{"id":28465,"date":"2014-02-14T11:19:06","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T11:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=28465"},"modified":"2014-02-14T11:19:06","modified_gmt":"2014-02-14T11:19:06","slug":"beijing-finally-passes-first-laws-pull-air-pollution-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenlaunches.com\/other-stuff\/beijing-finally-passes-first-laws-pull-air-pollution-levels.php","title":{"rendered":"Beijing finally passes its first laws to pull down air pollution levels"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nThe city of Beijing has been having a tough time since quite a while now, as smog has enveloped the city\u2019s atmosphere and the lungs of its inhabitants. The Chinese authorities have finally adhered to a long awaited wake-up call recently and a new law has been passed, with hopes to decrease the ever-increasing smog levels in this metropolis.
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\nThe new law was passed by the Beijing Municipal People\u2019s Congress by a vote of 659-23. As part of the plan to clean up the city air, industrial polluters will face a tough time. Only last year, China\u2019s environmental watchdog banned 35 projects that were polluting the country\u2019s air, despite the fact that they were worth a whopping 118.4 billion yuan!<\/p>\n
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