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Article: China Focus: From "chimney worship" to low-carbon trend, China seeks sustainable path to industrialization (1)
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- September 25, 2009
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China Focus: From "chimney worship" to low-carbon trend, China
seeks sustainable path to industrialization (1)
By Xinhua writers Yuan Ye and Cheng Zhuo
BEIJING, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- An environmental chief in the
industrial city of Zhuzhou in central China's Hunan Province, Wen
Tiejun jokingly describes himself as a "chimney demolisher".
As a result of tight environment rules made by Wen's department,
a textile mill in the city will soon replace a coal-burning boiler
with a cleaner, more efficient gas-driven boiler. So an 80-meter-
tall chimney for the old boiler will be demolished.
"Since 2006 we have been pushing factories to dismantle more than
100 chimneys that were highly polluting ...