China says polluting industry still growing too fast, heavy smog alert for Beijing

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China says polluting industry still growing too fast, heavy smog alert for Beijing

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/china-says-polluting-industry-still-growing-too-fast-065809445--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7X7TthaUlMOcda.A8j.O4A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-03-25T171930Z_1_CBREA2O1C4P00_RTROPTP_2_CHINA-POLLUTION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="An electronic screen and buildings are seen amid heavy smog at the financial district of Pudong in Shanghai" align="left" title="An electronic screen and buildings are seen amid heavy smog at the financial district of Pudong in Shanghai" border="0" /></a>China's energy-hungry, high-polluting industries continued to grow too fast in 2013, putting &quot;huge pressures&quot; on the environment and causing air quality to worsen, the country's pollution agency said on Tuesday. Premier Li Keqiang &quot;declared war&quot; on pollution in a major policy address this month, but China has long struggled to strike a balance between protecting the environment and keeping up economic growth. China is still too slow in reforming its resource-intensive economy, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said in a statement on its website (www.mep.gov.cn). Slower wind speeds than usual in northern China were an additional contributing factor last year.</p><br clear="all"/>

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