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Beijing plans coal pollution clampdown

MINING.com Editor | January 23, 2013 | 6:35 pm Energy China Coal Uranium 

After off-the-chart air pollution in Beijing in mid-January, the city's acting mayor announced that 450 heavy-polluting coal plants will be closed. Mayor Wang Anshun also claimed that 180,000 old cars will be taken off Beijing's roads, according to a news report by Xinhua....

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