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Beijing's bid to move polluting firms watched warily in nearby regions
2014-04-17 11:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China's capital has ordered more than 50 companies to shut down this year in an effort to cut pollution but pushing factories out could raise objections in surrounding areas reluctant to host Beijing's polluters. Smog-shrouded Beijing and the surrounding province of Hebei have become a front in a "war against pollution" declared by Premier Li Keqiang last month. But experts say efforts to cut coal consumption and industrial output in big cities like Beijing is likely to put pressure on other...
China says polluting industry still growing too fast
2014-03-25 07:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China's energy-hungry, high-polluting industries continued to grow too fast in 2013, putting "huge pressures" on the environment and causing air quality to worsen further, the country's pollution agency said on Tuesday. Premier Li Keqiang "declared war" on pollution in a major policy address this month, but China has long struggled to strike a balance between protecting the environment and keeping up economic growth. China is still too slow when it comes to reforming its resource-intensive...
Tire processing company slapped with penalty for polluting
2014-02-26 20:49:08| Waste Management - Topix.net
RB Recycling Inc., a tire processing company operating in North Portland, was fined $27,330 by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality for stormwater discharge permit violations.
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Chinese villagers attack factory after reports polluting
2014-02-12 13:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Villagers in south-western China, infuriated by a factory that was polluting the environment, smashed its offices and equipment and later clashed with police. Residents of Baha, a village in Yunnan province, said they had grown increasingly angry over a local metalwork factory that had been coughing up black smoke and discharging polluted wastewater into the rural area. After the factory's boss refused to meet with villagers last week, they smashed cars, equipment, offices and dormitories. On...
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Taiwan's ASE Ordered To Shut Factory For Polluting River
2013-12-28 00:06:56| Semiconductors - Topix.net
Taiwanese authorities on Friday ordered leading chip company Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. to shut down a factory in southern Taiwan for "intentionally" discharging toxic wastewater into a river.
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