Industry to use low-sulfur coal
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AUTHORITIES in Beijing will from next month enforce the use of cleaner low-sulfur coal in a bid to combat soaring levels of air pollution that frequently clog the country’s major cities, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday.
The nation’s capital will implement strict controls and targets for airborne sulfur from coal, the Beijing Administration of Quality and Technology Supervision was cited as saying.
This is the first time the government has enforced the use of low-sulfur coal across all industries to tackle pollution.
Air quality is of increasing concern to the authorities.
A Xinhua editorial published earlier yesterday called for people to “rein in their craze” for excessive consumption to help solve the country’s growing environmental issues.
The central government has previously established an array of laws and rules to battle the environmental consequences of three decades of unchecked growth, but weak monitoring and punishment make it tough to get powerful industrial interests to comply.
At the end of last year, authorities unveiled plans to slash coal consumption and close polluting mills, factories and smelters to cut air pollution.
Beijing has also pushed steelmakers and power plants to buy higher-quality raw materials to meet tougher pollution targets.
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