Two major indicators of pollution, SO2 and COD, fell in the first half of this year in Beijing, marking new progress in the city's emission reduction effort, environmental regulators said on Saturday. Emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) in the... ...full story at People's Daily
from People's Daily on Sat, Aug 23 2008
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