Xinhua: China blacklists 46 thermal power plants

From Xinhuanet:

China’s environmental watchdog announced Thursday a list of 46 thermal power plants that posed a threat to the environment because they lacked desulfurization equipment.

The plants, mostly located in Shandong, Henan and Shanxi provinces, are among the 137 desulfurization projects planned in the country’s acid rain and sulfur dioxide control regions covering 1.09 million sq km with 39 percent of the nation’s total population, said a statement issued by the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA).

A SEPA official said the desulfuration projects should have been completed by the end of 2005 according to the regulations. However, construction on the projects has not even begun.

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