $19.5 billion

2014-02-11 11:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: China's environmental watchdog vetoed as many as 32 projects with a total investment of 118.4 billion yuan ($19.5 billion) last year as it stepped up efforts to get tough on industrial polluters, a senior official said on Tuesday. Zhai Qing, the vice-environment minister, told reporters his ministry was working to improve its environmental assessment capabilities and strengthen its powers to monitor and punish polluters. "I think our ability to enforce and monitor is extremely important......

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