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China: Beijing to slap tougher emission standards on vehicles: Xinhua
2013-01-23 17:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Beijing plans to implement harsher emission standards for vehicles starting next month, one of its latest emergency measures to curb the city's air pollution, official Xinhua News Agency reported on Wednesday. The new Beijing V emission standard, similar to the Euro V standard in Europe, will be adopted as of February 1, Xinhua cited Fang Li, spokesman for the Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau, as saying. The new rule applies to vehicles that have yet to receive license plates...
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Work restarts on China's biggest nuclear power plant: Xinhua
2013-01-05 13:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Work on China's largest planned nuclear facility has restarted, state media said on Saturday, a sign that the thaw in the country's nuclear industry is gaining pace after it was frozen in response to Japan's Fukushima atomic crisis in 2011. Building of the Shidao Bay nuclear plant in coastal Shandong province, eastern China, resumed on December 21, Xinhua news agency reported. Beijing - in common with many governments worldwide - suspended work on nuclear projects after the Japanese earthquake...
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