GreenNews - China - Blue skies usher in cleaner air
Shanghai,China -Shanghai Daily, by Chen Qian -9 Aug 2006: -- In February, the city has banned highly polluting passenger vehicles from using elevated roads in the downtown area during daytime. As a result, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides from vehicular emissions dropped about 30 percent, the bureau said... Starting October 1, cargo trucks and passenger vehicles that don't meet emissions standards will be prohibited from driving within the area bounded by the Inner Ring Road... Shanghai's latest environmental protection plan calls for new sewage plants and pipelines, further reductions in vehicular emissions and power plant upgrades... (Photo: Shanghai enjoys a record 58 straight days of good to excellent air quality and looks forward to another one today)
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