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China’s Environmental Economics

An Al Jazeera report looks at the impact of China’s efforts to go green on the country’s factory workers, especially those making plastic bags which are now banned (h/t Shanghaiist):

March 31, 2008 8:51 PM
Posted By: Sophie Beach
Categories: Economy, Environment
Tags: plastic bag ban, sustainable development, workers
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