China's emissions policies are helping climate change but also creating a new problem

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Feb 10, 2026, 7:50 am129 ptsTrending
China's sweeping efforts to clean up its air have delivered one of the biggest public health success stories of recent decades. Since the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan was launched in 2013, coal-fired power plants have been fitted with scrubbers, heavy industry has been modernized and…

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