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China's nuclear vision collides with villagers' fears
2015-11-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: This placid, leafy hamlet tucked beside a dam in the countryside hardly seems like the next testing ground over Chinas efforts to cut smog and greenhouse gases. But here among cornfields and crumbling stone homes skirted by persimmon trees, the government intends to build a nuclear power plant. They want to build it here, right here, said Wang Jiuxing, a retired village official, tapping his foot outside a dilapidated general store, 540 miles west of Shanghai in Chinas central Henan Province....
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