In China, public anger over secrecy on environment

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In China, public anger over secrecy on environment

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/china-public-anger-over-secrecy-environment-033012400--business.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/L3ObJxXQDmIxAHe77aBVAA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-10T042232Z_3_CBRE92909QS00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-CHINA-PARLIAMENT-POLLUTION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Cars drive through Guomao bridge on a heavy hazy day in Beijing's central business district" align="left" title="Cars drive through Guomao bridge on a heavy hazy day in Beijing's central business district" border="0" /></a>BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - When China's environment ministry told attorney Dong Zhengwei he couldn't have access to two-year old data about soil pollution because it was a &quot;state secret&quot;, it added to mounting public outrage over the worsening environment. Microbloggers, state media and even delegates to this week's session of the National People's Congress, the largely rubber-stamp parliament, were already critical of the government for poor air and water quality. Now they are also expressing disquiet over the scarcity of information about the environment available to them. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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