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Article: China plans to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions. (Newsdesk).(Brief Article)
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- China Chemical Reporter
- Article date:
- December 16, 2002
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The State Environmental Protection Bureau has stated that, in a bid to reduce environmental pollution caused by sulfur dioxide and acid rain in China, the State Council has recently made adjustments in accordance with the "Tenth-five Year Plan to prevent pollution in two controlling areas of acid rain and sulfur dioxide", programmed jointly by the State Environmental Protection Bureau and departments concerned.
Measures to be taken to reduce emissions in the two areas (controlling sulfur dioxide area and controlling acid rain area) include: (1) reducing the sulfur content of coal; (2) decreasing 20% of sulfur dioxide emissions from thermal power plants in the ...