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Solar Panel Factory Protests Tarnish China's Clean-tech Efforts

A protest over pollution from, ironically, a solar panel production plant, turned violent over the weekend, the Guardian reports:Riot police broke up a four-day protest by several hundred villagers in Haining, Zhejiang province, who overturned cars and stormed the compound of a photovoltaic manufacturer that is accused of releasing toxins into a local river. The demonstrators complained of police