Beijing resorts to drastic measures to reduce pollution
The air quality in Beijing has become so bad that even start driving away tourists. But the lack of tourists is the smallest of the Chinese problems. Among other things, the city is working on your system of public bicycles and in the restructuring of roads and sidewalks to get public transportation, but remains a question: who will want to ride your bike in an environment like this?The pollution has reached such a State that the residents and employees of the city, before the approaches on the reticent greenhouse gas emissions at the expense of economic growth, already require drastic solutions to the shortage of breathable air.Beijing has a limit to the new records of cars available each month. In August, 1.6 million people have signed up for new licenses, but it turns out that only 22 thousand are issued monthly.Now, between a set of new measures to combat air pollution in the city, the restrictions on new automobiles will be even more afincadas. The City currently has about 5.4 million cars â€" the authorities want to ensure that the numbers fall into six million by 2017. This means that only about 10 thousand new licenses will be issued per month during the next five years.As part of the five-year plan, it was also announced that 1,200 of the more polluting companies and factories will be required to improve their facilities or terminate until 2016. Additionally, companies that break environmental laws will face a ban on receiving bank loans, raising funds through public offerings and tax incentives, starting this year.According to Grist, the ultimate goal is to reduce the harmful particles in the air at 25% until 2017. The measures will no doubt burdensome to comply, but the alternative is to live in a town where unfortunately the surgical masks have become a common accessory.Photo: under Creative Commons license
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