Polluters might face bigger fines
By Wu Wencong and Zhao Yinan | China Daily | Updated: 2013-03-02 07:49
Draft act would remove penalty limit for cases that cause accidents
Experts are suggesting that enterprises that cause accidents related to air pollution pay for all the subsequent economic losses, regardless of the amount.
The upper limit of the fine for causing such accidents has been removed from the draft of the Atmospheric Pollution Prevention Act's new version, proposed by the Environmental Protection Ministry.
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