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Archive Home > 2009 > August > 05 > Another environmental overture from China: Drop in demand lets Beijing close coal plants

Another environmental overture from China: Drop in demand lets Beijing close coal plants

By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
August 5, 2009

BEIJING " China has taken advantage of a drop in electricity demand due to the global financial crisis to speed up a campaign to close small coal-fired power plants and improve its battered environment.

Authorities have closed power plants with a total of 7,467 generating units, meeting a....

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