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daleo

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10. It is a good thing they are making efforts to move away from coal
Fri May 16, 2014, 09:21 PM
May 2014

A friend and his wife were in Beijing a few years ago for several months. They said it could get very bad when there was an inversion.

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In Latest Step In Its 'War On Smog' Effort, China Says It Will Triple Solar Capacity By 2017 bananas May 2014 #1
Great warrior1 May 2014 #2
now if only the sun could reach those panels..... tomm2thumbs May 2014 #3
eeeeek! tofuandbeer May 2014 #7
It is a good thing they are making efforts to move away from coal daleo May 2014 #10
They really need it too davidpdx May 2014 #18
This is good news. Maybe *they* will take environmental concerns seriously since they basically gtar100 May 2014 #4
Yes, and hopefully others wiill learn from their mistake. ohnoyoudidnt May 2014 #5
US is losing markets and falling behind. Insane laws make you pay to use own solar. nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2014 #6
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2014 #8
Where's our target? Auggie May 2014 #9
Obama is an idiot for supporting nuclear power in GA. Period. grahamhgreen May 2014 #11
K&R. Yes please! Overseas May 2014 #12
While we sit back... awoke_in_2003 May 2014 #13
U.S. is going to be the last developed country ... aggiesal May 2014 #14
Their housing market is getting soft, so they, unlke us, invest in the people and jobs and tech jtuck004 May 2014 #15
The funny thing is that, as they build more wind farms mindwalker_i May 2014 #16
Great news for them and the world. Thanks, bananas. freshwest May 2014 #17
How can the Chinese get away with this? Don't they fear the wrath of the Koch brothers? tclambert May 2014 #19
Meanwhile in the US... fujiyama May 2014 #20
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