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China outsourcing smog to West region stirs protest
2014-03-06 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Chinas leaders want to lift the gray blanket of deadly smog that often chokes Beijings residents by shifting power plants to the less populated western part of the country inhabited by minorities. Thats turning into a nightmare for Ani Yetahon who lives in Oriliq, a village about 1,800 miles from the capital where some residents still walk to the well for their water. Ever since a $2.1 billion plant that converts coal into natural gas began operating in August on a hill above his village, the...
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