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Beijing aims to ditch coal use by 2020
August 6, 2014
Beijing aims to ditch coal use by 2020
Beijing is set to ban coal sales and use across its six main regions by the end of 2020 in a bid to cut air pollution, Chinese state media has reported.
The Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau announced that the districts of Dongcheng, Xicheng, Chaoyang, Haidian, Fengtai, and Shijingshan will stop using coal and its related products, and close coal-fired power plants and other coal facilities.
Electricity and natural gas will replace coal for heating, cooking and other uses, the bureau said, with other fuels, such as fuel oil, petroleum coke, combustible waste and some biomass fuels, also likely to fall foul of the new regulations.
Currently, pollution from coal-burning combines with vehicle exhaust and industrial production to account for almost 72 percent of the PM 2.5 soot particles blamed for city-wide smogs that have choked Beijing and other cities across China.
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