Major Chinese plants exceed emissions standards
- By Gong Yingchun
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The amount of air pollutants emitted by thermal power plants and steel factories in the north of China that provide real-time emissions data online frequently exceeds emissions standards , according to a report released by a Beijing-based environmental organization on Tuesday.
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The amount of air pollutants emitted by thermal power plants and steel factories in the north of China that provide real-time emissions data online frequently exceeds emissions standards. [File photo] |
The report, entitled "Blue Sky Roadmap", is a second phase investigation on atmospheric pollution. It said that in provinces such as Shandong and Hebei, a lot of large-scale enterprises had emissions that seriously exceeded standards, even during a period of severe air pollution.
The report was jointly released by the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE), Renmin University Institute of Environment and Planning, the SEE Foundation, Friends of Nature, Envirofriends and Nature University.
An unprecedented amount of smog shrouded large areas of China in January last year, leaving around 600 million people in 17 provinces affected, almost one quarter of China's territory, said Ma Jun, director of IPE.
The widespread smog has helped to push forward an aggressive government action plan to curb China's serious air pollution problems. The State Council issued the toughest-ever Action Plan for Air Pollution Prevention and Control (2013-17) in September 2013, claiming that China will improve its air quality over a five year span.
The report concluded that emissions reduction must be focused, and should start with controlling large scale sources of pollution, which can be identified from online air quality data disclosures and major emitters in real time.
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