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China state media criticizes government for lackluster smog efforts
2014-02-17 09:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Chinese government's failure to take emergency steps over the weekend to rein in pollution was "indefensible," state media said on Monday, in a rare show of defiance after several days of thick smog once again blanketed the capital, Beijing. The criticism will be a concern for the stability-obsessed government, which is keen to be seen as tough on pollution as affluent city dwellers weary of a growth-at-all-costs economic model that has tainted much of China's air, water and soil. "Their...
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