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After Rare Protest, China Cancels Plans for Uranium Plant

2013-07-13 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: One day after a rare public protest, Chinese authorities said Saturday that they were abandoning plans to construct a uranium processing plant in southeastern China, where residents raised concerns about its safety and potential environmental impact. The decision not to proceed with the plant in Guangdong Province, less than 60 miles from Hong Kong, came after hundreds of people turned out on Friday and took a walk through the city of Jiangmen carrying banners showing their opposition to the...

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China cancels $6 billion uranium project after protest

2013-07-13 06:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: China has abruptly canceled plans to build its largest uranium processing plant in a southern Chinese city, a day after hundreds of protesters took to the streets demanding the project be scrapped, a local government website said on Saturday. The proposed 230-hectare complex in the heart of China's Pearl River delta industrial heartland in Guangdong province had also sparked unease in neighboring Hong Kong and Macau. Authorities in the gambling enclave had formally raised the issue with their...

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