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China's growth-obsessed officials ignoring green policies: parliament
2014-10-30 11:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Local officials determined to make their economies bigger at any cost are ignoring Beijing's push to cut hazardous air pollution, opting instead to expand heavy industries and cut clean energy from the grid, a Chinese parliamentary report said. The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's parliament, dispatched a team of inspectors to 10 cities and provinces from May to September to oversee the implementation of new pollution policies. The team found some local officials...
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