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China struggles with urban pollution mongabay.com October 29, 2007
The report rated air and water pollution as major environmental problems for the China's 585 cities. It found that air quality met national standards in only 37.6 percent of cities, a drop of 7.3 percentage since for 2005. Thirty-nine cities were classified as having "severe air pollution" with air quality below Grade III. Seven of the black-listed cities were in the northern province of Shanxi, the country's largest coal supplier, and seven were in the northeastern province of Liaoning, where many of China's heavy industries are based.
Nevertheless the report noted some progress in waste water and garbage treatment especially in wealthier cities. Overall 42.5 percent of urban sewage was being treated in the cities surveyed -- up from 22.9 percent in 2005 -- while 59.5 percent of household garbage was being handled "properly", compared with less than 20 percent in 2005. Earlier this year SEPA said that China was likely to miss reduction targets for sulphur dioxide, an acid-rain causing pollutant, for the year This article is based on a release from SEPA. News index | RSS | Add to MyYahoo! Advertisements: Organic Apparel from Patagonia | Insect-repelling clothing |
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