China postpones pollution report
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China indefinitely postpones the release of a report outlining the environmental costs of development.
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Beijing persuaded the World Bank to cut from a report findings that pollution has caused about 750,000 premature deaths in China each year, the Financial Times reported.
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BEIJING - Days after the euphoria of its record gold medal haul in Athens, China announced a sobering plan to delay construction of some venues for the 2008 Olympics and confirmed plans to cut down the extravagant features of two main stadiums here.
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Tap water supply resumes in central China county after arsenide pollution    CHANGSHA, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- The tap water supply for 80,000 residents in Yueyang County of central China's Hunan Province resumed on Tuesday evening after being suspended for four days due to arsenide pollution.
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Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee, said some Beijing Olympic events might be postponed if the pollution would put the athletes at risk.
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China needs to look back at environment before leap: official    BEIJING, Sept.
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By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN  SHANGHAI, China - Premier Wen Jiabao on Monday ordered a formal probe into the massive algae growth that smothered one of China's biggest lakes, drawing high-level attention to growing threats facing the country's water bodies.
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Preparations for the Beijing 2008 Olympics are well on schedule but pollution is still a concern, the International Olympic Committee said on Wednesday.
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China is considering halting efforts to make oil from coal due to concerns about the expense and energy demands, a state news agency on Sunday quoted an official as saying.
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China on Thursday exercised its right to  delay a World Trade Organization (WTO) probe into its rules on  auto part imports sought by the United States, the European  Union and Canada.
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Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)  Beijing, 11 September: Chinese Vice-Premier Zeng Peiyan said on Sunday that the government will make greater efforts to promote water efficiency and control widespread water pollution.
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Chemical plant responsible for river pollution in east China shut down    HEFEI, June 22 (Xinhua) -- A chemical plant in east China's Anhui Province has been shut down after it discharged a toxic chemical into a river and sickened 61 villagers on Tuesday, the local government said.
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Chinaâs pollution problem, like the speed and scale of its rise as an economic power, has shattered all precedents.
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A glitch in a massive study on the incidence of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt &amp; Whitney will delay the release of the final report, researchers said Wednesday.
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Chinese authorities tried to slow the spread of a toxic spill by building 51 makeshift dams along the tainted river and using fire trucks to pump out polluted water before it reaches a reservoir serving a city of 10 million people, state media said Friday.
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MINISTERS were accused yesterday of delaying the publication of a report on the damaging effects of passive smoking for fear of increasing pressure on the Government to ban smoking in public places.
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A government advisory panel will  delay a report on ways to boost U.S. oil refining capacity  because the Bush administration wants to avoid a fight over  environmental regulations before the national elections,  according to a source knowledgeable about the report.