China reveals multi-pronged air pollution battle plan |
2013-09-13 03:44 |
LESS COAL USE New projects set to be constructed in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and both the Yangtze Delta and the Pearl River Delta regions will be banned from setting up their own coal-fired power plants, it says. By 2015, the country's newly-increased capacity of transporting natural gas via pipelines will total more than 150 billion cubic meters, covering the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and both the Yangtze and Under the plan, by 2017, the total capacity of LESS POLLUTANT SOURCES The government said combined heat and power plants will gradually replace decentralized coal-fired boilers in industry clusters of chemical engineering, papermaking, dyeing and tanning for the sake of emissions cuts. The plan calls for technological upgrades at refinery enterprises to improve the quality of fuel oil, which affects vehicle emissions. The government aims to clear heavy-polluting "yellow-label" vehicles from roads across the country by 2017. As part of a broader air pollution campaign, Greater efforts will be made to eliminate outdated production capacity in the sectors of iron and steel, cement, electrolytic aluminum and flat glass, the plan says. An original target set for 2015 to close outdated production capacity in key industrial sectors will be achieved by 2014, it adds. Heavier penalties will be imposed for violations of environmental, energy conservation and safety requirements, while energy conservation and environmental protection standards will be strictly implemented to support the phasing out of excess production capacity. |