China vows 'harsh punishment' for toxic smog culprits

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China vows 'harsh punishment' for toxic smog culprits

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/china-vows-harsh-punishment-toxic-smog-culprits-164557278.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3MenuUc23F4d4xBrkLlMUw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-02-26T164557Z_1_CBREA1P1AL200_RTROPTP_2_CHINA-POLLUTION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Commuters wearing masks make their way amid thick haze in the morning in Beijing" align="left" title="Commuters wearing masks make their way amid thick haze in the morning in Beijing" border="0" /></a>China's environment ministry has vowed to 'harshly punish' factories and power plants that contributed to a hazardous smog which enveloped much of Northern China, official state media reported on Wednesday. Investigations had found that some thermal power plants, cement and steel makers in the northern province of Hebei had failed to halt or curtail production during severely smoggy days despite government orders, state news agency Xinhua quoted the Ministry of Environmental Protection as saying.</p><br clear="all"/>

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