Greening of a browned off continent
By Fu Jing | China Daily | Updated: 2008-04-11 07:35
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A chimney of the Datang Yan'an Power Plant is blown off as part of the shutdown of a small capacity unit in Yan'an, Shaanxi province, early this month. The plant has closed 14 such units with a total capacity of 460,000 kw since last year, to increase production efficiency and reduce emissions. Xinhua |
Asia is turning a new leaf in the book of development, and that leaf is green. That's why the 1,000-odd business leaders, politicians and scholars to the Boao Forum for Asia have placed the environment on top of their annual agenda. The forum opens on Friday amid deep worries over a global economic recession, volatile food and energy supply, still rising oil prices, and poverty and global warming.
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