Guangxi, Shandong on green blacklist

时间：2009-06-11 03:29:54

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The Guangxi Zhuang autonomous1 region has the dirtiest rivers and lakes while Shandong province spewed the highest amount of sulfur2 dioxide (SO2).

The Tibet autonomous region remains3 the country's most pollution-free place, with no industrial pollutants4 and with negligible levels of air and water pollution.

These are some of last year’s findings that the country's top environmental watchdog released yesterday.

The Ministry5 of Environmental Protection said Guangxi's industrial pollution has not only made its rivers and lakes filthy6, but has also raised its chemical oxygen demand (COD7), a water pollution measurement, to the highest at 1.06 million tons.

Thanks to the high concentration of thermal8 power plants, Shandong emitted more than 1.8 million tons of SO2, making its skies the most choked in the country.

As the Olympic Games host city, Beijing has reduced its pollution level after years of efforts.Its SO2 emission9 and COD have both been reduced.

The ministry has blacklisted several cities and power plants for their sluggish10 and ineffective actions to achieve the central government's green target of cutting major pollutants by 20 percent from 2006 to 2010.

Yingtan in Jiangxi, Sanya in Hainan, Hechi in Guangxi and Yuxi in Yunnan have been criticized for poor wastewater treatment, and are penalized11 by having their approvals of new city projects suspended.

Seven thermal power plants, some of which are branches of the five big power generating groups such as Datang, Guodian and Huadian, have performed below par12 on SO2 emission control.

The ministry will impose heavy fines on the power plants not fulfilling their commitments and urge them to improve their SO2 reducing technology.

Last year, the power industry cut SO2 emissions13 by 9 percent, while the big five power groups reduced it by 13 percent.

In July 2007, the central government set up an accountability system that ties officials' careers to their performance in environmental protection and energy efficiency.

 

Questions:

1. What is China’s most pollution-free area?

2. By what percentage did the central government aim to cut major pollutants from 2006 to 2010?

3. How have some areas with poor wastewater treatment been penalized?

Answers:

1. The Tibet autonomous region.

2. 20 percent.

3. Approvals of their new city projects have been suspended.


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1 autonomous DPyyv     
adj.自治的；独立的
参考例句：
  • They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
  • This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。
2 sulfur ps4wC     
n.硫，硫磺（=sulphur）
参考例句：
  • Sulfur emissions from steel mills become acid rain.炼钢厂排放出的硫形成了酸雨。
  • Burning may produce sulfur oxides.燃烧可能会产生硫氧化物。
3 remains 1kMzTy     
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
4 pollutants 694861490fe64672170a0da250a277c7     
污染物质（尤指工业废物）( pollutant的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Pollutants are constantly being released into the atmosphere. 污染物质正在不断地被排放到大气中去。
  • The 1987 Amendments limit 301(g) discharges to a few well-studied nonconventional pollutants. 1987年的修正案把第301条（g）的普通排放限制施加在一些认真研究过的几种非常规污染物上。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
5 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
6 filthy ZgOzj     
adj.卑劣的；恶劣的，肮脏的
参考例句：
  • The whole river has been fouled up with filthy waste from factories.整条河都被工厂的污秽废物污染了。
  • You really should throw out that filthy old sofa and get a new one.你真的应该扔掉那张肮脏的旧沙发，然后再去买张新的。
7 cod nwizOF     
n.鳕鱼；v.愚弄；哄骗
参考例句：
  • They salt down cod for winter use.他们腌鳕鱼留着冬天吃。
  • Cod are found in the North Atlantic and the North Sea.北大西洋和北海有鳕鱼。
8 thermal 8Guyc     
adj.热的，由热造成的；保暖的
参考例句：
  • They will build another thermal power station.他们要另外建一座热能发电站。
  • Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。
9 emission vjnz4     
n.发出物，散发物；发出，散发
参考例句：
  • Rigorous measures will be taken to reduce the total pollutant emission.采取严格有力措施，降低污染物排放总量。
  • Finally,the way to effectively control particulate emission is pointed out.最后，指出有效降低颗粒排放的方向。
10 sluggish VEgzS     
adj.懒惰的，迟钝的，无精打采的
参考例句：
  • This humid heat makes you feel rather sluggish.这种湿热的天气使人感到懒洋洋的。
  • Circulation is much more sluggish in the feet than in the hands.脚部的循环比手部的循环缓慢得多。
11 penalized c88c37e7a177d0a347c36794aa587e91     
对…予以惩罚( penalize的过去式和过去分词 )； 使处于不利地位
参考例句：
  • You will be penalized for poor spelling. 你拼写不好将会受到处罚。
  • Team members will be penalized for lateness. 队员迟到要受处罚。
12 par OK0xR     
n.标准，票面价值，平均数量；adj.票面的，平常的，标准的
参考例句：
  • Sales of nylon have been below par in recent years.近年来尼龙织品的销售额一直不及以往。
  • I don't think his ability is on a par with yours.我认为他的能力不能与你的能力相媲美。
13 emissions 1a87f8769eb755734e056efecb5e2da9     
排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）
参考例句：
  • Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
  • Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。

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