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China: Beijing vows to tackle 'excessive' growth in car ownership
2013-01-22 12:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The Chinese government yesterday unveiled a series of commitments designed to tackle the smog crisis engulfing Beijing, including controversial plans to force 180,000 old vehicles off the streets. Speaking at the opening of the annual session of the city's legislature, Beijing's Mayor Wang Ashun vowed that the authorities would undertake ambitious measures to "speed up the construction of a beautiful city with blue skies, green earth and clean water". He said the government would ban 180,000...
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