State-run media continues its assault on polluters, picking up on the China Water Pollution Map story, via China Environmental News Digest:
While China’s booming coastal cities are stepping up efforts to protect the environment, its inland provinces are producing more and more industrial waste.
“Even though China’s coastal provinces are still the major source of sewage, inland provinces have begun to top the list of industrial waste producers,” said Ma Jun, director of the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs.
Ma said since governments of coastal cities have taken measures to reduce pollution, some industries that cause heavy pollution have moved to the less developed inland areas. [Full Text]
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