Posted on 06/16/2017 8:33:49 AM PDT by Lorianne
China has taken plenty of steps in the past few years to reduce air pollution, but in a recent investigation, the Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection found that over 70% of the companies that it investigated did not meet emission standards set by the government.
More specifically, the investigation discovered that a total of 13,785 companies had partly or completely ignored strict limitations on harmful emissions that were established by the government to clean up the environment.
The ministry's investigation is part of a year-long project aimed at examining companies in 28 different cities across the Jing-Jin-Ji area (Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei). 5,600 inspectors were sent to factories throughout the region which is notorious for having some of China's most polluted skies.
The companies that were found to be violating pollution standards included those engaged in steel, wood processing, furniture and machinery, among many others. According to Quartz, some of them were even operating without any pollution control equipment at all.
(Excerpt) Read more at shanghaiist.com ...
Nice to see China finally cracking down on polluters...
I’m shocked just shocked.
I thought China didn’t officially have air pollution problems.
At the time of the Beijing Olympics, officials then said that the city was prone to periods of mist and fog and low clouds, but we were not seeing smog or pollution sitting over the city. Our eyes deceived us, officials told us. We were seeing heavy mist and fog, not smog.
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