6.04.2005
Acid Rain on Increase in China (Guardian.co.uk)
Associated Press in Beijing
Friday June 3, 2005
The Guardian
More of China's cities are suffering from acid rain and its big rivers and lakes are heavily polluted, the government said yesterday in a report that highlighted the environmental costs of surging economic growth.
Two-thirds of the countries household sewage was untreated last year, while 'heavy pollution' tainted some cities' air, according to a report by the state environmental protection agency.
Acid rain - blamed on smoke from coal-burning factories and power plants - is spreading, with the number of cities suffering from severe levels rising last year to 218. "
China's environment has been ravaged by two decades of breakneck growth, and by the pressure of feeding and housing a population of 1.3 billion. Official efforts to reduce pollution have had limited success.
"Rapid economic growth has intensified China's environmental problems," Wang Jirong, a deputy director of the environmental agency, said at a news conference.
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Friday June 3, 2005
The Guardian
More of China's cities are suffering from acid rain and its big rivers and lakes are heavily polluted, the government said yesterday in a report that highlighted the environmental costs of surging economic growth.
Two-thirds of the countries household sewage was untreated last year, while 'heavy pollution' tainted some cities' air, according to a report by the state environmental protection agency.
Acid rain - blamed on smoke from coal-burning factories and power plants - is spreading, with the number of cities suffering from severe levels rising last year to 218. "
China's environment has been ravaged by two decades of breakneck growth, and by the pressure of feeding and housing a population of 1.3 billion. Official efforts to reduce pollution have had limited success.
"Rapid economic growth has intensified China's environmental problems," Wang Jirong, a deputy director of the environmental agency, said at a news conference.
(More ... Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Acid rain on increase in China) ¶ 11:04
