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China caps pollution limits for rare earth miners

AFP 2/28/2011 10:51:03 PM

China has tightened its grip over the rare earths industry by setting tough emission limits on miners producing the lucrative metals, which are indispensable to many high-tech products.

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Saturday, March 12, 2011

AP Minister: China pollution remains "very serious"

3/12/2011 12:10:03 AM GMT
Pollution in China remains very serious as the country's rapid economic growth brings on new environmental problems, with nearly 1,000 contamination incidents in the last five years, a minister said Saturday.

Friday, March 11, 2011

AP Official: China pollution remains 'very serious'

3/11/2011 10:43:02 PM GMT
A senior China environmental official says the country's pollution situation "remains very serious" as its fast-paced economic growth brings problems.

AP Official: China pollution remains "very serious"

3/11/2011 10:22:05 PM GMT
A senior China environmental official says the country's pollution situation "remains very serious" as its fast-paced economic growth brings problems.

Monday, February 28, 2011

CNN China pollution 'threat to growth'

2/28/2011 11:33:00 PM GMT
China's environment minister has issued an unusually stern warning that pollution threatens to imperil growth, positioning it as a central theme of the next five-year plan to be launched at the annual National People's Congress this weekend.

AFP China caps pollution limits for rare earth miners

2/28/2011 10:51:03 PM GMT
China has tightened its grip over the rare earths industry by setting tough emission limits on miners producing the lucrative metals, which are indispensable to many high-tech products.

BBC China pollution 'to harm growth'

2/28/2011 4:51:04 AM GMT
Pollution and the scramble for resources could choke China's economic growth, its environment minister warns.

AFP Chinese growth threatened by pollution: minister

2/28/2011 3:47:03 AM GMT
Dire pollution and the gobbling of resources have caused China grave environmental problems and could restrain economic growth if not addressed properly, the environment minister said Monday.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Xinhua Lingering fog traps heavy pollution in Beijing

2/23/2011 12:42:02 AM GMT
Heavy fog with a visibility of around 1 km persisted in Beijing for a third day Wednesday, keeping the city's air pollution at the most hazardous levels measured this year.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Reuters China plans to rein in heavy metal pollution

2/22/2011 8:27:05 AM GMT
China's environmental protection agency has vowed to curb heavy metal pollution in a bid to cut widespread industrial contaminants like lead that have poisoned children and sparked protests.

Monday, February 21, 2011

AFP Beijing air pollution off the charts, US says

2/21/2011 7:12:03 AM GMT
Thick smog blanketing Beijing went "beyond" measurable pollution levels on Monday, the US embassy said, as a Chinese official warned people to stay indoors and avoid outdoor activities.

Tuesday, February 08, 2011

AFP China's Olympic pollution cuts could reduce cancer

2/8/2011 3:56:00 AM GMT
If China continued with pollution cutbacks implemented during the 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing residents could see their lifetime lung cancer risk cut nearly in half, a study suggested Tuesday.

Monday, January 31, 2011

Guardian An atlas of pollution: The world in carbon dioxide emissions

1/31/2011 2:40:02 AM GMT
The deepest recession since the 1930s has failed to reverse rising global carbon emissions, as plummeting industrial output in the west was offset by the continuing rapid expansion of China and a handful of other emerging economies, new statistics for 2009 show.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011