Ministry fails in emissions goal
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June 6, 2012, Wednesday
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A TOTAL of 24.04 million tons of oxynitride were emitted in China last year, up 5.73 percent year on year, according to a report issued yesterday.
The report, by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Land and Resources, said 22.2 million tons of sulfur dioxide were also emitted in 2011.
The report said 65.2 billion tons of liquid waste were discharged in China, including 2.6 million tons of ammonia.
Vice Minister of Environmental Protection Wu Xiaoqing said that the figures indicated that the government had failed to meet its goal of reducing oxynitride emissions by 1.5 percent.
China plans to curb oxynitride emissions and spend more money in order to meet the emission reduction target set out in the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015).
The report said pollution in rural areas had increased as a result of the acceleration of agricultural industrialization and the integration of urban and rural areas.
In 2011, the environment ministry began monitoring pollutants in 364 rural villages on a trial basis, finding that 81.9 percent of the villages met national air quality standards, the report said. However, 21.5 percent of soil samples from these villages failed to meet national soil quality standards, with soil around landfills, farms and companies tending to be contaminated.
The government had spent 8 billion yuan (US$1.26 billion) as of 2011 to protect the environment in rural areas, Wu said.
A database has been established to handle contaminated soil samples collected between 2006 and 2010.
The environment ministry will pass the survey results to the State Council and publish the results at the proper time, Wu said.
The report, by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Land and Resources, said 22.2 million tons of sulfur dioxide were also emitted in 2011.
The report said 65.2 billion tons of liquid waste were discharged in China, including 2.6 million tons of ammonia.
Vice Minister of Environmental Protection Wu Xiaoqing said that the figures indicated that the government had failed to meet its goal of reducing oxynitride emissions by 1.5 percent.
China plans to curb oxynitride emissions and spend more money in order to meet the emission reduction target set out in the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015).
The report said pollution in rural areas had increased as a result of the acceleration of agricultural industrialization and the integration of urban and rural areas.
In 2011, the environment ministry began monitoring pollutants in 364 rural villages on a trial basis, finding that 81.9 percent of the villages met national air quality standards, the report said. However, 21.5 percent of soil samples from these villages failed to meet national soil quality standards, with soil around landfills, farms and companies tending to be contaminated.
The government had spent 8 billion yuan (US$1.26 billion) as of 2011 to protect the environment in rural areas, Wu said.
A database has been established to handle contaminated soil samples collected between 2006 and 2010.
The environment ministry will pass the survey results to the State Council and publish the results at the proper time, Wu said.
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