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Coal gas boom in China holds climate change risks
2014-08-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Deep in the hilly grasslands of remote Inner Mongolia, twin smoke stacks rise more than 200 feet into the sky, their steam and sulfur billowing over herds of sheep and cattle. Both day and night, the rumble of this power plant echoes across the ancient steppe, and its acrid stench travels dozens of miles away. This is the first of more than 60 coal-to-gas plants China wants to build, mostly in remote parts of the country where ethnic minorities have farmed and herded for centuries. Fired up in...
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Category:Electronics and Electrical